Re: no sound

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 1/17/24 17:40, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Well I did a back-up, that didn't work, but I didn't know it at the 
> time, 


The back up failed?  :-(


Do you need help with data recovery?


> and did a reinstallation from scratch.  


Did you install using debian-12.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso?


Did you install a graphical desktop?  If so, which one?


> I now have my sound back 


Good.  :-)


> after I added back ports to my repositories. 


Do you mean backports?

https://backports.debian.org/


What backport package(s) did you require?


> I now have a system that 
> works but I cannot find any utility to fix the top bar the way I want 
> it.  Any hints?


If you are using Xfce, right click on a blank area of any panel and 
choose Panel -> Panel Preferences.  This will give you a multi-tab app 
that you can use to customize all the panels.


David