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> running. I didn't know it was a wrapper for Alsa. It appears to be standalone
> going by the docs (I don't see alsa or OSS listed as a pre-requisite or a
> system requirement).
>
Yes their docs say it runs a sound server. What they don't say is that it is not their own. Pulse is middleware that connects to the default sound server, typically Alsa as noted here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PulseAudio

> Paul
>
> On 20 Feb 2016 at 5:43, Russell Reiter wrote:
>
> Sorry to top post. I meant to say PCM channel. Still haven't had morning
> coffee.
> > Are you using Alsa, OSS or the Pulseaudio wrapper. I've seen this problem
> where the Alsa mixer mutes the dsp channel on reboot.
> > If you are using Alsa you can try using the alsamixer to unmute the channel
> and alsactl store to make the settings persistent.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Russell
> >
> > Sent from mobile.
> >
> > On Feb 19, 2016 9:17 PM, "Paul King" <sciguy@vex.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have what I must describe as a strange sound problem under Linux Ubuntu
> > > Studio 14.x. The operating system sound is dead, so is sound which ought to
> > > come out of media players like VLC. Sound also fails to work in the browser.
> > >
> > > BUT, it DOES work perfectly under Audacity. I have tried to change the
> system
> > > settings to the same settings as Audacity, but I haven't been successful.
> > >
> > > THere was touted to be a window called "Sound Preferences", but when I
> clicked
> > > on the speaker icon to select "sound preferences" from the dropdown, the
> window
> > > that came up was "System settings", which only had icons for the printer,
> > > desktop and one other thing that had nothing to do with sound that I can't
> > > recall.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
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