Public bug reported: This error is logged : systemd-udevd[409]: Process '/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa restore 1' failed with exit code 99
note: sound works as expected when the GS session is opened; so maybe a boot race. but from a terminal, an other error is found: /usr/sbin/alsactl: sysfs_init:48: sysfs path '/sys' is invalid Details: oem@u64:~$ which alsactl /usr/sbin/alsactl oem@u64:~$ df -h /usr/sbin/alsactl Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb4 18G 11G 6.5G 62% / oem@u64:~$ df -h /run/alsa Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on tmpfs 396M 12M 385M 3% /run (/run/alsa does not exist but /run/alsa/ which is an empty subdir) oem@u64:~$ /usr/sbin/alsactl restore /usr/sbin/alsactl: state_lock:125: file /var/lib/alsa/asound.state lock error: File exists /usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1683: Cannot open /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for reading: File exists /usr/sbin/alsactl: sysfs_init:48: sysfs path '/sys' is invalid Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC882" "HDA:10ec0882,1043e601,00100101" "0x1043" "0x81d8" Hardware is initialized using a generic method /usr/sbin/alsactl: sysfs_init:48: sysfs path '/sys' is invalid note: that command works: volume is set back to 50% from 100% initialy ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: alsa-utils 1.1.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-10.11-generic 4.8.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri Sep 16 16:31:17 2016 SourcePackage: alsa-utils UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624435 Title: systemd-udevd[409]: Process '/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa restore 1' failed with exit code 99 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1624435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs