Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes: > Since an upgrade on 2017-03-28 my debian Jessie system is continuously > dropping my soundcard such that mpd and mpv have no sound at all, but, > at this time qmmp and mplayer2 both have sound and work as they should. > > My sound card is an on-board chip here - > > cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH > HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7330000 irq 50 > 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia > HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17 > > > When I start or reboot this computer I do 'sudo alsactl init' to get > sound working, and then run alsamixer, do 'F6' to choose my soundcard > and choose option 0 in above list. Then I run mpd and can listen to my > music and online radio. But, now the sound card is being dropped so I > get zero sound from mpd and/or mpv when I want to watch a saved TV > programme. > > On the 28th these were the programmes that were upgraded and installed - > > Installed: > gtg:all 0.3.1-1 > python-configobj:all 5.0.6-1 > python-glade2:amd64 2.24.0-4 > python-liblarch:all 2.1.0-2 > python-simplejson:amd64 3.6.5-1 > python-xdg:all 0.25-4 > > Upgraded: > chromium:amd64 56.0.2924.76-1~deb8u1 => 57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1 > eject:amd64 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1 => 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1+deb8u1 > firefox-esr:amd64 45.7.0esr-1~deb8u1 => 45.8.0esr-1~deb8u1 > gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0:amd64 1.4.4-2 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 > gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0:amd64 1.4.4-2 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 > gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 1.4.4-2.1+deb8u1 => 1.4.4-2.1+deb8u2 > gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64 1.4.4-2 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 > gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64 1.4.4-2+deb8u2 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u3 > gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64 1.4.4-2+b1 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 > gstreamer1.0-x:amd64 1.4.4-2 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 > iceweasel:all 45.7.0esr-1~deb8u1 => 45.8.0esr-1~deb8u1 > libaudiofile1:amd64 0.3.6-2+deb8u1 => 0.3.6-2+deb8u2 > libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64 1.4.4-2.1+deb8u1 => 1.4.4-2.1+deb8u2 > libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64 1.4.4-2 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 > libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64 1.4.4-2 => 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 > libjbig2dec0:amd64 0.11+20120125-1 => 0.13-4~deb8u1 > libsmbclient:amd64 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u2 => 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u4 > libwbclient0:amd64 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u2 => 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u4 > samba-libs:amd64 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u2 => 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u4 > tzdata-java:all 2016j-0+deb8u1 => 2017a-0+deb8u1 > tzdata:all 2016j-0+deb8u1 => 2017a-0+deb8u1 > virtualbox-5.0:amd64 5.0.32-112930~Debian~jessie => 5.0.36-114008~Debian~jessie > vivaldi-stable:amd64 1.7.735.46-1 => 1.8.770.50-1 > > I have since removed virtualbox and Vivaldi-stable thinking that they > were the cause of the problem, but its made no difference. > > The only way I have found to regain the sound for mpd/mpv is to reboot, > but its now beginning to happen several times a day and its impractical > to keep rebooting. > > How can I get sound continuously with mpd and mpv without the card being > seemingly dropped please? > And the missing link that got it all working nicely again was 'pavucontrol'. Installing and using that regained sound again. Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1
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