On my laptop, the icon in the notification area shows a cross sign, looking like the sound is muted, but that's not the case: I hear sound. If I click on it and press "Sound Preferences", I get a dialog box saying "Waiting for sound system to respond".
I'm running Lucid 32-bit. $ apt-cache policy gnome-media gnome-media: Installed: 2.28.5-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 2.28.5-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 2.28.5-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Waiting for sound system to respond https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400973 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