Re: all of a sudden I have no sound
it would be nice if pulseaudio say in pavucontrol would get a find my
speakers button which would try what it thinks is a speaker andput a
message on the screen asking if the user heard some music. If the answer
is no, move onto the next speaker.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > I was on the computer and stopped to eat dinner and the puter went into
> > black screen as it always does if left unattended. It would not wake up so
> > I changed the batteries in my keyboard and it still would not wake up. So I
> > turned it off with the switch and then back on. Once it was on it worked
> > fine until I tried to play a you tube and found I had no sound at all. I
> > checked the sound icon on the top right of the screen and it was set where I
> > always have it. I went to the sound thing to check that I have sound and as
> > I tested both speakers I heard nothing. The computer seemed to think that
> > was fine with a smiley face.
>
> Are the speakers internal or external? If external, are they
> powered up and turned on with an appropriate volume?
>
> Does it work with headphones plugged in?
>
> Run pavucontrol and click on the Configuration tab. It is not
> rare for this subsystem to decide to select the wrong audio
> output device after a reboot.
>
> Tell us what options it offers you in the Configuration tab.
>
>
> > I am on a Lenova all in one computer with Debian 9. I have not needed any
> > upgrades lately so that is not the problem as my system is kept up to date
> > with all software.
>
> I agree that this is not the problem, but you should know that
> the reason you are not getting upgrades on Debian 9 is because
> Debian 11 is the current stable version.
>
> -dsr-
>
>
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