Bug 130548 - Sound doesn't work properly
Summary: Sound doesn't work properly
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Sound (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: i686 SuSE Linux 10.0
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Takashi Iwai
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Reported: 2005-10-25 17:28 UTC by Kyle Brock
Modified: 2007-08-11 15:35 UTC (History)
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Yast Support Information (46.96 KB, text/plain)
2005-10-25 17:30 UTC, Kyle Brock 		Details
/etc/asound.state config file (8.17 KB, application/octet-stream)
2005-11-07 16:33 UTC, Kyle Brock 		Details
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Description Kyle Brock 2005-10-25 17:28:53 UTC 
The sound quits working for no apparent reason.  I can make it work again by running 

/usr/sbin/alsactl power off;/usr/sbin/alsactl power on;

And it works for awhile... but then it stops again.
Comment 1 Kyle Brock 2005-10-25 17:30:21 UTC 
Created attachment 55353 [details]
Yast Support Information
Comment 2 Takashi Iwai 2005-10-26 09:48:16 UTC 
I don't see any problems in the log above.

How did you test that the sound quits working?  What is the exact symptom?
Does it look working (e.g. the time proceeding) but no sound output?  Or, you can't open the sound device?

For testing, please run "aplay -vv somefile.wav", instead of other player.
Comment 3 Kyle Brock 2005-10-26 15:53:28 UTC 
Everything appears to work, however, sound just doens't come out of the speakers... until I turn the power off and on using alsactl

And what is even more strange is that it is random as to when it quits.  Currently, it is working fine.  It was also working fine when I first installed it, but one day... it just quit.  And I turned it back on... and then again.

It's almost as if the pipe is being broken ... if that is even possible.
Comment 4 Takashi Iwai 2005-10-27 12:43:20 UTC 
Check the mixer status when it happens.  Some volumes might be muted or turn to zero accidentally by applications like realplayer.
Comment 5 Kyle Brock 2005-10-29 06:48:41 UTC 
Unfortunately, that is not the case.  The volume controls all show the sounds should be working, however, it does not.
Comment 6 Jaroslav Kysela 2005-11-02 10:07:26 UTC 
Soundcard?
Comment 7 Kyle Brock 2005-11-02 15:01:13 UTC 
Yes? Here's some info on the onboard chip

26: PCI 11.5: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
  [Created at pci.277]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1106_3059
  Unique ID: Ssy1.xRNA6xoORe5
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.5
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:11.5
  Hardware Class: sound
  Model: "Micro-Star International VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1106 "VIA Technologies, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x3059 "VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1462 "Micro-Star International Co., Ltd."
  SubDevice: pci 0x0470
  Revision: 0x60
  Driver: "VIA 82xx Audio"
  I/O Ports: 0xe800-0xe8ff (rw)
  IRQ: 10 (971486 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001106d00003059sv00001462sd00000470bc04sc01i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: via82cxxx_audio is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe via82cxxx_audio"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: snd_via82xx is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_via82xx"
  Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Comment 8 Takashi Iwai 2005-11-07 16:16:10 UTC 
Could you attach /etc/asound.state to check the mixer state?
Comment 9 Kyle Brock 2005-11-07 16:33:34 UTC 
Created attachment 56593 [details]
/etc/asound.state config file

Here's the file...
Comment 10 Takashi Iwai 2005-11-23 17:16:57 UTC 
The mixer state looks sane.  This sounds like a problem outside the sound driver, e.g. general power management things.
Do you have any special setup for PM?
Comment 11 Kyle Brock 2005-11-28 14:12:08 UTC 
Not that I'm aware of...
Comment 12 Takashi Iwai 2006-01-25 15:51:32 UTC 
You can try turn off powersaved service.  Don't know whether it has any influence, though.
Comment 13 Takashi Iwai 2007-02-26 14:22:47 UTC 
Does this bug appear in the later versions?
Comment 14 Andreas Jaeger 2007-08-11 15:35:31 UTC 
No reaction since more than 2 months, therefore closing as CANTFIX (aka WONTFIX).

If you can provide the needed information, feel free to reopen the bug.