Re: [orca-list] apparent pulseaudio problem with ubuntu 12.04

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Doug Smith <braillefingers gmx com> wrote:
 
> Apparently pulseaudio starts in system mode on ubuntu 12.04, and this is causing a show stopper problem for 
> me.  When I install the system, the 
> machine talks and all is well for the first while, but, turn the power off and let the machine cool off 
> over night then restart, and sound has been 
> permanently silenced.  I cannot give you any debug files because I don't know how, and on top of that, 
> there is no access to the machine when this 
> happens.  

I've never encountered anything like this.

Try booting from a live CD which is accessible (make sure you have one of
these in case of future problems - I personally like grml - see
http://grml.org/). Then mount your /var file system and delete
/var/lib/alsa/asound.state if it exists. Also, delete any .pulse directory in
your home directory. Finally, unmount the file systems, reboot from the hard
drive and hope for better results.