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floke

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Registered: 2007-09-04

Posts: 266

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?

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Is there any way to completely kill sound?

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

floke

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Registered: 2007-09-04

Posts: 266

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.

Lachkater

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-02-04

Posts: 40

Re: Is there any way to completely kill sound?

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

Frem

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From: Longview, TX

Registered: 2005-02-27

Posts: 56

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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.

floke

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Registered: 2007-09-04

Posts: 266

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!