Re: Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup

[Sian Mountbatten <poenikatu@fastmail.co.uk>]

On 28/04/12 03:10, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:50:40AM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> > I then did the usual sid upgrade commands:
> >     apt-get update
> >     apt-get dist-upgrade
> >     reboot
> > After the reboot, I logged in and ran speaker-test:
> >     speaker-test -tsine -c2
> > Sound from both speakers!
> >     played some music using Deadbeef (Audio player)
> >
> > So there you are: a backup saved my bacon.
>
> It could easily have been the "apt-get update" followed by the "apt-get
> dist-upgrade" which solved it?
>
> Did you try "speaker-test -tsine -c2" **BEFORE** upgrading but **AFTER**
> restoring the backup?
Yes.

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Sian Mountbatten
ex-Algol 68 specialist