Re: Mixer use kills ALSA

[Andrew Perrin <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu>]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, arijit sarkar wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 14:26 -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
>
> > I am using kernel 2.6.18 with debian testing. My machine is an ASUS
> > M2NPV-VM, which contains the following sound hardware:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Sound works OK from a variety of applications, including alsaplayer,
> > realplayer, and mplayer. However, when any application changes a mixer
> > setting, sound goes silent until alsa is force-reloaded. Any thoughts?
> >
> > [snip]
>
> I have the same motherboard and i was facing same problem. after
> searching through google and various linux-related site, I found two
> steps to solve this problem.
>
> NOTE: install alsa-oss, alsa-utils packages
> 1.  edit: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
>     Add the following line at the end of the file,
>
>     "options snd-hda-intel position-fix=1 model=3stack" (withour
> quotes)

Thank you! This worked fine. There was no need for step 2 -- just the 
above fixed the problem.

Andy


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