Intrepid Sound Fix

[Frans]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:49:31 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:

> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Steve Flynn wrote:
>>   
>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>   
>     I just discovered how the Alsamixer gets re-set to no sound. I
> wanted to just re-boot to Grub but Intrepid stopped and would not go
> past the init step of turning off alsa. I watched it for a few minutes
> and hit the power off.

Could you please post the _exact_ error message?
 
>     Later I booted up and no sound. Even the sound devise on the upper
> edge of the screen had a red cross. You fix this by turning the master
> up and then right clicking it and turning it on. But still no sound.
> 
>     I started alsamixer and sure enough it was turned down to zero. So
> turned that back up.
> 
>     Conclusion: There is something wrong with the re-boot script and it
> needs to be fixed or, there is something wrong with the alsamixer
> software.
> 
> Karl

I don't think it is something wrong in the "re-boot script". I think if 
you shutdown you'll get the same error. I think the problem is in a 
script that stops alsa. Anyhow, not being able to shutdown properly seems 
to me quite serious.

A workaround just for getting sound on reboot might be to use 'alsactl 
store' when you have sound (see 'man alsactl'). With luck the 'good' 
alsamixer settings will get restored when the system boots the next time.

Good luck!

    -Frans