[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 352732 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352732 I think I've found a simpler way to fix the problem of setting the audio at a desidered level at start up. I used the aslactl function with a custom file (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man1/alsactl.1.html). I set the options as I liked , then I typed from a terminal : aslactl store -f /filename... this will create a file with the otions setted as I wanted . then I added at start up the command : aslactl restore -f /filename... and it works all the times. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 352732 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352732 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 352732 [jaunty] Sound muted after boot -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Mark Rijckenberg's solution from Question 68564 is to comment out line 372 (approx) in the /etc/init.d/alsa-utils file: # mute_and_zero_levels $TARGET_CARD || EXITSTATUS=1 -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
I had the same problem with 5 different computers (netbooks to stationary) in Jaunty. With pulseaudio the sound was either muted or PCM was set to 0. The only solution that worked was to uninstall pulseaudio completely. That worked, and I didn't see any programs having problems without the pulseaudio. I don't know the point of pulseaudio, but as it keeps coming back like a bad nightmare in Ubuntu Karmic (which I'm testing on one of the computers currently), it would be nice if one could manage to fix the pulseaudio so that it works out of the box. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
OK, I've had this problem for some time and nothing seemed to work but various links above took me to this solution which did work. # WORK-AROUND FOR AUDIO PROBLEM # 1.) Manually adjust the mixer settings to something that is a good default for your audio needs. These settings will be loaded every time you restart your computer. 2.) Change the file permissions for /var/lib/alsa/asound.state to enable read/write access for the group/others (open the folder in Thunar, then right-click the file, select properties, and go to the Permissions tab). If you don't do this, then the next step will give you a permission denied error. 3.) Open up a terminal and enter the command alsactl store (without the quotes). This stores your mixer settings in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for later use. 4.) From The Xubuntu/Xfce menu, go to Settings and open Sessions and Startup. Go to the Application Autostart tab and click the Add button. 5.) Enter the command alsactl restore (without the quotes) and the name and description of your choice. This causes the alsactl restore command to automatically run when you start your computer. The command restores you mixer settings from /var/lib/alsa/asound.state where you saved them earlier. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
A related discussion: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/68564 My Distro: Xubuntu Jaunty x64 For details about the startup scripts: http://linux.com/news/enterprise/systems-management/8116-an-introduction-to-services-runlevels-and-rcd-scripts This is a tool you can use to change the startup scripts, easier than manually changing links: man update-rc.d I solved the problem by removing the links to the /etc/init.d/alsa-utils script from the rc*.d directories. Then adding links to the alsa-utils script to rc2.d and rcS.d Here are the commands I used to get this to work: sudo update-rc.d -f alsa-utils remove sudo update-rc.d alsa-utils start 50 2 S . Before: /etc/rc0.d/K50alsa-utils /etc/rc2.d/S50alsa-utils /etc/rc6.d/K50alsa-utils After: /etc/rc2.d/S50alsa-utils /etc/rcS.d/S50alsa-utils See attachment for comments/details, and a output from a sample run on my system. ** Attachment added: update-rc.d_start_alsa-utils.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29585090/update-rc.d_start_alsa-utils.txt -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Now, it looks to me like that script started like that should be stopped before the system halts/reboots: sudo update-rc.d -f alsa-utils remove sudo update-rc.d alsa-utils start 50 2 S . stop 50 0 6 . But this results in the mute on system boot. By removing the stop links to the script, the system is not always muted on boot (I think it restores the volume levels before the reboot). Though, I assume removing the stop links leaves alsa-utils in an unstable state when the system halt occurs. Consider stopping and starting alsa-utils (I don't know if you need to do it as root or not, though I get an error if I am not root when stopping): /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start I seem to get weird behavior when stopping then starting alsa-utils again. No sound comes from my system when the main channel is unmuted. Fixable by a reboot... -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Freddie, why don't you try deleting the /etc/rc6.d/K50alsa-utils ? That script resets the volume settings, so if you remove it you preserve your mixer settings. The /etc/rcS.d/S50alsa-utils is not necessary. It worked for me. Distro: Xubuntu Jaunty x64 -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
I'm on Debian testing. on my set up the symlink has already been created at /etc/rcS.d/S50alsa-utils (which fits with the notes atop /etc/init.d /alsa-utils) so this fix, predictably, doesn't work. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
ah, so the problem is master is being muted. note that the user can configure this in gnome-volume-control if he added the master control in preference -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Confirmed. So, as workaround: sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/alsa-utils /etc/rc2.d/S26alsa-utils ** Changed in: alsa-utils Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: pulseaudio Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
I tried the workaround but my sound is still muted on reboot. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Not sure if this helps but this only happens on a reboot. If I shutdown then restart the sound is OK. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Confirmed on my HP Pavilion dv9830 laptop. Symbolic link in /etc/rcS.d/ is missing. Be sure to check inside /etc/init.d/alsa-utils for the correct filename to use for the link (the comments near the top of the file will give you instructions on how to remove the autosave/autoload features, so just kinda follow it in reverse). When I created a symlink in /etc/rcS.d/ , everything worked again. The fact that audio seems to be muted in the first place appears to be a regression of the bug that afflicted Hardy Heron. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = linux -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
So I solved it for me by establishing a symbolic link inside /etc/rc2.d as described in the file /etc/init.d/alsa-utils ln -s /etc/init.d/alsa-utils S26alsa-utils try and have fun -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
This solution worked for me aswell. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
** Also affects: pulseaudio Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
jerry, the alamixer is a bit tricky, your outputs can show full volume but if theres MM under them they are muted. make them active, then hit m key. Been confused myself by that. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
By downgrading my systems (two) from a backup dated jan, 5th and upgrading step by step it seems to be the update of package alsa-utils (1.0.18-1ubuntu4 to 1.0.18-1ubuntu5 which is responsible for the malfunction described above (not the pulseaudio packages) ** Also affects: alsa-utils Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Responsible for muted startup seems to be a wrong LABEL inside the script /usr/share/alsa/init/00main - GOTO=00_mainend - LABEL=00main_end see attachment (out of last updated package) ** Attachment added: 00main http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21109056/00main -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
This problem is an usability issue too. There is no way (or I can't find any) that a casual user could fix the hardware muted channel issue using graphical gnome-volume-control application and applet. Going through terminal and alsamixer may be a showstopper. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
O.K., I see the error inside the script, and corrected it - Now, how do I get the script installed? Reboot didn't do it, or at least still no sound. Thanks, Jerry -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
The problem is somewhere in alsactl. store/restore behaves funny. Only after several attempts was previously stored state restored. First try restored the muted state, then after some stores the values were stored and finally the mute switch values stayed in place too. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
Can confirm muted starting of sounds and the workaround above to solve the problems. The muted status I can revise by klicking on the panel- button and the status changes, but pulseaudio output will not be influenced by changing the level-controller. Either volume-controller 2.25.2 nor pavucontrol_0.9.7-1ubuntu1 This happens to all computers updated: (i386 as well as amd64) pulseaudio (0.9.13-2ubuntu4) to 0.9.13-2ubuntu5 pulseaudio-esound-compat (0.9.13-2ubuntu4) to 0.9.13-2ubuntu5 pulseaudio-module-gconf (0.9.13-2ubuntu4) to 0.9.13-2ubuntu5 pulseaudio-module-hal (0.9.13-2ubuntu4) to 0.9.13-2ubuntu5 pulseaudio-module-x11 (0.9.13-2ubuntu4) to 0.9.13-2ubuntu5 pulseaudio-module-zeroconf (0.9.13-2ubuntu4) to 0.9.13-2ubuntu5 pulseaudio-utils (0.9.13-2ubuntu4) to 0.9.13-2ubuntu5 -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
I also had this problem, which I worked around using 'alsamixer -c0' and unmuting things. This is particularly pernicious because the default sound control that Jaunty provides doesn't have these mute buttons, at least for my hardware, nor are they apparent when I run just 'alsamixer'. (My hardward is a Dell Inspiron 1420N laptop, which apparently has HDA Intel STAC 92xx Analog hardware (?)). Also, I wonder if pavumeter and pavucontrol shouldn't be installed by default--they seem handy. -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio
After yesterday's updates, PulseAudio Volume Meter shows bars going back and forth, but there's no sound out of the speakers. The hardware is HDA ATI SB = ALC888 Analog on a Compaq Presario Linux version 2.6.28-4-generic (bui...@palmer) (gcc version 4.3.3 20081217 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.3.2-2ubuntu9) ) #9-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 6 19:34:01 UTC 2009 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) Dual boot, switch back to the 2.6.28-4 before yesterday's updates, plays fine on same hardware. I do see the date 2009-01-09 on some pulsaudio files so I presume there was/were changes?: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2045 2009-01-09 01:14 /etc/init.d/pulseaudio -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4427 2009-01-09 01:21 default.pa The workarounds in preceding posts didn't help. Any clue how to hear the PulseAudio Volume Meter activity? Thanks, Jerry -- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
