Ohh for got about that one. I will take a look.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:20 AM Rodney W. Grimes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you I will do so. > > I guess I am going to have to see if I can set it out. When I reboot the > > thing it seems to stay operational until > > sometime at night, then the next day I find the audio gone. > > Tonight was fiddling with another favorite thing of mine... Lasers... > There > > is a 1500ft tower > > about 3.54 km (2.2mi) from my location, I was getting very good > reflections > > off of the candelabra at the top of > > the tower. Now to modulate it and see how far it can be received... > Always > > something to keep me busy... But > > now with that info I will go after the sound on this machine. Of course > the > > other thing maybe just to back every > > thing up and put down new asphalt, the start adding stuff until it > breaks... > > Again a big Thank you... > > Look at your crontab, what is running on your machine in > the middle of the night that seems to break this. Is > there some job in there that might be fiddling the audio > stuff in /dev the wrong way and causing things to go bad? > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 10:00 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > 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 > > > [email protected] > > > 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 > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > -- > Rod Grimes > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 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