[solved] problem with sound output

Andrew.B · 2015-12-21 17:35:50

My PC has an integrated audio card and uses pulseaudio to play sound. After some update sound stopped to work. My audio card has three ports: line out, headphones and mic. If I start pavucontrol it says that there are two outputs: line-out (which is selected and has status plugged) and headphones (which is unplugged, but actually my headphones are plugged in it). If I select headphones output sound starts to work, but I have to do it every time I turn on the PC.

Where should I report about the problem?

Last edited by Andrew.B (2015-12-22 08:37:35)

ConnorBehan · 2015-12-21 23:43:00

Does selecting headphones cause any of the files in /etc/pulse or ~/.config/pulse to change?

bowshock · 2015-12-22 00:09:16

You could attempt these.
* Remove ~/.config/pulse and /etc/pulse followed by a reboot, or
* Disable auto-mute, or
* Comment the line module-device-restore on /etc/pulse/default.pa, or
* Perform this troubleshooting

Man, this reminds me of my own recurring sound problem, which might be caused by hardware defect. I often had sound working on one session, only to find total silence after the next reboot.

tom.ty89 · 2015-12-22 00:37:01

If he `rm -R /etc/pulse` he need to reinstall pulseaudio and libpulse...and /etc/pulse/* is almost impossibly touched by usage of PulseAudio instead of manual editing.
Reboot is not necessarily unless he run pulse system-wide, which is a bad thing to do, re-login is enough.

Last edited by tom.ty89 (2015-12-22 00:38:25)

Andrew.B · 2015-12-22 08:37:06

Don't sure how but problem is solved. Now pulse plays through the line out, so I mark thread as [solved]. Thanks everyone.

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#1 2015-12-21 17:35:50

[solved] problem with sound output

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Re: [solved] problem with sound output

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