Should do 'sudo alsa force-reload' after boot or reboot to make sound works

[Vasily Shmelev]

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

Seems it is pulseaudio problem. Gnome volume show no audio hardware installed right after boot but alsamixer works properly. If I'm routing audio directly to ALSA I hear sound.

[Peter Bašista (pbasista)]

I can confirm this issue on Karmic, amd64, integrated Intel HD Audio soundcard.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

What's the output from sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/* ?

On Oct 14, 2009 5:11 PM, "Peter Bašista" <email address hidden> wrote:

I can confirm this issue on Karmic, amd64, integrated Intel HD Audio
soundcard.

-- Should do 'sudo alsa force-reload' after boot or reboot to make sound
works https://bugs.launch...
Status in “alsa-utils” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release: 9.10 Seems it is
pulseaudio problem. Gnom...

[timmson (timmson666)]

Daniel T Chen wrote on 2009-10-15:What's the output from sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/* ?
/dev/snd/controlC0: timmson 3256 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: timmson 3256 F...m pulseaudio

[Steven Wormuth (steve-wormuth)]

Ditto... Upgraded to 9.10 today. Audio is shot... No devices found, until I do the reload. Then sound works again, until the next reboot....

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Do you have sl-modem-daemon installed? If so, is it running?

[Luis (lsuarezm)]

I have the same problem too, with a 9.10 new installed.

[timmson (timmson666)]

timmson@timmson-pc:~$ sudo aptitude search sl-modem
i sl-modem-daemon - SmartLink software modem daemon
timmson@timmson-pc:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon status
Status of SmartLink modem daemon: slmodemd is not running.

[tommaso gardumi (tommaso-gardumi)]

I had the same problem on Karmic, amd64, integrated Intel HD Audio soundcard.
Removing sl-modem-daemon solved the problem

[faramarz (farstar78)]

I am experiencing the same problem on Karmic (on my Gateway MX6920 laptop) too,

<code>
$uname -r
2.6.31-14-generic
</code>

my sound card is:
<code>
$lspci | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
</code>

and removing sl-modem-daemon was effective.

[Marshian (wereldoverheersing)]

I suffered from the same bug, but removing sl-modem-daemon solved it.

[Marshian (wereldoverheersing)]

The workaround is to remove sl-modem-daemon.

[Reddox (gopiaravind)]

On my HP tablet with intel hda card, deactivating the smartlink driver and then reloading alsa solved sound issue. I installed karmic last week on it..worked fine for 2 days then no audio..i recomplied alsa drivers..worked for 2 days and again no sound).

I have deactivated the driver. If it stops working again, will uninstall it.
How do I use the modem btw..its a proprietary driver right..no o/s driver available..