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gstreamer0.10 plugin install caused sound muting

Asked by blackduck

Am trying to setup an older Compaq R3000 Presario with Karmic aboard. All went well until I played some M$ sound files. Wav files played ok but when I tried a .Mid extension, no joy. Instead the system offered to install a ffmpeg plugin gstreamer0.10. I agreed as I learn by doing.Problem now is there is no sound. Methinks I ought to remove the gstreamer plugin BUT, I don't know how. Request someone point me in the right direction.

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Best Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) said : 		#1

Alright for starters, try a reboot, then do this:

sudo alsa force-reload

This will reload your sound modules, .Mid files aren't played very
well in Ubuntu. I recommend using a player like VLC which supports
just about every multimedia format. Reply back and tell us what your
results are

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Vikram

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:19 PM, blackduck
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> New question #91707 on gnome-terminal in ubuntu:
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> Am trying to setup an older Compaq R3000 Presario with Karmic aboard. All went well until I played some M$ sound files. Wav files played ok but when I tried a .Mid extension, no joy. Instead the system offered to install a ffmpeg plugin gstreamer0.10. I agreed as I learn by doing.Problem now is there is no sound. Methinks I ought to remove the gstreamer plugin BUT, I don't know how. Request someone point me in the right direction.
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blackduck (osioda) said : 		#2

Herewith result of force-reload which was followed with a reboot:
ken@compaq:~$ sudo alsa force-reload
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/ken/.gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
Terminating processes: 3377lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/ken/.gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
 3537lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/ken/.gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
 3569lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/ken/.gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
 3602lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/ken/.gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
 (with SIGKILL:) 3633lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/ken/.gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
 (failed: processes still using sound devices: 3668(pulseaudio)).
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/ken/.gvfs

      Output information may be incomplete.
/sbin/alsa: Warning: Processes using sound devices: 3668(pulseaudio).
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-dummy snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-rawmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc (failed: modules still

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blackduck (osioda) said : 		#3

(force-reload continued)
loaded: snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc).
Loading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-dummy snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-rawmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc.

Lesson learned so far is to forget about .mid sound files. Info for readers: you're dealing with an old grampa nearing 80 whose learning curve isn't what it used to be. Patience & understanding are solicited.

-ken

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blackduck (osioda) said : 		#4

VLC did not work either so I removed karmic and repartitioned the disc and reinstalled 9.10 and found
that a good procedure for i needed the education of installation.

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blackduck (osioda) said : 		#5

sudo alsa force-reload advice did the job, sound is back.