Activity log for bug #95940

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2007-03-25 14:55:11 thomerz bug added bug
2007-03-25 14:55:29 thomerz bug added attachment 'lspci_vvnn.log' (lspci -vvnn output)
2007-03-25 14:55:43 thomerz bug added attachment 'lsmod.log' (lsmod output)
2007-03-25 14:56:01 thomerz bug added attachment 'dmesg.log' (dmesg output)
2007-03-25 14:57:34 thomerz description Hi, since I updated my ubuntu the last time, I have no sound on my Thinkpad X60. Referring to lspci it is a Intel Corporation 82801G sound card. It already worked with Herd5. Hi, since I updated my ubuntu the last time, I have no sound on my Thinkpad X60. Referring to lspci it is a Intel Corporation 82801G sound card. It already worked with Herd5. *edit* if i start for example gedit i get the following message: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:876:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:867:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) snd_pcm_hw_params_an
2007-03-25 14:57:54 thomerz description Hi, since I updated my ubuntu the last time, I have no sound on my Thinkpad X60. Referring to lspci it is a Intel Corporation 82801G sound card. It already worked with Herd5. *edit* if i start for example gedit i get the following message: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:876:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:867:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) snd_pcm_hw_params_an Hi, since I updated my ubuntu the last time, I have no sound on my Thinkpad X60. Referring to lspci it is a Intel Corporation 82801G sound card. It already worked with Herd5. *edit* if i start for example gedit i get the following messages: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:876:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:867:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) snd_pcm_hw_params_an
2007-03-25 14:59:34 thomerz description Hi, since I updated my ubuntu the last time, I have no sound on my Thinkpad X60. Referring to lspci it is a Intel Corporation 82801G sound card. It already worked with Herd5. *edit* if i start for example gedit i get the following messages: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:876:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:867:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) snd_pcm_hw_params_an Hi, since I updated my ubuntu the last time, I have no sound on my Thinkpad X60. Referring to lspci it is a Intel Corporation 82801G sound card. It already worked with Herd5. *edit* if i start for example gedit i get the following messages: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:876:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:867:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) snd_pcm_hw_params_an *edit2* oh and I have the beep inside gnome-terminal when using completion etc. I'm also able to mute this sound when I turn off sound.
2007-04-01 14:36:04 Thomas Hotz None: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2007-04-01 14:36:04 Thomas Hotz None: assignee ubuntu-audio
2007-04-01 14:36:04 Thomas Hotz None: statusexplanation
2008-01-08 14:05:36 Mark Shuttleworth bug assigned to linux (Ubuntu)
2008-01-08 14:10:52 Ben Collins linux-source-2.6.20: status Confirmed Won't Fix
2008-01-08 14:10:52 Ben Collins linux-source-2.6.20: assignee ubuntu-audio
2008-01-08 14:39:48 Mark Shuttleworth bug added attachment 'dmesg.txt' (hardy dmesg)
2008-01-08 14:40:10 Mark Shuttleworth bug added attachment 'lspci.txt' (hardy lspci)
2008-01-08 14:52:34 Mark Shuttleworth bug added attachment 'asound.state' (hardy asound.state)
2008-01-08 15:02:15 Ben Collins linux-source-2.6.20: status Confirmed Won't Fix
2008-01-08 15:02:15 Ben Collins linux-source-2.6.20: assignee ubuntu-audio
2008-01-16 00:57:37 Leann Ogasawara linux: importance Undecided Medium
2008-01-16 00:57:37 Leann Ogasawara linux: assignee ubuntu-kernel-team
2008-01-16 00:57:37 Leann Ogasawara linux: status New Triaged
2008-01-23 16:16:34 Amit Kucheria bug assigned to gnome-applets
2008-01-24 09:28:40 Leann Ogasawara bug assigned to gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
2008-01-24 09:29:09 Leann Ogasawara gnome-applets: importance Undecided Wishlist
2008-01-24 12:53:49 Pedro Villavicencio gnome-applets: status New Unknown
2008-01-24 12:54:23 Pedro Villavicencio gnome-applets: assignee desktop-bugs
2008-01-25 11:05:38 Bug Watch Updater gnome-applets: status Unknown New
2008-01-25 12:22:11 Mark Shuttleworth description Hi, since I updated my ubuntu the last time, I have no sound on my Thinkpad X60. Referring to lspci it is a Intel Corporation 82801G sound card. It already worked with Herd5. *edit* if i start for example gedit i get the following messages: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:876:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:867:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) snd_pcm_hw_params_an *edit2* oh and I have the beep inside gnome-terminal when using completion etc. I'm also able to mute this sound when I turn off sound. There is no way to reset the ALSA state from the mixer applet. Several users have found that they lose sound, and that the problem turns out to be an asound.state file which does not work for their hardware. It has not been established how the file came to be corrupt or whether the problem was caused by upgrades to newer versions which did not handle the file as written by the previous version. It has not been established what aspect of the asound.state files caused the problem. But several approaches can fix the problem: 1. Removing the ALSA modules, deleting the asound.state file, and reloading the modules. This is difficult to do for non-expert users, because applications such as the Gnome mixer and volume control can be using the modules, preventing their unloading. 2. Removing the ALSA modules, and editing the asound.state to an ultra-minimal state that reflects only the primary card, and reloading the modules. 3. Invoking the alsa-utils "reset" option. On Ubuntu, typing this fixes the problem for Intel sound cards: /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset Intel The latter option is thought to be best, because it doesn't require unloading and reloading modules. It would be very useful to be able to invoke that "reset" command from the GUI Gnome mixer applet, which is why this bug has been filed on that.
2008-01-25 12:22:11 Mark Shuttleworth title No sound on Thinkpad X60 since last update No way to reset ALSA state from GUI
2008-02-25 15:48:08 Ben Collins linux: status Triaged Invalid
2008-03-21 16:19:32 Dana_r bug added attachment 'lspci.txt' (lspci.txt)
2008-03-21 16:20:04 Dana_r bug added attachment 'aplay.txt' (aplay.txt)
2008-05-17 12:45:49 Prateek Karandikar bug assigned to kdemultimedia
2008-11-19 17:18:27 Sebastien Bacher gnome-applets: status New Triaged
2008-11-19 17:18:27 Sebastien Bacher gnome-applets: statusexplanation
2009-02-02 22:54:13 Bug Watch Updater gnome-applets: status New Won't Fix
2010-09-15 23:24:44 Bug Watch Updater gnome-applets: importance Unknown Wishlist
2014-11-21 19:11:12 Rolf Leggewie gnome-applets (Ubuntu Hardy): status New Won't Fix
2016-02-12 17:29:43 Flames_in_Paradise tags sound hardy sound
2016-02-12 17:32:36 Flames_in_Paradise tags hardy sound hardy jaunty sound
2021-03-26 17:36:02 Alberts Muktupāvels gnome-applets (Ubuntu): status Triaged Invalid