Sound problem

aus9 · 09-05-2012, 10:25 PM

are well if you don't want to install it,,,fine

boot up the good one and run as local user

Code:

dpkg -l > sndgood

take a copy of your home folder and rename soundhome and copy of /etc/ and rename as soundetc ,,,,,archive into one file
email it to yourself or mount the other drive etc

then boot up the bad drive

Code:

dpkg -l > sndbad

by comparing your packages you "should" know what sound packages are missing from bad?
by comparing other home folder to yours, maybe there is a tweak ?
same for the etcs

satimis · 09-06-2012, 11:28 AM

Sndgood HDD
===========

$ dpkg -l > sndgood

$ cat sndgood | grep sound

Code:

ii  banshee-extension-soundmenu                   2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2                    Media Management and Playback application - sound menu extension
rc  esound-clients                                0.2.41-8                                   Enlightened Sound Daemon - clients
ii  esound-common                                 0.2.41-10build3                            Enlightened Sound Daemon - Common files
ii  gnome-session-canberra                        0.28-3ubuntu3                              GNOME session log in and log out sound events
ii  indicator-sound                               0.8.5.0-0ubuntu2.1                         System sound indicator.
rc  lib32asound2                                  1.0.25-1ubuntu10                           shared library for ALSA applications (32 bit)
ii  libasound2                                    1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1                         shared library for ALSA applications
ii  libasound2:i386                               1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1                         shared library for ALSA applications
ii  libasound2-plugins                            1.0.25-1ubuntu1                            ALSA library additional plugins
ii  libasound2-plugins:i386                       1.0.25-1ubuntu1                            ALSA library additional plugins
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module                        0.28-3ubuntu3                              translates GTK+ widgets signals to event sounds
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module:i386                   0.28-3ubuntu3                              translates GTK+ widgets signals to event sounds
ii  libcanberra-gtk0                              0.28-3ubuntu3                              GTK+ helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0:i386                         0.28-3ubuntu3                              GTK+ helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                            0.28-3ubuntu3                              GTK+ 3.0 helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-module                       0.28-3ubuntu3                              translates GTK3 widgets signals to event sounds
ii  libcanberra0                                  0.28-3ubuntu3                              simple abstract interface for playing event sounds
ii  libcanberra0:i386                             0.28-3ubuntu3                              simple abstract interface for playing event sounds
ii  libmikmod2:i386                               3.1.12-2                                   Portable sound library
ii  libsoundtouch0                                1.6.0-2build1                              Sound stretching library
rc  libsoundtouch1c2                              1.3.1-2                                    sound stretching library
ii  linux-sound-base                              1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1                       base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
ii  pulseaudio                                    1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1                          PulseAudio sound server
ii  pulseaudio-esound-compat                      1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1                          PulseAudio ESD compatibility layer
ii  pulseaudio-module-bluetooth                   1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1                          Bluetooth module for PulseAudio sound server
ii  pulseaudio-module-gconf                       1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1                          GConf module for PulseAudio sound server
ii  pulseaudio-module-x11                         1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1                          X11 module for PulseAudio sound server
ii  pulseaudio-utils                              1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1                          Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server
ii  sound-theme-freedesktop                       0.7.pristine-2                             freedesktop.org sound theme
ii  ubuntu-sounds                                 0.13                                       Ubuntu's GNOME audio theme

$ ls /etc/ | grep sound

Code:

esound
sound

$ ls /etc/sound/

Code:

events

$ ls /etc/sound/events/

Code:

gnome-2.soundlist  gtk-events-2.soundlist

$ ls /etc/esound/

Code:

esd.conf

Sndbad HDD
==========

$ dpkg -l > sndbad
$ cat sndbad | grep sound

Code:

ii  flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound:i386    0.0.svn2431-3ubuntu1                    Adobe Flash Player platform support library for Esound and OSS
ii  gnome-session-canberra                 0.28-3ubuntu3                           GNOME session log in and log out sound events
ii  libasound2                             1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1                      shared library for ALSA applications
ii  libasound2-plugins                     1.0.25-1ubuntu1                         ALSA library additional plugins
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module                 0.28-3ubuntu3                           translates GTK+ widgets signals to event sounds
ii  libcanberra-gtk0                       0.28-3ubuntu3                           GTK+ helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                     0.28-3ubuntu3                           GTK+ 3.0 helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-module                0.28-3ubuntu3                           translates GTK3 widgets signals to event sounds
ii  libcanberra0                           0.28-3ubuntu3                           simple abstract interface for playing event sounds
ii  libsoundtouch0                         1.6.0-2build1                           Sound stretching library
ii  linux-sound-base                       1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1                    base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
rc  pulseaudio                             1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1                       PulseAudio sound server
ii  pulseaudio-utils                       1:2.0-0ubuntu1~precise2                 Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server
ii  sound-theme-freedesktop                0.7.pristine-2                          freedesktop.org sound theme
ii  ubuntu-sounds                          0.13                                    Ubuntu's GNOME audio theme

$ ls /etc/ | grep sound

Code:

sound

$ ls /etc/sound/

Code:

events

$ ls /etc/sound/events/

Code:

gnome-2.soundlist  gtk-events-2.soundlist

aus9 · 09-07-2012, 03:43 AM

have you installed the missing packages yet?

the etc was an abbreviation....I have to be verbose?
sorry I forgot you are an Ubuntu user

pls look into the folders for /etc/pulse and your home folder for .pulse

check each file and see which differ
if they differ...copy the file from good...to bad

what I am trying to get....for you...is the same packages....the same settings from good sound settings

is that clearer?

satimis · 09-07-2012, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aus9

have you installed the missing packages yet?

the etc was an abbreviation....I have to be verbose?
sorry I forgot you are an Ubuntu user

pls look into the folders for /etc/pulse and your home folder for .pulse

check each file and see which differ
if they differ...copy the file from good...to bad

what I am trying to get....for you...is the same packages....the same settings from good sound settings

is that clearer?

I haven't performed any steps yet.

sndgood HDD
===========

$ ls -al /etc/pulse/

Code:

total 36
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Jul 26 00:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 173 root root 12288 Sep  7 10:07 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1269 Oct 27  2011 client.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2285 Apr 12 13:07 daemon.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  5598 Apr 12 13:07 default.pa
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2284 Oct 27  2011 system.pa

$ ls -al /home/satimis/.pulse/

Code:

total 176
drwx------  2 satimis satimis  4096 Sep  7 18:07 .
drwxr-xr-x 92 satimis satimis 20480 Sep  7 18:07 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 satimis satimis 12288 May 20 20:37 4755796e35a13c5ea7ecc8a64ca35af4-card-database.tdb
-rw-r--r--  1 satimis satimis    41 Sep  7 18:07 4755796e35a13c5ea7ecc8a64ca35af4-default-sink
-rw-r--r--  1 satimis satimis    51 Sep  7 18:07 4755796e35a13c5ea7ecc8a64ca35af4-default-source
-rw-r--r--  1 satimis satimis 61440 Jul  9 13:42 4755796e35a13c5ea7ecc8a64ca35af4-device-volumes.tdb
lrwxrwxrwx  1 satimis satimis    23 Sep  7 18:07 4755796e35a13c5ea7ecc8a64ca35af4-runtime -> /tmp/pulse-lmoTY7lmjTQT
-rw-r--r--  1 satimis satimis 73728 Sep  2 19:24 4755796e35a13c5ea7ecc8a64ca35af4-stream-volumes.tdb

sndbad HDD
==========

$ ls /etc/pulse/

Code:

client.conf  daemon.conf  default.pa  system.pa

$ ls /home/satimis/.pulse/

Code:

7d18593d8ec85d18b42d2e6300000008-card-database.tdb
7d18593d8ec85d18b42d2e6300000008-default-sink
7d18593d8ec85d18b42d2e6300000008-default-source
7d18593d8ec85d18b42d2e6300000008-device-volumes.tdb
7d18593d8ec85d18b42d2e6300000008-runtime
7d18593d8ec85d18b42d2e6300000008-stream-volumes.tdb

It won't be easy to compare the files. Some are command file unable to read.

I think the simple way will be;

1)
Install the missing packages

If no improvement, still without sound

then
2)
Copy all above files and replace those on the sndbad HDD.

In the worst situation I just reinstall Ubuntu 12.04.

What will be your opinion?

aus9 · 09-07-2012, 08:08 PM

install the missing packages now.
that also means pulseaudio needs to be installed.
that also means delete all .asourdrc files......you have a copy here online so no need to backup
reboot the pc

if no sound and you know aplay or you have media player correctly configured for pulseaudio
EEK before you do...you did change back to alsa didn't you, when you were alsa only?
Don't reply and wait....just do what need to do as I don't have a lot of time left on this one.
so if you install PA reset your player to use PA....if you stay with alsa...reset to alsa....ok?

1) on sndbad computer.....take a copy of the settings somewhere before you make changes

use root powers to copy sndgood stuiff into /etc
and use local powers on you home folder stuff.

good luck

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after this......I have run out of ideas sorry