On Lu, 10 sep 12, 22:13:06, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:55:36 -0400 (EDT), Brian wrote:
> > 
> > I use the first method with cdtool. Let's get the obvious out of the
> > way. You're in the cdrom and audio groups. The cable is connected
> > correctly and securely. The speakers are connected correctly to the
> > output of the sound card.
> 
> I can confirm that my userid is in the cdrom and audio groups.  I haven't
> checked the cable connections yet, but I plan to do that tomorrow.
> But the problem seems to be more systemic.  I can't seem to get aplay
> to work on a .wav file.  It runs, and it generates messages on the
> screen, but no sound.
 
What does 

    speaker-test -c2 -t wav

do (both as user and root)?

> > Pulseaudio isn't on my system but isn't it a daemon? Wouldn't stopping
> > it allow you to eliminate it as a cause?
> 
> pulseaudio is a "depends" (not a "recommends") dependency of gnome-core;
> so I can't de-install it. 

Assuming you really want to keep Gnome there are several workarounds for 
that:
- just remove the gnome-core metapackage and keep all other dependencies
- equivs (either build a replacement metapackage or a replacement 
  dependency)
- dpkg --force-depends

Kind regards,
Andrei
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