[Discuss] sound

[dan moylan]

dan ritter writes:
> dan moylan wrote:

>> as i wrote in my last missive to blu, i have two
>> computers:

>> arcturas, an intel nuc10, running fc31, and
>> aldeberon, an asus aspire E1-472P, also running fc31.

>> i run dnf upgrade on each every week.

>> i use timidity to play my fife&drum music files, and find
>> that on each of the computers, aperiodically it will cease
>> to work, and then on some dnf upgrade will return to
>> functionality.

>> right now, the sound on arcturas has completely ceased to
>> work -- no youtube, no zoom, no output from "settings" sound
>> test.  aldeberon's sound system continues okay.

>> how can i set up my sound for more robust functionality?

> Any error messages?

well, i found this in /var/log/messages:

  Apr 26 12:07:01 arcturas systemd[1467558]: Condition check
  resulted in Sound System being skipped.

it certainly sounds ominous, and appropriate, but what does
it tell me?

ole dan

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