Intrepid Sound Fix

[Karl Larsen]

Frans wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:49:31 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
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>   
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>     
>>> Steve Flynn wrote:
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>>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
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>>     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.
>>
>>     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
>>     
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/288863 seems 
> related. So maybe just wait a bit longer before powering of the machine. 
> (It _shouldn't_ take minutes of course).
>
> HTH,
>
>     -Frans
>
>
>   
    Yes Fran it appears this bug and another are directed at the re-boot 
problem with exactly the same results. Interesting.

Karl


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