topic title: After apt-get update; apt-get upgrade, sound no longer works
Posts: 61
thinkpada21
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#1
Ok, I finally installed 7.2. Sound worked fine. I did"apt-get update; apt-get upgrade". Sound is no longer working. There were 194 updates that I am trying to make sense of.

In the meantime, anyone have some idea what might be going wrong?
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eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#2
You might want to check your mixer settings or even run aslaconf.
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OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#3
Did you upgrade via a terminal? If so, then upgrade via synaptic to fix it. (It happened to me once.)

john
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impuwat
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#4
Same thing happened to me recently. Installed 7.2 and sound worked perfectly. Upgraded to Sid and no sound. Instead of working with alsa I just re-installed and then after apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade from terminal I had no sound again. Restored it with alsa and alsamixer but still have strange pops and static occasionally when no music is playing and speakers are on.
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thinkpada21
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#5
Ok, I first tried"alsa reload" (after stopping mpd), then ran alsamixer to adjust the levels. Did not help.

I then launched Synaptic and did"Reload","Mark All Upgrades", then"Apply". Still no sound.

Tried alsa reload and alsamixer again. Still no sound.

I guess the next step is to re-install, then do the upgrade through Synaptic, instead of with apt-get.

Edit: Also, I did not switch to Sid. I simply installed 7.2, tried various things, then did the"apt-get update; apt-get upgrade".
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Jerry
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
#6
Did you run alsaconf?
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thinkpada21
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#7
Thanks."alsaconf" did the trick. Strange though, the first time I tried it, it listed"Sound Fusion CS46xx", which is what I thought was in my laptop. Did not work. I tried it, again, and selected"Legacy ISA". After several minutes, it declared"Sound Fusion CS4522" and finished. Now it works.

Edit: meant to say it declared"Sound Fusion CS4622", not 4522. Anyway, just strange it would only work as"Legacy ISA".
Last edited by thinkpada21 on 06 Jun 2008, 01:28, edited 1 time in total.
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Piedie
Joined: 01 May 2008
#8
thinkpada21 wrote:Thanks."alsaconf" did the trick. Strange though, the first time I tried it, it listed"Sound Fusion CS46xx", which is what I thought was in my laptop. Did not work. I tried it, again, and selected"Legacy ISA". After several minutes, it declared"Sound Fusion CS4522" and finished. Now it works.
Well, I had the same sort of thing. No sound. Glad I went to this forum again __{{emoticon}}__ . I ran alsaconf, it recognized my sound card but no sound. Stubborn as I am __{{emoticon}}__ I ran it again. My boxes were on. I heard a tick while alsaconf was running. Again my card was recognized. I chosed it again and now WOW: sound is back. Thank you erie __{{emoticon}}__