[Discuss] Help with Ubuntu audio (newcomer)

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (Dan Ritter)]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Daniel Barrett wrote:
> 
> I am seeking help getting audio working on my Kubuntu 10.04 system. Ever
> since upgrading the system from a rather old version (7.10), audio has been
> broken, either not playing at all, or playing only in some programs but not
> others. Right now I have no sound at all. I posted full details in the
> Ubuntu forums:
> 
>   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10438294
> 
> but never got any responses.  Sometimes I can get sound by deleting
> ~/.pulse and ~/.pulse-cookie, logging out, and logging back in. But the
> solution doesn't last. Other times I run Amarok and, lo and behold, sound
> starts working everywhere. Temporarily.

You've tried everything at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio ?

-dsr-