Re: USB sound device present but NOT visible in ‘alsamixer’

[Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org>]

Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> writes:

>> Thanks Andrei. I followed the following steps:
>> 
>> 1. Found that it is pulseaudio that is blocking the module unload.
>> 2. systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.socket
>> 3. systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.service
>> 4. Verified that now nothing is blocking snd_usb_audio (using lsof)
>> 5. Unloaded module using "modprobe -r"
>> 6. Loaded again using "modeprob"
>> 7. Started pulseaudio again
>> 
>> Still the device is not listed in alsamixer and hence cannot play.
>> 
>> "alsactl init" also producing same errors as before.
>
> Try also unplugging the device after removing the module.
>

After step 5, I unplugged the device and plugged it again and then
followed 6, 7. Now the interval sound card is also not visible; that was
showing as generic usb.

Regards ~Pankaj