After each boot it is a matter of luck whether sound comes up or not. It
works about one time in four, though once it has worked it continues to
do so until the next boot.
If it fails, speaker-test gives the following:
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Googling shows a number of people with similar errors though not
identical. I found a Ubuntu page which said it was solved by installing
libasound2-plugins, but this did not help me.
The modules loaded seem to be the same whether sound works or not. I
get:
snd_pcm_oss 41760 0
snd_mixer_oss 18816 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_ens1371 27328 2
snd_usb_audio 91296 0
snd_usb_lib 20224 1 snd_usb_audio
gameport 17040 3 ns558,snd_ens1371
snd_seq_midi 11072 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11904 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_ac97_codec 115416 1 snd_ens1371
snd_rawmidi 26784 3 snd_ens1371,snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
ac97_bus 6272 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 81672 5
snd_pcm_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_usb_audio,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq 54304 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 25744 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 11668 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd_hwdep 12040 1 snd_usb_audio
snd 63688 13
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_usb_audio,snd_ac97_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
soundcore 12064 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 13072 1 snd_pcm
I think success in giving sound may depend on the sequence in which the
modules are loaded, but I don't know how to take things any further.
Anthony
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