Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: sudden sound loss

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> wrote:
>
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org>
> wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > >  I've only ever run alsamixer from the console. I've never used a gui to
> > > configure sound.  It doesn't look muted in alsamixer.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Again, did you actually delete /etc/asound.state and then run
> > alsamixer again to recreate it anew? When you run alsamixer in this
> > way once again make sure everything is unmuted and both master and PCM
> > volumes are up.
> >
> > If your version of Alsa changed through an update or this file becomes
> > corrupted then you can have some very strange results.
> >
> > Just for kicks what's in /proc/asound? Do the expected sound cards
> > show up? lsmod results look reasonable?
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Mark
> >
>
>
>  I'm a total idiot.  There was ONE option muted in alsa mixer that I over
> looked.  Actually it wasn't overlooked so much that I /thought/ that setting
> had always been like that.  I apologize to everyone for missing the obvious
> and wasting bandwidth and time.  I'll try not to be a moron in the future.
>
>  Sheesh.
>

<hehe> Glad to help.

I cannot even remember anymore how many times these setting have
fooled me. I use a lot of audio apps and they have a tendency to leave
some of these settings in somewhat unknown states so starting here
generally works for me.

Enjoy,
Mark
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