Comment 20 for bug 28840

I fixed my problem, and maybe it'll help others fix their problem too, though the more I read other posting here, the more I think that this is unrelated to the USB problems discussed above.

Since I have multiple sound cards, I tried the trick of adding a /etc/asound.conf file with the usual pcm.!default blah blah blah to use my soundblaster card. This made rhythmbox not work properly even though other audio worked fine. I removed that file and simply chose the coundcard under my Preferences->Sound menu, and it started working ok (after I restarted alsa to use the new ~/.asoundrc file). In breezy, this menu didn't work, which is when I learned to do the asound.conf thing, but now it does work and the asound.conf thing didn't. Hope this helps, but if not, sorry.