linux_challenged Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 I need some help tracking down the cause and fix for no sound in Mandriva 2010.2. I am using gnome desktop and have lost all sound. Nothing from any players, firefox flash, youtube, nothing. I have tried disabling pulseaudio, that did nothing. I should mention that this has been an issue for a couple of months, I suppose after I took some updates, but I can't be sure. I used to have sound when I first upgrade from 2009.1 to 2010.1, but now I don't even have the startup sound or shutdown sound. How can I figure out what the problem is? thanx in advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isadora Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Try using alsamixer in konsole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman9 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I am using gnome desktop and have lost all sound. Nothing from any players, firefox flash, youtube, nothing. How can I figure out what the problem is? If the sound works from another user account, such as the Guest account, then the problem is not system wide. When I had a similar problem with sound (I use kde4, not gnome) I was able to fix the problem simply by deleting the user's .kde4 directory while logged in as root in run level 2. The .kde4 directory was recreated with default settings and sound was restored. Use Control-Alt-F1 to switch to text mode, log in as root, type "init 2", find the appropriate directory in /home/user/ and delete it. Then reboot using the command "shutdown -r now". Anyone know the the name of the directory for settings in Gnome that's analogous to the .kde4 directory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 That's a bit drastic Boatman. LC. Run alsamixer as Isadora suggests, in a command window, and look for any control that is muted. If there are none then look for the 5.1 volume control, usually at the extreme right. Select it and press 'm' to mute it. Setting the control to '0' will not work, you have to mute it using the 'm' key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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