Re: No sound when attempting to play an audio CD

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:55:36 -0400 (EDT), Brian wrote:
> 
> I use the first method with cdtool. Let's get the obvious out of the
> way. You're in the cdrom and audio groups. The cable is connected
> correctly and securely. The speakers are connected correctly to the
> output of the sound card.

I can confirm that my userid is in the cdrom and audio groups.  I haven't
checked the cable connections yet, but I plan to do that tomorrow.
But the problem seems to be more systemic.  I can't seem to get aplay
to work on a .wav file.  It runs, and it generates messages on the
screen, but no sound.
> 
> Pulseaudio isn't on my system but isn't it a daemon? Wouldn't stopping
> it allow you to eliminate it as a cause?

pulseaudio is a "depends" (not a "recommends") dependency of gnome-core;
so I can't de-install it.  As for killing the daemon, gnome automatically
re-spawns pulseaudio if I kill the daemon.  I have to stop gnome.
But even then, no output from playing audio CDs and no output from aplay.
Yet, gnome can generate sounds.  Maddening.

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