alsa has to be reloaded afterlogin or else I don't get any sound

[Edward]

If I open Firefox or Chrome or any other app to play anything with sound, I get no sound, unless I run ~$ sudo alsa force-reload first.

Before upgrading from Bionic to Disco I didn't have to do this.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-15.16-lowlatency 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-15-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: timidity 2006 F.... timidity
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: timidity 2006 F...m timidity
 /dev/snd/seq: timidity 2006 F.... timidity
 /dev/snd/timer: timidity 2006 f.... timidity
Date: Sun Jun 2 20:12:03 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-19 (895 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PulseList:
 Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
 No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: B219P027
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: ZBOX-CI320NANO series
dmi.board.vendor: ZOTAC
dmi.board.version: Rev.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrB219P027:bd07/16/2015:svnMotherboardbyZOTAC:pnZBOX-CI320NANOseries:pvrRev.00:rvnZOTAC:rnZBOX-CI320NANOseries:rvrRev.00:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: N/A
dmi.product.name: ZBOX-CI320NANO series
dmi.product.sku: N/A
dmi.product.version: Rev.00
dmi.sys.vendor: Motherboard by ZOTAC

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Do you still get the bug if you uninstall "timidity"? That looks similar to bug #1793640

[Edward (edwardtisdale-2004)]

I tried that just now, uninstalled timidity, did an apt update and dist-upgrade and even reboot after that. Still the same.

[Edward (edwardtisdale-2004)]

Wait trying again, forgot something

[Edward (edwardtisdale-2004)]

OK yeah that's all it needed.

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