Another Sound Problem Question
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:18 pm
Hi All,
I am rather new to this Linux thing, but I seem to be having similar problems to a lot of other people here. I have a HP 1120NR netbook. Everything worked in version 6 including Firefox playing sound etc right out of the box. Went to RC1 knowing I may have a few problems and low and behold I have the same problem I had when I tried Ubuntu 9.04.
Problem is sound works perfectly playing videos and mp3's but as soon as you open Firefox (does not even need to be playing video or sound) the system sound goes dead. Close down Firefox and all works again. Same goes when starting Pulse Audio Device Chooser.....system sound goes dead until you close the app. Another strange thing it seems like some sort of sound application is running all the time because if you just run the mouse over an mp3 it plays..without opening any application. I have read every tutorial, tip and hack on both this site and Ubuntu. This is not a deal breaker for me as I do prefer this over any of the others and will be patient until someone comes up with a fix. I might add this was a totally fresh install with no updates done except this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137 and this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=789578. Any other suggestions would be more than welcome as I have other PC's and it does not matter if I hose the system and have to re-install. Thanks in advance.
Brian
I am rather new to this Linux thing, but I seem to be having similar problems to a lot of other people here. I have a HP 1120NR netbook. Everything worked in version 6 including Firefox playing sound etc right out of the box. Went to RC1 knowing I may have a few problems and low and behold I have the same problem I had when I tried Ubuntu 9.04.
Problem is sound works perfectly playing videos and mp3's but as soon as you open Firefox (does not even need to be playing video or sound) the system sound goes dead. Close down Firefox and all works again. Same goes when starting Pulse Audio Device Chooser.....system sound goes dead until you close the app. Another strange thing it seems like some sort of sound application is running all the time because if you just run the mouse over an mp3 it plays..without opening any application. I have read every tutorial, tip and hack on both this site and Ubuntu. This is not a deal breaker for me as I do prefer this over any of the others and will be patient until someone comes up with a fix. I might add this was a totally fresh install with no updates done except this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137 and this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=789578. Any other suggestions would be more than welcome as I have other PC's and it does not matter if I hose the system and have to re-install. Thanks in advance.
Brian