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#1 2008-04-16 06:56:29

floke
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Registered: 2007-09-04
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Is there any way to completely kill sound?

Am having occassional issues with sound on my laptop - every now and then it gets stuck in a loop and the only way I've found to deal with it is a complete reboot (not ideal if watching something!).

I've tried muting/unmuting in alsamixer, and have tried /etc/rc.d/alsa restart ...but nothing doing.

Anyone have any ideas?

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#2 2008-04-16 09:04:01

iphitus
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Re: Is there any way to completely kill sound?

try killing whatever process it is, or reloading your hardware's sound module.

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#3 2008-04-18 11:14:38

floke
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Re: Is there any way to completely kill sound?

I'll try killing next time it happens, but to be honest, last time I looked I couldn't see a process linked to it.

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#4 2008-04-18 13:55:23

Lachkater
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Re: Is there any way to completely kill sound?

You could use something like sudo lsof /dev/snd/*

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#5 2008-04-18 20:01:16

Frem
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Re: Is there any way to completely kill sound?

Sounds like the same problem I've been having.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=47313

Try to kill any processes that are capable of using the sound card. Alternatively, use audacious to play a short mp3 all the way through. That usually silences things.

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#6 2008-04-18 20:22:32

floke
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Re: Is there any way to completely kill sound?

@ lachater & frem

Cheers - it's my wife's laptop, so I'll have to wait until it borks - but as soon as it does I'll try these suggestions. Thanks!

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