On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 15:19:32 -0700, Peter Belew wrote: > My problem is that sound takes a long time to start up after system > boot. Sometimes I have to reload or restart the Alsa daemons, which > sometimes seems to help. Playing music for a long time will eventually > cause sound output to start.
[...] > Debian version info: > Linux cupid 2.6.18-6-486 #1 Sun Feb 10 22:06:33 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 > etch > > The system is up-to-date as of today - 19 March 2008 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod [...] > snd_via82xx_modem 13832 0 > snd_seq_dummy 3972 0 > snd_seq_oss 27648 0 > snd_seq_midi 8352 0 > snd_seq_midi_event 6784 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi > snd_seq 42192 6 > snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event > snd_via82xx 25368 3 > gameport 13832 1 snd_via82xx > snd_mpu401_uart 7552 1 snd_via82xx > snd_ac97_codec 82848 2 snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx > snd_ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_rawmidi 22048 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart > snd_seq_device 7820 5 > snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi > snd_pcm_oss 38048 1 > snd_mixer_oss 15232 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm 65928 5 > snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss > snd_timer 19972 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > snd 45412 15 > snd_via82xx_modem,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_ac97_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer > snd_page_alloc 10248 3 snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm > soundcore 8928 2 snd [...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci [...] > 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) > 00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem > Controller (rev 80) [...] > The computer is an Averatec 3280. Check if some process is blocking the sound devices by running: lsof -w $(find /dev/ -group audio 2>/dev/null) Also, post the output of: cat /proc/asound/cards cat /dev/sndstat -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
