[01:45] <flip> hey, my audio was showing as dummy driver and i uninstalled alsa and reinstalled then restarted alsa and nothing.  THis is the second time it has happened.  any idea what to do? please?
[01:48] <wxl> flip: it happens sometimes bnut not other times/
[01:49] <flip> how do you fix it?
[01:49] <wxl> i await your answer to my question to help figure that out
[01:50] <flip> if that was  question then not usually.  I reinstalled the OS to get the sound to work and it did but now its not working again
[01:50] <wxl> so it works sometimes, but not other timese
[01:50] <flip> i thought that was an answer at first
[01:50] <wxl> and there's no pattern to when it works and doesn't
[01:50] <wxl> right?
[01:50] <flip> pretty much but it hasnt worked consistently since it didnt work
[01:50] <wxl> well consistently is the key
[01:51] <wxl> random problems usually ahve random causes
[01:51] <flip> i followed some fourm advice and uninstalled alsa and pulse audio then reinstalled them and forced a restart of alsa
[01:51] <wxl> my guess is that either your sound card is failing or it's not properly connected to the motherboard
[01:51] <wxl> if `lspci` doesn't see the card, it doesn't matter what software you have, it won't work
[01:52] <flip> now the audio icon is gone from the top right...or the bar where wifi, battery...that stuff is
[01:52] <wxl> you need to look lower level
[01:52] <wxl> first confirm the kernel sees the hardware with `lspci`
[01:53] <flip> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
[01:53] <wxl> so it does see it which is good
[01:53] <wxl> try `lspci -nnk | grep " Audio " | grep driver`
[01:54] <flip> include the `?
[01:54] <wxl> no, that indicates the start and end of the command
[01:55] <flip> nothing ahppens, it just goes to the next line
[01:55] <wxl> oh well that's remarkable
[01:55] <wxl> oh derp
[01:55] <wxl> i did this wrong
[01:55] <wxl> try `lspci -nnk | grep -A2 " Audio " | grep driver`
[01:56] <flip> lspci -nnk | grep " Audio " | grep driver
[01:56] <flip> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
[01:56] <wxl> ok, so you have a driver
[01:56] <wxl> so that's all good
[01:57] <flip> so far so good
[01:57] <wxl> you have a wav file handy?
[01:58] <flip> maybe, i just reinstalled ubuntu 14.04
[01:58] <flip> then added apps and whatnot...but ill see would youtube wrok or specifically a wav?
[01:58] <wxl> preferably a wav
[02:00] <wxl> you can grab this http://www.nch.com.au/acm/11k16bitpcm.wav
[02:00] <flip> hu
[02:00] <flip> its working
[02:00] <flip> it asked me to click something to activate vlc
[02:01] <flip> i did that and it worked...
[02:01] <wxl> so i was going to have you test alsa, but it seems you've moved a bit upstream :)
[02:01] <wxl> which is fine
[02:01] <wxl> so what is NOT working?
[02:01] <flip> well now the video for class is working with sound so i assume everything works
[02:02] <wxl> okie dokie
[02:02] <flip> the identifier icon is not on the right though
[02:02] <wxl> also keep in mind if you're having problems with video that might be a totally different issue unrelated to sound itself
[02:02] <wxl> i always start at the lowest level:
[02:02] <flip> it was only the sound from the video, the video was working otherwise
[02:02] <wxl> 1. make sure the hardware is detectged
[02:02] <wxl> 2. make sure the kernel driver is in use
[02:03] <wxl> 3. make sure alsa is behaving (i use `aplay`)
[02:03] <wxl> 4. make sure pulse is working (i don't use it so figure that one out yourself)
[02:03] <wxl> 5. make sure something basic like an mp3 and/or a video plays with vlc
[02:04] <wxl> 6. then move to the browser
[02:04] <wxl> the browser could be a whole array of problems
[02:04] <wxl> usually the simplest solution is to use a different browser
[02:04] <wxl> of course it could be a browser plug int
[02:04] <wxl> etc
[02:04] <wxl> good luck :)
[02:04] <flip> thanks
[02:06] <flip> i think my audio was attributed to something incorrectly...im not sure but i figure it asked me to use VLC so can i set it to only use VLC?