No sound in Fedora 11

[ppyvabw]

I have recently upgraded to 11. It all worked fine this morning, then suddenly the little volume control in the top right vanished and I have no sound from mplayer or amsn or error sounds or start up sounds or anything

EXCEPT! all videos and sounds on the internet play fine, like you tube etc...??

I am a total newbie to linux btw so take it easy with me please

[Silpheed2K]

Follow this guide and see if everything works out
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225660

[wvn]

The guide above though, will install on your system the kde libs as well. Maybe try removing and reinstalling only paulseaudio

[ppyvabw]

Thanks for that, I'll do that now but I have just come to my computer to discover there is no option under system to shut down, so I cannot switch off. Also it won't detect that my portable hard drive is plugged in. It has not been switch off since last night so this has all happened over night.

[ppyvabw]

That didn't work.

There's so many problem with it I'm just going to download the live iso again and re install. When I did it the other day it was an upgrade from 10 which also had problems, then I used the same disc to try reinstall again, twice as the second time didn't work properly either.

Don't know if it's the disc at fault as I'm not an expert. I am half tempted to stick xp back on. Never had any trouble at all with 10.

[Silpheed2K]

Have you tried unplugging all your extra devices and just troubleshooting one problem at a time?
That way you can narrow it down to what's causing your problems.
Try unplugging some devices you don't need for your basic PC functions.

[ppyvabw]

Tried all that.

I just reinstalled the darn thing All running smoothly now.

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated. No doubt I'll be back for your help when I brake it again

[dpawson]

Follow this guide and see if everything works out
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225660

Nearly, not quite!

Followed it from start to finish. The pulseaudio daemon wasn't running. Added it as suggested. Still keep getting the 'unable to connect' message (which is nicely hidden behind other windows - annoying!).

Tried the 'configuration step' but still total silence from the speakers.
I was trying rythmbox as an audio source.

Any other suggestions please?


DaveP

[MEBnothere]

As posted under the guide for Pulseaudio, I have repeatedly attempted to get sound to work in F11 using the guide and other recommendations.
The last attempt about 10 minutes ago... sound for first re-boot, after which PulseAudio reverts to null_output... zip for sound...
Filed bug on Fedroa... [326 for PulseAudio related at that time]