[Bradford] Restarting sound

[David Carpenter]

Just a nice resolution to this...

Still haven't found a good way to restart sound, BUT, after upgrading to
8.04 recently, I had to go and re-configure etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and
thought I'd try the line used by Phil, and what do you know - it works!

So despite trying lots of other 'options snd-hda-intel model=' in the
past - looks as though, thanks to Phil, I've stumbled on the right one
for this machine!

I can now listen to music on the train (which is how I first discovered
the problem as I sat with my headphones on, happily listening away,
wondering why the woman across from me kept scowling!)

Cheers
David


On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 13:34 +0000, Philip Wyett wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 08:45 +0000, David Carpenter wrote:
> > Can anyone help with this...
> > 
> > 
> > On my Ubuntu Laptop when I plug in the earphones it does not mute the
> > main speakers. 
> > 
> > I've found various suggestions as to what should go in the:
> > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
> > file, and I can get it to either mute the speakers but allow headphones,
> > OR have sound through the speakers but no mute when the headphones go
> > in.
> > 
> > SO...most of the time I have the speakers muted and just plug in
> > earphones if I need to listen to anything.
> > 
> > This is fine!
> > 
> > When I want to change the configuration I can just go in to:
> > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
> > comment out a line and then reboot the machine.
> > 
> > QUESTION (at last!)
> > Is there a way to get the machine to recognise the configuration change
> > without rebooting?
> > I have tried:
> > sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
> > and that doesn't seem to work
> > I have tried just loggin out and logging back in again and that does not
> > work. Seems only a reboot does it.
> > 
> > Any suggestions? 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > David
> > 
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I also found only doing a reboot did the trick in applying new settings.
> Now I have got the jack-sensing beat on my Fujitsu-Siemens I only ever
> apply the required line every upgrade if it is needed.
> 
> What is your laptop?
> What is the sound chip?
> 
> The line I have to apply to get it all working on the Fujitsu is a
> Compaq - Go figure. :-)
> 
> options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo-nb0763
> 
> Regards
> 
> Phil
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