[LAU] Laptop sound problems

[Bill Purvis]

On 28/09/16 22:04, Len Ovens wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, Bill Purvis wrote:
>
>> On 28/09/16 15:49, Len Ovens wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, Bill Purvis wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 27/09/16 14:51, Len Ovens wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> you need module-jackdbus-detect. the package is 
>>>>> pulseaudio-module-jack in debian/ubuntu. You also need to use 
>>>>> jackd2 rather than jackd1.
>>>
>>>> Installed that, but still no sound. Shut down Jackd and it bursts 
>>>> into sound.
>>>> Tried to restart Jack but it fails:
>>>
>>> Run pavucontrol. In the playback tab  under the stream you are 
>>> listening to there will be a box with the name of your  audio 
>>> device. clicking on that
>
>> pavucontrol only shows a dummy output device! Shut down jack, but 
>> still only dummy!
>
> Ah, sounds like you are running jackd and not jackdbus.
>
>
> -- 
> Len Ovens
> www.ovenwerks.net
Hi Len, (and list)
I don't think so - I'm pretty sure it's been jackdbus for quite a while.

As it happens, I set everything back to the failing situation and 
rebooted the laptop.
It now works as it should, with QjackCtl in control. There's no sign of 
a pulseaudio
running and yet totem is working?

Thanks to everyone who chipped in, the problem has mysteriously sorted 
itself out, at
least for the moment, and I'm none the wiser! Such is life...

Bill

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