david writes:
> I'm sorry I wasn't monitoring this thread, so excuse me if
> you've been through this.  When I have sound problems with
> Ubuntu, it's always been pulseaudio.  I kill it and restart
> it and I have sound again.

and james writes:
> $ killall pulseaudio
> $ /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart

i have three laptops running ubuntu 8.10, two panasonic
CF-50s and one ibm t41.  it was the ibm t41 that was
exhibiting the audio problems.

first, the ibm t41 was not running pulseaudio, nor would it
start using /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart.  oddly enough,
though pulseaudio was running on the two panasonic CF-50s,
when i killed it, it would not restart using
/etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart, even with sudo.  only by
rebooting could i get pulseaudio running again.  that's
puzzling.

however, after poking through /usr/bin/gnome-* i stumbled on
gnome-volume-control, and sure enough PCM (and others) were
turned off.  turning them on solved the problem.  i'm sure
you all thought i would have known that.  sorry, now i do.

thanks for your help.

dan

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