Re: Re: sound gone; was opening and ejecting a DVD

[Peter Easthope <peasthope@cablelan.net>]

Doug & others,

Doug Tutty wrote,
> I would suggest doing all that from the command line with X not running
to remove one huge variable.  Find a .wav file and play it with aplay to
verify that it works.  A command-line CD player is also helpful; I use
cdplay.

I moved the speaker jack from the on-board sound to 
the USB sound adapter and still got nothing from the 
speaker.  Finally I realized that the power switch on 
the speaker was off.  Daah, oops!

Sorry for the trouble,        ... Peter E.