Several applications have PulseAudio backends. PulseAudio mixes audio, so that means that only one application at a time can output audio if PulseAudio is disabled (and you aren’t using some other sound server). Bad gnome design: does it also leave the 'mute' stuck on until you run pavucontrol? There are plenty that work fine without pulseaudio. The Gnome sound settings, the sound indicator and the volume up/down keys relies on PulseAudio, so they won’t work when PulseAudio is off. Here's a blog by a ubuntu dev on the subject:Īfter describing ludicrous ways of temporarily turning pulseaudio off and on - because it causes problems(!) - here's what he said: Pulseaudio has so many dependencies that this will cause problems later. in fact purging pulseaudio is one of the most common pieces of bad advice I see on audio problems. Remember to use the the pavucontrol to adjust the volume of the mic (only the left slider) since adjusting it from the Linux Mint/Ubuntu audio settings bring back the right slider at the same value of the left one Unlock the sliders for the for the mic and drag the right one to zero (the mic is mono, no stereo).

I found the solution in a 2010 topic in ubuntu forum. Of Linux mint/Ubuntu that bar (in the input tab) is almost flat, i have to speak close to the mic to make the bar move a bit.ĮPIC UPDATE: I did it. The funny fact is that if i open the audio control If i run pavumeter -record i can clearly see the signal is ok. I read about someone on ubuntu who uninstalled pulseaudio but the system audio was something like buggy Mmm if everything should still work then why is it installed? Another thing to try is removing pulseaudio.

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