Re: [SLUG] How to "restart" sound?

2008-12-05 Thread Ben
if it's anything like my setup you'll probably find pulseaudio keeps breaking like it did on 8.04. I don't know what advantages pulse has by my audio has been flaky, inconsistent and poor at handling simultaneous inputs since I upgraded. I usually just find the pid for pulseaudio and kill -9 it.

Re: [SLUG] How to "restart" sound?

2008-12-02 Thread bill
Hi Dean Thanks for the reply. My Bad not thinking that problem may be with Flash. Have just found a post on a Forum that recommended installing libflashsupport deb for Flash 9. Installed, and so far everything is working fine. Bill distribution? in general /etc/init.d/alsa[-utils] restar

Re: [SLUG] How to "restart" sound?

2008-11-30 Thread Phil Scarratt
bill wrote: > Quite often after viewing youtube clip in Firefix 3 on Kubuntu 8.10 I > lose sound - ie if I load another clip or try to play anything > sound-related, - there is no sound. > > What is the command to restart sound - a Service I assume, but cant see > which one. > There is perhaps a

Re: [SLUG] How to "restart" sound?

2008-11-30 Thread Dean Hamstead
distribution? in general /etc/init.d/alsa[-utils] restart where [-utils] varies. this will work for debian. however if flash is locking your sound, something is wrong and its not closing properly. use tools like lsof to find out whats holding up the show. ie lsof /dev Dean bill wrote: Q

[SLUG] How to "restart" sound?

2008-11-30 Thread bill
Quite often after viewing youtube clip in Firefix 3 on Kubuntu 8.10 I lose sound - ie if I load another clip or try to play anything sound-related, - there is no sound. What is the command to restart sound - a Service I assume, but cant see which one. Thanks Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User