Instructions for adding the PPA are on that web page. Yes, please add the
PPA, update, dist-upgrade, reinstall the modem package, etc.

On Dec 9, 2009 7:21 AM, "cement_head" <email address hidden> wrote:

Hi Daniel,

 Are these packages currently located at: https://launchpad.net
/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive/ppa ?

 If so, should I give them a try?  How (install new packages and then
try to install my modem)?

Thanks,
CH

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[Karmic] softmodem-opened /dev/snd/pcm* cause "pulseaudio: card not found -
Null Output / Dummy Output"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394500
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Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: pulseaudio

Pulseaudio can't find working alsa sound cards on bootup.
"alsa force-reload" after login remedies the problems until next reboot.
Comments 40,41,42 propose a workaround - disabling sl-modem.


Old summary:

Pulseaudio sudenly can't find my sound card.

$ pulseaudio --version
pulseaudio 0.9.15

$ pulseaudio -vvvv
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing high-priority scheduling.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.15
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe
-Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings
-Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare
-Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral
-Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self
-Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations
-Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
-fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.30-10-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Mon
Jun 22 16:30:39 UTC 2009
D: main.c: Found 4 CPUs.
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
D: main.c: All asserts enabled.
I: main.c: Machine ID is d482d29399558086483340564973600a.
I: main.c: Session ID is
d482d29399558086483340564973600a-1246424526.595472-821812929.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory
/home/adamk/.pulse/d482d29399558086483340564973600a:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/adamk/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us.
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64,0 KiB
each, total size is 64,0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file
'/home/adamk/.pulse/d482d29399558086483340564973600a:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file
'/home/adamk/.pulse/d482d29399558086483340564973600a:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-card-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file
'/home/adamk/.pulse/d482d29399558086483340564973600a:card-database.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #4; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of
'/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.15/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus system bus
cab3cb5790706bd4345920244a4aedb8 as :1.261
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-card with arguments 'device_id=0
name=pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0
card_name=alsa_card.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0 tsched=0'
E: module-alsa-card.c: Card '0' doesn't exist: No such file or directory
E: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-card" (argument:
"device_id=0 name=pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0
card_name=alsa_card.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0 tsched=0"): initialization
failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1

It worked ok before.