No more sound

[mockturtl]

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lspci -v | grep -i audio
# 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
# 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

Removing pulseaudio worked for me:

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sudo aptitude remove --purge pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio paman pavumeter pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-esound-compat

sudo mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf.bak

rm ~/.pulse-cookie
rm -r ~/.pulse/

sudo aptitude install libalsaplayer0

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=197&t=60485&start=0&hilit=how+to+remove+pulse+audio

[wwsmurf]

I have an Acer Aspire 3690 of some sort.

The Volume Control reports HDA Intel, and I believe it truly is an Intel sound system.

I find that when I need the sound back, I must unmute the Master and Front, and then check headphone if it is not checked, or uncheck and check headphone, or something like that. Of course, I clicked on headphone under switches before I ever had a problem just to see what would happen, so I'm the reason they were muted in the first place, but whatever. I've tried replacing PulseAudio with ALSA, but I think that might do more harm than good.

This is just food for the imagination. The actual procedure given may be wrong, but I don't think I'm crazy.