On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:39 PM, L.Guruprasad <lgp171...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > I use Ubuntu 9.10 on my HP Pavilion dv9704tx laptop and I have been > facing an issue with alsa. Everytime I start the computer, the audio > doesn't work but when I manually force-reload alsa, the volume control > gets muted and on raising the volume, the audio works.With some help on > ubuntuforums(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8704925), I found > that this issue could be an issue when there are multiple alsa devices > and the order gets mixed up. When I did a aplay -l, > I get this > > <snip> > g...@guru-laptop:/etc/init.d$ aplay -l > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > g...@guru-laptop:/etc/init.d$ arecord -l > > </snip> > > Does this mean this is an issue due to multiple alsa devices and their > ordering? And is it correct to have the same card number 0 for sound > device and modem? > > Hi Guruprasad, Yes, i encountered the same problem few months back. The following command works for you :) , and it configures also alsamixer so no need of manual work. alsasound start In my case the following command did the work, /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start And add this to the start-up script so your sound will work fine every boot :) Saravanan Sundaramoorthy SSN College of Engineering Red Hat Certified Engineer +91 99404 32545 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc