I was trying to fix my audio problems using suggestions from this forum. One of the comments suggested I execute this and only this:
killall pulseaudio
So I did, and I restarted my computer just in case, but all it did was remove my soundcard and I still couldn't hear anything. Now I don't know how to get my soundcard back.
Please note that I am extremely inexperienced when it comes to Ubuntu.
Best Answer
From a forum thread, open a terminal and type:*
Reboot. Open a terminal again and type (ignore any errors with the
rm
command):The last command should restart the PulseAudio server and launch a desktop application for its settings. Another thread notes that there might be conflicts with IPv6. If so, then edit
/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
and setuse-ipv6
to no:Restart the avahi-daemon (e.g., reboot again).
Make sure that the audio devices are not muted.
*Note: Using
apt
instead ofapt-get
may work as well.See also: