Thunderbird kills sound -
david walcroft
david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au
Wed Oct 12 21:33:04 UTC 2005
Bob Goodwin wrote:
> I have recently lost sound and can only get it to run if I stop
> Thunderbird. It has always worked until about a week ago.
>
> When I run "system-config-soundcard" and click on the test button I
> hear nothing and get the following error message:
>
> amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM-2',0
>
> amixer: Unable to find simple control 'DRC Range',0
>
> Usually, but not always, closing Thunderbird will cause the sample chord
> to play as expected. To run a .wmv in mplayer I must first close
> Thunderbird or mplayer will report an error with sound.
>
> I tried removing Thunderbird and reinstalling it from the rpm but saving
> the old Mail files to keep the mail filters and messages. That seemed
> to restore things to normal but within a day sound was out again.
>
> I don't know how to troubleshoot this. I guess I can live without sound
> but it should work.
> uname -a
> Linux box1 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 #1 Fri Aug 26 20:29:51 EDT 2005 i686 i686
> i386 GNU/Linux
>
> Thunderbird version 1.0.6-1.1.fc4
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Bob Goodwin w2bod Zuni, Virginia
>
>
Maybe this could help [http://alsa.opensrc.org/TroubleShooting]
You didn't mention which card you use,if a SB Audigy, check <control
centre > sound system > Hardware > full duplex [uncheck] it causes
similar problems for me.
david
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