@Raymond: Yes, that works. The question now is: why did the settings change without my intervention?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1107203 Title: Sound stops working after service lightdm restart Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I did the following sudo service lightdm stop wait 2 days sudo service lightdm start After this, the sound did not work. Restarting pulseaudio did not work. It was a problem with alsa. When playing a video or audio with mplayer, the position stays at 0:00. Playing videos with flash skips the content without playing the sound. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-sound-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-cod x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: carli 23268 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: carli 23268 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xdfdf4000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S' Components : 'HDA:11060397,10438415,00100000' Controls : 42 Simple ctrls : 22 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xdffbc000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Sun Jan 27 22:15:27 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/26/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0502 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M4N68T LE V2 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0502:bd01/26/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4N68TLEV2:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1107203/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp