Sound troubleshooting

[takka360]

The first thing you'll have to do is get rid of PulseAudio:

Code:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-alsa gnome-alsamixer
sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio vlc-plugin-pulse

Then you'll need to put the following configuration file into your user home directory. Save it as ".asoundrc":
Code:

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm {
type asym
playback.pcm {
type route
slave.pcm "dmix:0"
ttable.0.0 0.66
ttable.0.1 0.33
ttable.1.0 0.33
ttable.1.1 0.66
}
capture.pcm "hw:0"
}
}

Log out and log in again, then open a terminal window and run the following test:

Code:

speaker-test -t wav -c 2

[takka360]

Code:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-alsa gnome-alsamixer
sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio vlc-plugin-pulse

Then you'll need to put the following configuration file into your user home directory. Save it as ".asoundrc":
Code:

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm {
type asym
playback.pcm {
type route
slave.pcm "dmix:0"
ttable.0.0 0.66
ttable.0.1 0.33
ttable.1.0 0.33
ttable.1.1 0.66
}
capture.pcm "hw:0"
}
}

Log out and log in again, then open a terminal window and run the following test:

Code:

speaker-test -t wav -c 2

This will play back two sound clips ("front left" and "front right"). You should be able to hear both clips on either channel, with one being slightly louder than the other.

[takka360]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1384860

Look here this is where i got it,im having trouble to copy this you might have more luck
it worked for me first time.

[MrWeeds]

@ takka

nope didn't work

I am thinking that maybe if i switch to Ubuntu 12.04, or even Debian 6 (squeeze) it may potentially solve my problems.
any thoughts on this, or am i just potentially perpetuating the problem?

thanks

MrW

[takka360]

".asoundrc": are you saving to root with gedit exactly how its written here with symbols?

[Yellow Pasque]

@takka360: advising people to remove pulseaudio is probably a bad idea in general (though it may work in some cases).

[MrWeeds]

".asoundrc": are you saving to root with gedit exactly how its written here with symbols?

yes, i am.

fun times. lol

[Pednick]

I have a suggestion if it hasn't been implemented in the new release of Ubuntu; get rid of pulseaudio altogether, it's inferior to Alsa and that Alsa should be the default system for Ubuntu. I'm sick of purging pulseaudio and it's elements every time I have to install a new version of Ubuntu and I'm sure that the majority of Linux users are too.

[Yellow Pasque]

I have a suggestion if it hasn't been implemented in the new release of Ubuntu; get rid of pulseaudio altogether, it's inferior to Alsa and that Alsa should be the default system for Ubuntu. I'm sick of purging pulseaudio and it's elements every time I have to install a new version of Ubuntu and I'm sure that the majority of Linux users are too.

Use Lubuntu or find another distro, because Ubuntu devs aren't dropping pulseaudio.

[Pednick]

Use Lubuntu or find another distro, because Ubuntu devs aren't dropping pulseaudio.

So Libuntu doesn't put even a little trace of pulseaudio? I guess I could try that. anything to get rid of that crappy pulseaudio.