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 - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 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 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- 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 - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 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 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- 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? Thanks 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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