[X Newbies] Sound dies - restart without reboot?

[John Wilson]

I was having problems getting a sound device (TV audio output) to work 
and had to futz around with Audio MIDI Setup to get things to work 
right. Try that if you've tried everything else. John

On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 11:57  AM, Steven Rogers wrote:

>
> On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 08:13 AM, Gregory Cortelyou wrote:
>
>> I have been having exactly the same problem and cannot offer any 
>> solutions. I posted this on Apple's discussion site recently but 
>> nobody had any answers. I use USB speakers (soundsticks) and I 
>> thought it might be that, but everything else USB always works. Hope 
>> we get someone who can help us though this.
>
> I'm using Monsoon USB speakers.
>
> I tried switching sound to "built in" and that didn't work - but I 
> just went back to check that it works now and noticed that the built 
> in volume was turned all the way down.  I'll check that next time my 
> sound croaks.
>
> At first, I thought it was associated with iChat, because it seemed to 
> be the application that was needing to make a sound when the sound 
> quit - but lately I've had it croak when iChat isn't up. I can't 
> correlate it to any application or anything I'm doing. Last night it 
> quit in the middle of iMovie.