Questions[external-soundcard](ubuntu)

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and a focusrite scarlett solo external USB sound card.

The sound card is set as the audio output device in settings and the test works and, as far as I can tell, the rest of my system uses the USB device.

Firefox however is using the laptop in-built speakers. Strangely enough with certain things the USB sound card is used, e.g. the "error sound" produced when no matches are found after searching a webpage (Ctrl + F) but certainly youtube, vimeo and spotify are using the laptop speakers.

I haven't found any help online that's not quite outdated.

I would like to know if this usb soundbar is compatible with Linux:

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/accessories/apd/520-AAOT

Thank you!

First of all excuse any bad english since it's not my native language.

I just installed Ubuntu Studio 20.04 and plugged in my Yeti Nano Microphone. It picks up sound just fine but as soon as I try to play sound over the integrated external sound card of the microphone the button starts flashing yellow and I can't hear a thing. I've done some research and found out that it could be due to a sampling rate mismatch. But I have no clue how to fix that. Sometimes when I use Spotify it works but as soon as I play audio via Firefox for example it stops. To make it more confusing is the fact that it worked before on one other distro (Linux Mint 19). But eventually it stopped working there to. I tried reinstalling Mint but that doesn't fix the problem. I don't know why it stopped working and I haven't got it to work on any other distro even arch based ones like Manjaro. I have one last idea what could have caused the problem but I don't know how that could have effected it. It stopped working on Mint around the time I installed windows in a dualboot. I kept the install since then. It would be very weird if Windows caused this to happen because I can't explain how they could interfere in such a way but maybe that's a starting point for you all.

Any help is very appreciated since I need to use this output because my bult-in audio is useless.

Many thanks in advance!

After upgrading to 20.04 my sound will cut out to total silence and then back after a second or less, no matter if using CD, audio file, video file or streaming. I noticed that with the sound settings window open, the Output Device will change from "line Out-Built-in Audio" to "Headphones-Built-in Audio" when the sound stops and then back to line out when the sound returns. I tried the command: systemctl --user status pulseaudio and get this output at the end: Jul 04 10:15:59 roger-desktop systemd[1502]: Starting Sound Service... Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to open cookie file '/ho> Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to load authentication k> Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to open cookie file '/ho> Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to load authentication k> Jul 04 10:16:18 roger-desktop systemd[1502]: Started Sound Service.

So I am not sure if it is working because when I enter: journalctl | grep pulseaudio I get: Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to open cookie file '/home/roger/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to load authentication key '/home/roger/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to open cookie file '/home/roger/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory Jul 04 10:16:15 roger-desktop pulseaudio[1516]: Failed to load authentication key '/home/roger/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory and nothing for when the sound stops.

I was hoping someone could possibly help me out with my sound card. I have a Soundblaster G6 running in 18.10. Everything seems to work except the microphone input. I realize Creative Labs doesn't officially support Linux, but since everything else is working. I was wondering if perhaps there was something I could do so that I could use my headset microphone while using it.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?