[LAU] Audio stopped working - troubleshooting help

Ross Hamblin rosscoad at gmail.com
Sat Dec 31 06:00:30 UTC 2011


On 31/12/11 18:35, Al Thompson wrote:
> On 12/30/2011 10:29 PM, jonetsu wrote:
>>> You could try a more up to date Linux live cd and see how that works
>>> with the sound on that system.
>> That's an idea.  Is there a Live CD/DVD that would be more suited for
>> audio purposes ?
>>
> But if it WAS working with his distro, it should STILL be working with
> his distro.  If it's been working for 3 years up until yesterday, there
> is no reason to expect that upgrading the distro will magically fix it.
> 
> My vote is for component failure on the audio card, or a bad MUX.
> 
I agree it is likely to be a hardware issue and that the live cd will
not magically fix anything. I suggested using live-CD to avoid upgrading
the distro, and I do think that testing with cd will help to confirm it
is a hardware problem at relatively small cost which is what the
original post was about.

Ross.


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