Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-media
Cannot change the volume, clicking on "Sound Preferences..." or running
gnome-volume-control from the command line both result in a "Waiting for
sound system to respond" window. The program will wait forever and
never continue beyond this point.
Playing sounds from the command line works fine with the following example:
$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/alert.wav
And alsamixer works from the command line.
Some more information:
# dmidecode | grep Product
Product Name: iMac9,1
Product Name: Mac-F2218FA9
# lspci | grep Audio
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC889A Digital [ALC889A Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
# uname -a
Linux canis 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
For this particular sound card, several reports have been seen where users have
had to add a specific options command to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. Each
of the following options have been tried in turn:
options snd-hda-intel model=auto
options snd-hda-intel model=mb5
options snd-hda-intel model=mbp5
options snd-hda-intel model=mbp3
options snd-hda-intel model=mac24
options snd-hda-intel model=imac24
(The only result of the above module options have been to switch audio
output from headphones to speakers, or to break sound all together.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-media 2.32.0-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 29 08:43:11 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64+mac
(20110411.2)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
SourcePackage: gnome-media
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-media (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773232
Title:
gnome-volume-control freezes with "Waiting for sound system to
respond"
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