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I went through Jack's points one by one and answered each of them as I went. I |
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got almost to the end before finding the answer. Jump straight to the end if |
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you just want to see the fix, or read on for the detail. |
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On Thursday, 24 March 2022 16:40:05 GMT Jack wrote: |
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> On 2022.03.24 05:55, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:43:49 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > > I'm about to try pavu[...] as you suggested. |
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> > No dice. All that does is to allow me to set where I want each sound |
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> > source to be sent, plus a few details. I still hear nothing, and pavumeter |
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> > shows nothing being output. |
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> > I still can't escape the conclusion that something in my home |
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> > directory is interfering with sound output. |
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> Just to confirm - |
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Ok, I'm looking at pavucontrol now. |
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> pavucontrol shows the sound device as properly enabled on the Configuration |
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> tab, |
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Yes. The USB device, Unitek Y-247A, is enabled and the other two devices are |
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Off. |
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> shows the correct output port for the device on the Output Devices tab, |
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Yes: the output port is shown as Speakers. |
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> and shows the sound source being sent to the right device on the Playback |
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> tab (with volumes up) |
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It shows System Sounds* at 100% volume, no matter what I select in the lower |
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right corner. The options there are All Streams, Applications and Virtual |
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Streams. I don't see an output device on this tab. |
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> but still no sound from the speakers? |
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No sound at all. |
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> Do any of the sound meters show any apparent activity? |
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Pavumeter shows Front Left and Front Right, with no activity on either. It |
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correctly shows Analog Stereo going to the Y-247A. |
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> Can you see any difference between the pavucontrol |
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> display as youurself and as the user for whom sound does work? |
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* The new user sees Firefox Stream as well as System Sounds on the Playback |
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tab. When I logged back in as myself immediately after trying that, I got an |
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anonymous error box - and heard its announcing beep! - saying Connection |
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Failed: Connection Refused. (Screen shot attached. Does anyone know where |
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errors like this are generated?) |
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> I would guess that if it is something in your home directory, it is |
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> most likely a configuration setting, probably under .local or .config. |
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> I see several files under ~/.config/pulse. You might try moving those |
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> elsewhere and restarting pulse ("pulseaudio -k" then restart |
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> pavucontrol) |
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Lo! and behold! BBC Radio 3 bursts forth! |
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--->8 |
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Huge relief, and similarly huge thanks to Jack and all others who've helped. |
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Now I can go and watch those lectures from Gresham College that have bee |
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queueing up. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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