[Bradford] Restarting sound

[Philip Wyett]

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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