Hey dude: Try this series of commands to stop/restart sound:
killall pulseaudio sudo alsa force-reload pulseaudio -D I put them in a handy little script called "fixalsa.sh". Doesn't exactly *fix* the problem, but at least I don't have to reboot every time. Good luck! Brian On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:30 PM, primo6711 <[email protected]> wrote: > i have the same problem > > -- > Sound works for a while, then randomly stops working in 8.10 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315824 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > > This has happened twice in a week, and appears to happen randomly. > This is on a new computer, ASUS P5KPL-CM mobo with intel core 2 quad. > Only strange thing about the system is I installed the 8.10 server kernel > and run that so it will actually see all 4 GB of ram - I installed it > normally through apt-get though so I don't believe that should be a problem > and everything else works okay. > > Totem player would just hang, and mplayer gave me the error seen in the > attached screenshot. > > After the latest time, I tried the following: > > #>alsa force-reload > /sbin/alsa: 219: cannot create /var/run/alsa/modules-removed: Permission > denied > > #>sudo alsa force-unload > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system > /home/reece/.gvfs > Output information may be incomplete. > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system > /home/reece/.gvfs > Output information may be incomplete. > Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded). > > #> sudo alsa force-reload > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system > /home/reece/.gvfs > Output information may be incomplete. > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system > /home/reece/.gvfs > Output information may be incomplete. > > After that, gnome says I have no sound device.. aplay -l gives this: > aplay: device_list:215: no soundcards found... > > I tried most of the applicable things to try on other bug reports, but most > of them appear to be issues with pulseaudio that keeps sound from working on > boot. With my situation, sound works find after boot for a few days and > then stops, and a reboot fixes the problem temporarily. > > My sound card info using alsa-info.sh is here (taken after gnome says no > sound devices): > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=187765d528c594e3050308d0ab075360a159126c > > Please let me know what other information you might need and I'll supply > it. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/315824/+subscribe > -- Sound works for a while, then randomly stops working in 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315824 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
