On 03/07/2011 11:15 AM, Mick wrote: > On 7 March 2011 12:41, dhk <dhk...@optonline.net> 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.
