[mythtv-users] No sound after reboot - Ubuntu Edgy/020

[Bruce Nordstrand]

Robin Gilks wrote:
>> Weird problem. Myth locked up while my wife was doing her yoga DVD so
>> she rebooted the machine. However, now there is no playback sound of any
>> kind. I have tried all 3 dsp's (dsp, dsp1,dsp2) without success, checked
>> dmesg and lspci, and everything looks as it should. There *is* sound in
>> the recordings as I can play then via MythWeb.
>>
>> This have never happened before after many reboots.
>>
>> My system:
>>
>> Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy server install (as per the Ubuntu Guides)
>> .020 from src, custom compiled.
>> Soundblaster 5.1 Live! sound card using standard stereo output
>>
>> Any ideas where I should be looking? I am absolutely stumped...
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bruce
>>     
>
> Try deleting (or better, renaming) the alsa settings file - in my system
> (Gentoo) its in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state. Its likely that some duff
> values are muting the sound so that the soundcard gets upset on boot.
>
> When I had this problem, I just had to set things up with alsamixer from
> the command line and then restarted alsa via the "/etc/init.d/alsasound
> restart" so the new values got saved and then it all remained working
> after a reboot.
>
>
>   
Bingo! You nailed it Robin.

I moved asound.state, restarted alsa, rebooted and now I have sound 
again!! Hooray!! This little tidbit is going in my notes for next time.....

Cheers
Bruce