Re: how to get sound back?

[gn643202 <jerry@jperkins.us>]

Hugh Lawson wrote:
> Debian lenny, alsa
>
> dpkg -l | grep alsa
>
> ii  alsa-base    1.0.17.dfsg-4      ALSA driver configuration files
> ii  alsa-utils   1.0.16-2           ALSA utilities
> ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa   0.10.19-2  GStreamer plugin for ALSA
> ii  libsdl1.2debian-alsa 1.2.13-2   
>
>
> Yesterday, after running some .avi files with mplayer, my system lost
> sound. Rebooting brought the sound back.
>
> How could I have restarted sound without rebooting?


   I just got my sound back after 2 months without it.   This has 
happened before.
   THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE JACKS WERE NOT PLUGGED IN ALL THE WAY.
   Yes I know that was dumb of me.