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Re: ALSA not loading at system boot



On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:30:28 -0200, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've been trying to get help on ALSA mailing lists, Debian IRC channels  
> and forums with no success.
>
> Every time I boot my Debian Sid box I don't have sound until running  
> 'alsaconf'.
>
> Well, here we go, again:
> I've just rebooted my system.
>
> # vinicius@vinicius:~$ lsmod | grep snd
> # snd_hda_intel         434776  0
> # snd_pcm                81672  1 snd_hda_intel
> # snd_seq                54304  0
> # snd_timer              25744  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> # snd_seq_device         11668  1 snd_seq
> # snd                    63688  5  
> snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> # soundcore              12064  1 snd
> # snd_page_alloc         13072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> #
>
> My driver is the snd_hda_intel for this soundcard here:
>
> # vinicius@vinicius:~$ lspci | grep -i audio
> # 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio  
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> It's loaded, but no sound.

Which application do you use to test that?

> Then trying to start ALSA:
>
> # vinicius@vinicius:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start
> # Setting up ALSA...done.
>
> No sound yet. Checking alsamixer channels.
> All unmutted and at max. No sound.
>
> Trying alsaconf:
>
> # vinicius@vinicius:~$ sudo alsaconf
> # Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-intel snd-pcm snd-seq  
> snd-timer snd-seq-device snd-page-alloc.
> # Building card database...
> # Loading driver...
> # Setting default volumes...
> # Now ALSA is ready to use.
> # For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.
> # Have a lot of fun!
>
> SOUND!
>
> Can someone help me? I don't want to keep running alsaconf every tim I  
> turn on my computer.

Boot the PC and run "speaker-test -t sine". Do you get sound, is there
an error message?

Try "modprobe snd_pcm_oss".

Run "lsof $(find /dev/ -group audio)" to see if there are any
applications or sound daemons blocking the sound devices.

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