From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4rrt-0004FF-2Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:39:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AB491C03D; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:37:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.197]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58851C03D for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:37:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (ool-43505ef2.dyn.optonline.net [67.80.94.242]) by mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0LIV00FI06QN3VO0@mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:37:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:37:11 -0400 From: dhk Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ALSA - Still No Sound In-reply-to: <4D7F5ECB.3050606@optonline.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <4D92F9C7.2080308@optonline.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 References: <4D5A58ED.4090602@optonline.net> <4D586719.9070509@optonline.net> <1297648866.31454.6.camel@troll> <4D59155A.7000301@optonline.net> <2658b578.a3f2.12e2903b5a2.Coremail.laconism@163.com> <4D5A64EB.7030806@optonline.net> <4D679A90.5030606@optonline.net> <4D74D27E.8080601@optonline.net> <4D7F5ECB.3050606@optonline.net> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110328 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.9 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6718678680654afaefda0856ab37c6bc On 03/15/2011 08:42 AM, dhk wrote: > On 03/07/2011 11:15 AM, Mick wrote: >> On 7 March 2011 12:41, dhk wrote: >> >>> Here's an update. Yesterday morning I recompiled the kernel, but I took >>> most everything out that didn't look like one of the three audio cards >>> I've been trying to get working. I rebooted and tested the audio with >>> the new kernel and it didn't work. Then I rebooted again before I went >>> out for the day, the machine ran all day and all night without any >>> activity before I logged in this morning. Now I have audio again. Now >>> I think I have to pay attention as to whether audio begins working after >>> a period of computer uptime. Does this sound plausible? >> >> I wouldn't think so. /etc/init.d/alsasound should run at default >> level, load modules and restore settings. Assuming that you have run >> the alsaconf command to unmute your channels, then you should have >> sound straight off the peg. >> >> However, I have an old laptop which always starts with the Master >> volume control muted. I have to press the special sound control >> buttons on the keyboard to unmute sound every time I reboot. I guess >> this is a hardware quirk of this MoBo and it is the only PC that I >> have come across something like this. > > > Here's an update. The sound comes and goes. I've been leaving the > sound on all the time now and not just when I need it. I test it > frequently just to see if it works. I haven't found any pattern other > than when I do a reboot or shutdown when the box powers up again > sometimes I have the audio and sometimes I don't. However, even when > there's no audio it looks like the modules load and alsasound starts. > > > > Another update. It seem all I need to do to get sound back is run alsaconf (take all the defaults) and reboot. I'm not sure why it stops working after two or three reboots, but if I run alsaconf again and reboot it's back. It never works right after alsaconf, it always needs a reboot. It would be nice if the sound state didn't get lost, but at least I can get it back. I'd also wouldn't mind knowing why it happens. Thanks, dhk