So you are using Pulse Audio - right? When it breaks, try to seek some answers this way: dmesg sudo systemctl status sound.target
Also try to fiddle with controls using native pulse audio mixer: pavucontrol Sometimes, pavucontrol is the only way I can get the sound/mic where I need to. Best luck, Tomas On Mon, 2019-04-08 at 19:39 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote: > Here is the results after the reboot. > kp4djt@kp4djt64:~$ systemctl status alsa-state.service > ● alsa-state.service - Manage Sound Card State (restore and store) > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service; static; > vendor > preset > Active: inactive (dead) > Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2019-04-08 19:36:33 CDT; > 1min 38s > ago > └─ ConditionPathExists=/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf was not > met > Docs: man:alsactl(1) > kp4djt@kp4djt64:~$ systemctl status alsa-restore.service > ● alsa-restore.service - Save/Restore Sound Card State > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service; static; > vendor > pres > Active: active (exited) since Mon 2019-04-08 19:36:33 CDT; 2min 8s > ago > Docs: man:alsactl(1) > Process: 943 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa restore > (code=exite > Process: 910 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/alsa (code=exited, > status=0/SUCCE > Main PID: 943 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > > abr 08 19:36:33 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Starting Save/Restore Sound Card > State... > abr 08 19:36:33 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Started Save/Restore Sound Card > State. > kp4djt@kp4djt64:~$ > > And as usual the speakers are working just fine. But at some point > they > will fail during > the night. > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:37 PM Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ken, > > This is what I got from the first command: > > ● alsa-state.service - Manage Sound Card State (restore and store) > > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service; static; > > vendor > > preset: enabled) > > Active: inactive (dead) > > Condition: start condition failed at Wed 2019-04-03 22:35:45 CDT; 4 > > days > > ago > > └─ ConditionPathExists=/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf was > > not met > > Docs: man:alsactl(1) > > > > > > And the second command gave me this: > > kp4djt@kp4djt64:~$ systemctl status alsa-restore.service > > ● alsa-restore.service - Save/Restore Sound Card State > > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service; > > static; > > vendor preset: enabled) > > Active: active (exited) since Wed 2019-04-03 22:35:45 CDT; 4 > > days ago > > Docs: man:alsactl(1) > > Process: 940 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa > > restore > > (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > > Process: 936 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/alsa (code=exited, > > status=0/SUCCESS) > > Main PID: 940 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > > > > abr 03 22:35:45 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Starting Save/Restore Sound > > Card > > State... > > abr 03 22:35:45 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Started Save/Restore Sound > > Card State. > > kp4djt@kp4djt64:~$ > > > > But I still have no audio... Something is broke, I will reboot it > > and see > > what I get. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 10:07 AM Ken Stephens <kennethgstephens@gmai > > l.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Chuck, > > > > > > You could be running alsa. Check status by: systemctl status > > > alsa-state.service<cr> > > > > > > Another check: systemctl status alsa-restore.service<cr> > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 10:10 PM Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Folks, I thought I had a bad component on the mobo, but testing > > > > seems > > > > > > to be > > > > sending me > > > > in the direction of some software issue. I am running Mate > > > > 18.04 I check > > > > for updates auto- > > > > magically, though I do not let the machine do auto-updates so I > > > > can make > > > > sure all is good. > > > > > > > > At some point the machine started loosing the audio, A reboot > > > > would > > > > > > bring > > > > it back for the > > > > rest of the day but sometime during the night it would go away > > > > again. I > > > > thought I had a bad > > > > component but the other day I ran Ubuntu 18.04 off of a stick > > > > on this > > > > machine and the audio > > > > was just fine. I let it go over night, still good audio. so it > > > > looks > > > > > > like > > > > something is going on > > > > software wise but I am not sure where to go after it, one thing > > > > I > > > > > > noticed > > > > is there is poping > > > > and crackling in the audio output, like something is trying to > > > > do > > > > > > something > > > > but no joy. > > > > > > > > If I reboot the machine I get the audio back until the next > > > > day, so > > > > something is happening > > > > with the audio app. > > > > > > > > I am trying to figure out how to troubleshoot this one. Any > > > > ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > > > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > > > > Ph 4:13 KJV > > > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > > > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > > Ph 4:13 KJV > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
