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hugz

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Registered: 2015-10-31

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Sound working once every two boot

Hi,

I am in possession of a Packard Bell Easy Note TR85 laptop which works perfectly on my recent Arch Linux Install
Except one thing : sound does not work every time i boot In fact, i think it works once every two boot
I have alsa installed and i can see that with alsamixer, everything is unmutted.
Can you please help me solve this problem ?
Here is some commands outputs :

lspci | grep audio

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

lsmod | grep snd

snd_hda_codec_hdmi     49152  2
snd_hda_codec_via      20480  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    69632  1 snd_hda_codec_via
snd_hda_intel          32768  1
snd_hda_codec         106496  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core           49152  5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                86016  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
snd_timer              28672  1 snd_pcm
snd                    65536  10 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore              16384  1 snd

aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1702 Analog [VT1702 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: VT1702 Digital [VT1702 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: VT1702 Alt Analog [VT1702 Alt Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Thanks for your help !!

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Sound working once every two boot

An intermittent problem would suggest hardware failure.

EDIT: Check that the card is seated and connected properly.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-10-31 18:22:02)

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hugz

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Registered: 2015-10-31

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Re: Sound working once every two boot

Yeah but it was working very well on a Debian install like 4 weeks ago ?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Sound working once every two boot

Well maybe it broke in the last 4 weeks.

Does it work if you load up a Debian live ISO image?

Note that you will have to disable UEFI to boot the image.

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hugz

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Registered: 2015-10-31

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Re: Sound working once every two boot

Thanks for your answer.

So i tried to load a live Debian ISO image on USB and sound worked fine. I even rebooted it 4 times and it always worked.
Kinda strange

olive

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Re: Sound working once every two boot

You are using plain alsa, not pulseaudio.  Intermittent problem can be a sign of a race condition. There are no pulseaudio process that auto spawn and cause problem? I would uninstall pulseaudio (and pulseaudio-alsa) if I have it installed. Also remove /var/lib/asound.state and configure your sound card in a working condition. Once you have it, do alsactl store. If you are happy with this configuration, you can do systemctl mask alsa-store.service. This will prevent the system from storing the sound configuration each time you shut down and ensure the system boot with the good, working configuration manually stored previously.

hugz

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Registered: 2015-10-31

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Re: Sound working once every two boot

Well thanks for your answer: I deleted some pulseaudio files, removed the state file and etc .. It all worked but when I tried to open chromium it did not ... I think I deleted a libpulse file by mistake and now chromium works but not my sound anymore. I tried to make the same steps but it does not help I am so stupid

hugz

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Registered: 2015-10-31

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Re: Sound working once every two boot

Ok I so i deleted ~/.config/pulse and /etc/pulse folders and now it's working
Thanks everybody.