I'm running kubuntu karmic and sound worked well until one reboot (i dont know if i had installed a new kernel before rebooting) when kmix and amarok said the sound card is not present and not working (i remember seeing both not present and not working)
r...@j:~# /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart * Shutting down ALSA... [ OK ] * Setting up ALSA... * warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'alsactl: set_control:1389: Cannot write control '3:0:0:EMU10K1 PCM Send Routing:0' : Operation not permitted alsactl: set_control:1389: Cannot write control '3:0:0:EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume:0' : Operation not permitted'... ...done. i tried removing /var/lib/alsa/asound.state but it didn't make anything better lspci shows: 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04) it's an Audigy2, i wonder why it doesn't say r...@j:~# uname -a Linux j 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:02:15 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux r...@j:~# rm /var/lib/alsa/asound.state r...@j:~# alsactl restore alsactl: load_state:1569: Cannot open /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for reading: No such file or directory Unknown hardware: "Audigy2" "SigmaTel STAC9721,23" "AC97a:83847609" "0x1102" "0x1007" Hardware is initialized using a guess method /usr/share/alsa/init/default:51: control element not found /usr/share/alsa/init/default:52: missing closing brace for format /usr/share/alsa/init/default:52: error parsing CTL attribute /usr/share/alsa/init/default:52: invalid rule i hope this proves useful for someone! jan -- alsa-utils cannot always restore mixer settings correctly across upgrades https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/21804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs