At Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:04:09 -0500, Forest Bond wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm using snd-via82xx on an Ubuntu 8.04 system. alsa-info.sh output is here: > > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=1c3d5570e7b57d4d2f79b964a323dd7b4efd7e78 > > Here are the symptoms: > > Audio goes away after a semi-random interval. Sometimes it returns after > `modprobe -r snd-via82xx' followed by `modprobe snd-via82xx', but sometimes it > seems to take a full reboot. > > This looks similar to: > > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=3D3194 > > Some folks think that this kind of issue is triggered by audio volume being > above a certain level. I'm not entirely sure if this is true, but I think it > is. One time, I apparently triggered the issue by unplugging and replugging the > audio cable from the mainboard during playback. > > Audio can be heard even when the PCM volume level is 0 (as told by alsamixer). > The volume does get louder when I turn up that mixer control, but it never goes > away entirely when I turn the volume to zero. Mute works as expected. The volume 0 doesn't always mean the mute on several hardwares. So this can be irrelevant if it happens always. I vaguely remember about the low-power mode of some codec chips. Which codec chip does your system have? Please run alsa-info.sh with --no-upload option, and attach the output file. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
