[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#500574: alsa-base: Sound stops working shortly after boot with hda_intel onboard sound

[William Roe]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.17.dfsg-2
Severity: normal

I am using an Intel sound card, which works OK just after a reboot, but quickly mutes (the mixer doesn't show it as muted, there's just no sound). I haven't been able to 
determine a pattern to this - which program(s) might be messing with it, it simply stops working very quickly. The sound card works without issue in Ubuntu Hardy.


-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                   Version                                Description
+++-======================================-======================================-============================================================================================
ii  libasound2                             1.0.16-2                               ALSA library
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--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xdfddc000 irq 16
 1 [Headset        ]: USB-Audio - Logitech USB Headset
                      Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:00:1d.2-2, full speed
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2008-09-29 09:51 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 32 2008-09-29 09:51 controlC1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2008-09-29 09:51 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2008-09-29 14:24 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 56 2008-09-29 08:52 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 48 2008-09-29 08:52 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 2008-09-29 09:51 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2008-09-29 09:51 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  linux-sound-base           1.0.17.dfsg-2 base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsof                       4.78.dfsg.1-4 List open files
ii  module-init-tools          3.4-1         tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.16-2   ALSA utilities

Versions of packages alsa-base suggests:
pn  alsa-oss                      <none>     (no description available)
pn  apmd                          <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-13     GNU C Library: Shared libraries

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