[Bradford] Restarting sound

[David Carpenter]

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


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