There was no .asoundrc file in my home directory. Here is my syslog output for when I tried to play a song using rhythmbox.
Sep 28 22:41:00 ginny-desktop pulseaudio[26159]: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader. Sep 28 22:41:00 ginny-desktop pulseaudio[26161]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted Sep 28 22:41:00 ginny-desktop pulseaudio[26161]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted I hope this helps. -- Sound no longer working after kernel upgrade to 2.6.27-4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274124 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs