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Suddenly, from one day to the next, there is no sound.

Asked by Raul

Yesterday, my music files played flawlessly; today there is no sound whatsoever: files, CD, login or logout, nothing. Sound is dead.
I receive the message from ¨totem¨ that it ¨could not establish connection to sound server¨. I use Rythmbox 0.9.3.1 or SoundJuicer, never ¨totem¨.
I´ve gone into ¨preferences¨ in ¨volume control¨, but to no avail. What is the ¨sound server¨ and how do I fix it?
Thank you.

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#1

I suspect it's talking about the sound daemon "esd". If you go to System --> Preferences --> Sound --> Sounds (tab), do you have a tick next to "Enable software sound mixing (ESD)?

Is the default sound card listed there correctly? Some machines have more than one sound card, for example.

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Raul (raulcarreras) said : 		#2

Thank you Alan:

I put a tick next to ¨Ënable software sound mixing (ESD)¨ Now it¨s working
again. I don¨t know if it was ever ticked and, if it was, how it ever got
unticked.

Thank you, I greatly appreciate your concern.
Raul

On 11/6/06, Alan Pope <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support request #2350 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/2350
>
> Comment:
> I suspect it's talking about the sound daemon "esd". If you go to System
> --> Preferences --> Sound --> Sounds (tab), do you have a tick next to
> "Enable software sound mixing (ESD)?
>
> Is the default sound card listed there correctly? Some machines have more
> than one sound card, for example.
>

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Óscar Rodríguez Ríos (ingorr01) said : 		#3

If these comments have solved your problem, please consider marking this request as answered. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SupportRequests contains useful information about managing your support request.

If you are still having problems, let us know and we'll keep working on them.

Best Regards,
neuromancer

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Raul (raulcarreras) said : 		#4

It got sound working again. But the next time sound was off. The immediate
login following that, sound was again working fine.
However, I don"t want to bother anyone with something that may not be able
to be fixed and may be a recurring fault.

Thank you anyway
Raul

On 11/8/06, neuromancer <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support request #2350 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/2350
>
> Comment:
> If these comments have solved your problem, please consider marking this
> request as answered. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SupportRequests contains
> useful information about managing your support request.
>
> If you are still having problems, let us know and we'll keep working on
> them.
>
> Best Regards,
> neuromancer
>

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