On Monday 19 October 2015 23:58:30 Glenn English wrote: > On 10/19/2015 04:04 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I almost hardly dare say it, it is barely better than saying s*****d, but > > when I have a problem with sound, I install Pulse Audio, install > > pavucontrol, and have a look at what it says. > > I hear something! It's not very loud, and it's from the wrong jack, but > there's a very quiet piano there. I turned on AC3 and MPEG in pavucontrol.
Ah! I had that earlier today. V. faint on headphones. Unplugged headphones, used netbook's built-in speakers and I had sound. > I'd sure like to know what I'm doing wrong, but I suspect that trial and > error will eventually get it done. > > Thanks very much, all of you, for your help. I'm told that PulseAudio is > spawn of Satan, but it *is* working, at least a little bit. It does. Satan has all the best tunes.* Lisi * http://www.movements.net/2005/04/14/why-should-the-devil-have-all-the-best-tunes.html