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alsa-driver package

Ubuntu automatically mutes my sound.

Asked by Nita

My computer mutes my sound automatically. I'll boot up my computer, open Firefox, [or a music player] attempt to play something and nothing. I have to go to sound controls and uncheck the mute box as well as turn the volume up. It too is reset to zero. It's extremely annoying and a real bug for me.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100106 Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Firefox/3.5.7

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please try this workaround procedure:

1. Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

2. copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/alsa-utils

3. Replace the following line (which is line 372 in the /etc/init.d/alsa-utils file):

mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1

with the following line:

# mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1

So you need to comment out that line to prevent the script from muting your soundcard during boot.

4. Reboot and recheck mixer settings

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Mark

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Nita (nita) said : 		#2

Thanks. That was simple enough.

It is a random thing so I won't know if it worked for a few days I imagine, but I'm hopeful!

Thanks again.

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