"test sound" needs libcanberra-pulse

[Teo]

I have no idea which package the System Settings belong to.

Run System Settings, go to Sound, click Test Sound, then click on any of the "test" buttons, either the left or the right one.

No sound is played.

And sound works fine: I can hear all the sounds.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 22 20:35:59 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meta-gnome3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-17 (5 days ago)

[David Goheen (virtdave)]

same problem

[GwaiTsi (gwaitsi)]

i have the same problem with ubuntu 13.04 and
Driver version: k3.8.0-31-generic
Library version: 1.0.25
Utilities version: 1.0.25

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Tim Passingham (tim-8aw3u04umo)]

Same problem in 12.04. This happened sometime after a gnome-control-center (and ....-data) update (to 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.13.1) this morning. I tried going back to the previous version (1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1), to no avail.

Both Alsa and PulseAudio sound still work, but the failure of the Test Sound facility is a real nuisance. I switch devices often, and have always used the Test Sound to check it has worked (since it's always seemed a little unreliable).

[Tim Passingham (tim-8aw3u04umo)]

My mistake. I have previously deleted and re-installed pulseaudio. However, it seems that to get the test sound to work one needs 'libcanberra-pulse'.

All OK for me now.

[David Goheen (virtdave)]

thanks, Tim.....that worked for me too.