XPost: uk.comp.os.linux   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Chris  wrote:   
      
   [correcting x-post]   
      
   >   
   > Weird one here. My FIL has a relatively new Dell which I set up Xubuntu on   
   > and the sound only works intermittently. When it works it works everywhere,   
   > when it doesn't nothing works. Whether it's local files or internet videos   
   > the pattern is consistent. The only exception is CDs. A physical CD will   
   > always play.   
   >   
   > There doesn't seem to be any pattern in when it will/won't work other than   
   > the CDs.   
   >   
   > It only has one audio device: the motherboard intel chip using the   
   > "snd_hda_intel" driver. The only output is a set of desktop speakers.   
   >   
   > My only hint at a problem is that inxi reports three sound servers:   
   >   
   >> inxi -SMA   
   > system:   
   > Host: Vostro Kernel: 5.15.0-48-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Deskto   
   > Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)   
   > Machine:   
   > Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Vostro 3710 V: N/A   
   > serial:    
   > Mobo: Dell model: OKID6X v: A00 serial:    
   > V: 1.1.66 date: 06/22/2022   
   > Audio:   
   > Device-1: Intel driver: snd hda intel   
   > Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-48-generic running: yes   
   > Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes   
   > Sound Server-3: Pipewire v: 0.3.48 running: yes   
   >   
   > My suspicion is that the servers are conflicting and the applications are   
   > picking the wrong one randomly, but that's just a guess.   
   >   
   > Anyone able to help or point me in the right direction to diagnose the   
   > problem?   
   >   
   > Where would I switch off the two servers and keep only one? Which one is   
   > the preferred one of the three?   
   >   
      
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