Upgrade to Jaunty and KDE 4.2.2 seems to have fixed this.

When I startup my computer, I have no sound.

I have found that running 'sudo alsa force-reload' will bring sound back, but it also kills kwin. So then I do a ctl-shift-escape to restart X.

How can I debug this, so I don't have to run these commands every time?

(I'm on KDE 4.2.1)

Have you tried running alsaconf followed by 'alsactl store'?

I just tried that

Actually just

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sudo alsactl store

But I still have no sound after a restart. I assume alsa is crashing on startup, but am not sure how I would fix that.

Which distribution are you using, and which version? Please ensure your system is fully updated, your distribution may have published fixes for the issue.

bcooksley wrote:Which distribution are you using, and which version? Please ensure your system is fully updated, your distribution may have published fixes for the issue.

Hi bcooksley,
I`m using suse11.1 KDE4.
I have the same problem and may I screw more I`m not sure:

su -c 'rcalsasound restart'
Password:
Shutting down sound driverERROR: Module snd_emu10k1 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_rawmidi is in use by snd_emu10k1
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_emu10k1
ERROR: Module ac97_bus is in use by snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_seq_device is in use by snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_util_mem is in use by snd_emu10k1
ERROR: Module snd_hwdep is in use by snd_emu10k1
ERROR: Module snd is in use by snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd _seq_device,
snd_timer,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep
failed
Starting sound driver: emu10k1 done

that is all.

I appreciate

I am on Kubuntu, Intepid Ibex, KDE 4.2.1.

I have all the latest updates as of March 16, 2009.

Does KMix startup and provide control over the various sliders ( Master, PCM, etc )?

bcooksley wrote:Does KMix startup and provide control over the various sliders ( Master, PCM, etc )?

I can open up and change it no problem.

Please make sure you are a member of the "Audio" group.

bcooksley wrote:Please make sure you are a member of the "Audio" group.

You are joker, really



alte_esel

? My system suddenly stopped playing sound for me one day with a "Access Denied" message. Adding myself to the "Audio" group corrected the problem.

So, I attempted to add myself the the 'audio' group with this command:

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$ sudo usermod -G audio axiom

I don't think it was the right one, because now not only does sound not work, but I am unable to sudo

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axiom@axiom:~$ sudo alsa force-reload
[sudo] password for axiom:           
Sorry, user axiom is not allowed to execute '/sbin/alsa force-reload' as root on axiom.


I can't think of a way to fix this without sudo'ing, and of course I can't log in as root, since this is Kubuntu.

Ideas?

I fixed the sudo problem with this advice:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sudo

But I still have the same problem with sound.