[IDT 92HD71B7X] ALSA test tone not correctly played back, sound disappears at variable times

[Rod]

10.10 Maverick Meerkat
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Dell Inspiron 1545

The Sound sometimes disappears at random times and is usually fixed by rebooting the system. I expect it to be always running, and it is a pain when doing something important.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.23+dfsg-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: pause 1608 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 47'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD71B7X'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76b2,102802aa,00100302'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 15
Date: Mon Feb 28 21:16:38 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [IDT 92HD71B7X] ALSA test tone not correctly played back
dmi.bios.date: 05/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.asset.tag: RODNEYV3
dmi.board.name: 0G848F
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: RODNEYV3
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd05/13/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G848F:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[daBug (shashy-x)]

I had this problem several times, after my laptop ran for a while (not sure if it only happened after hibernating the system). So far the only solution was to reboot. I was reading many help pages, wiki and forum entries, tried tons of things, and finally found this solving my issue, in terminal type:

sudo alsa force-reload

Maybe it also helps the OP?

[Maxwell (maxwell404)]

sudo alsa force-reload

... worked for me!

[CiaranG (ciarang)]

I get this as well - no hibernation is involved, it just seems to happen at random, usually after several days of working normally. alsa force-reload works for me too.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]