Thanks for your replies.
@oldcpu: I ran the command you suggested but got no sound. Output from terminal was:
Code:
user@opensuse-laptop:~> speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav
speaker-test 1.0.16
Playback device is plug:front
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
(this continued repeatedly until i closed the terminal window)...
The funny thing is when I first log in after a reboot I get the usual 'login' sound playing fine. Also, immediately after logging in I can right click on the icon in the panel and open volume control, which gives me the pulseaudio volume control window. However try again a few minutes later (after opening totem or something) and it crashes trying to open pulseaudio volume control and I can't get sound.
It seems like something is killing my system's sound after logging in?
@ivom66: I tried sudo alsa-init in terminal but got
Code:
sudo: alsa-init: command not found
Am I missing something? Also I opened an avi in VLC and tried playing around with audio settings, but had no success with OSS or ALSA.
I'm still stuck!
Oh yeah... I was using skype today, just going through my laptops built in mic and speakers, and the sound worked fine. This just confuses me even more!