Interesting, I'd try amixer set Master 100% unmute and then run alsactl store if the alsa.state.lock file was missing from my system. I corrected a few sound problems that way in the past years. Since I have arch on one of my disks, I think I'll try this and see if I can replicate and then correct the way I usually correct. On Sat, 2 Oct 2021, John Covici wrote: > Yep, happened to me in gentoo, downgraded, I hope they fix soon. > > On Sat, 02 Oct 2021 14:24:05 -0400, > Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > Hi, All: > > > > Maybe this won't apply on your Linux distro, but on Arch, where I ran my > > customary Saturday upgrades, I find the latest alsa-utils package breaks > > audio. It doesn't just break it once. It breaks it every time you > > reboot. So, a word to the wise, and all that ... > > > > Here the details ... > > > > alsa-utils 1.2.5.1-1 > > > > is setting Master Volume to 0 and Master Volume Switch to off on all devices,. > > > > > > No real problem you think? Just run: > > > > amixer -c3 controls |grep -i master > > > > to find the numid and fix the issue? Nah, won't work! > > > > mixer -c3 controls > > ALSA lib conf.c:5200:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 3 > > ALSA lib control.c:1471:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL sysdefault:3 > > amixer: Control sysdefault:3 open error: Invalid argument > > > > Fortunately, if you happen to remember the relevant numid for your > > default card, you can actually reset your volume. On my default sound > > device, the relevant values are 33 for the switch, and 32 for the volume > > slider, so I was at least able to get one device working. > > > > Sheesh, what a nuisance. This happens every few weeks/months, whether we > > need it or not. > > > > I mean, how radical do we expect the world to be? Allow sound to play? > > That's preposterous! Why, that would be like displaying boot messages > > and a login prompt on any screen connected during the boot process! > > Nobody does that, right? How friggen insecure! > > > > Janina > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka > > https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > > > >
