Could the connections be damaged?
It happens some times with me and I just go to settings-—blutooth- and I needed to re connect the missing speakers. Very simple.
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Speaking of linux ...
I got an android phone with the Lineage O/S
I am plagued with some auto function changing my type.
I type ‘pir’ and then a space and it changes to ‘pit’
I want lower case ‘btw’ but am forced to look at ALL CAPS
‘BTW’
How do I turn this crap off ?
system settings/hardware/sound. Check to see if the correct output device you need is picked as default as primary. If you are using an external 3rd party device the update may have returned this setting back to default PC speakers.
Also check to see if it is muted or the sound has been turned down.
But first, check your keyboard controls to make sure the mute/volume keys were not accidentally pressed by the cat... Might just be the keyboard button options preventing it. The keyboard is another entity of it’s own with options that override software settings. :)
Linux sound is notoriously tricky. Which audio system are you using? Pulseaudio has many features but is complex and easily messed-up. You typically need to use pavucontrol to see which sources are making sound and which output devices are enabled. It kinda sucks.
This command gets sound working when it stops on Linux Mint for me.
pactl set-card-profile 0 output:hdmi-stereo
I run Fedora rather than Mint, but I have found Pulse Audio Volume Control in Multimedia helpful. I think alsamixer run in the terminal can give more control, but it is tricky to use.
Two discussion forums I use regularly:
HTTPS:\linuxmint.com
HTTPS:\www.linxquestions.org
Try the following cli-
pulseaudio —start
Based on your post #13 where you report 10 seconds of speaker sound:
I’d guess that some bluetooth audio device is connected. While connected the audio is directed there if you selected that option previously.
I have wired speakers and a bluetooth speaker.
Once I select bluetooth for ‘audio stream’ output, the wired output ends whenever the bluetooth device connects. It automagically restarts the speaker output when I turn the bluetooth speaker off after about 10 seconds of silence.
This behavior is due to the fact that I have my wired speakers chosen as my default audio ‘device’.
I use a KDE Linux desktop environment.
In KDE the audio setup is accomplished in system-settings -> audio.
*This is in the main System Settings in KDE, there may be many different volume controls and they may or may not be relevant or control the same specific audio settings.
I select bluetooth for specific ‘Playback Streams’ and it uses bluetooth when available.
Other desktop environments will have similar ‘features’ :-)
Check to make sure wired speakers are default ‘Device’
Check to see if you have bluetooth selected for any ‘Stream’
Try completely turning off the bluetooth radio/connection.
It is possible to have different things on different speakers at the same time too, it can be confusing when you get under the hood. Just work on one thing at a time and question assumptions.
Subdivide and conquer :-)