Fix Alternative #1 Try reinstalling Alsa and Pulse audio in the following manner:
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio And force reload Alsa again: sudo alsa force-reload Fix Alternative #2 Open the terminal and edit speech-dispatcher file by using the following command: sudo gedit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher In here, change RUN=yes to RUN=no Reboot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1398560 Title: Music playback randomly stops working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1398560/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs