[PLUG] Audio goes away

Chuck Hast wchast at gmail.com
Tue Apr 9 13:16:57 UTC 2019


Ohh for got about that one. I will take a look.


On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:20 AM Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
wrote:

> > Thank you I will do so.
> > I guess I am going to have to see if I can set it out. When I reboot the
> > thing it seems to stay operational until
> > sometime at night, then the next day I find the audio gone.
> > Tonight was fiddling with another favorite thing of mine... Lasers...
> There
> > is a 1500ft tower
> > about 3.54 km (2.2mi) from my location, I was getting very good
> reflections
> > off of the candelabra at the top of
> > the tower. Now to modulate it and see how far it can be received...
> Always
> > something to keep me busy... But
> > now with that info I will go after the sound on this machine. Of course
> the
> > other thing maybe just to back every
> > thing up and put down new asphalt, the start adding stuff until it
> breaks...
> > Again a big Thank you...
>
> Look at your crontab, what is running on your machine in
> the middle of the night that seems to break this.  Is
> there some job in there that might be fiddling the audio
> stuff in /dev the wrong way and causing things to go bad?
>
>
> > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 10:00 PM <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > So you are using Pulse Audio - right?
> > >
> > > When it breaks, try to seek some answers this way:
> > > dmesg
> > > sudo systemctl status sound.target
> > >
> > > Also try to fiddle with controls using native pulse audio mixer:
> > > pavucontrol
> > >
> > > Sometimes, pavucontrol is the only way I can get the sound/mic where I
> > > need to.
> > >
> > > Best luck, Tomas
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2019-04-08 at 19:39 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > > > Here is the results after the reboot.
> > > > kp4djt at kp4djt64:~$ systemctl status alsa-state.service
> > > > ? alsa-state.service - Manage Sound Card State (restore and store)
> > > >    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service; static;
> > > > vendor
> > > > preset
> > > >    Active: inactive (dead)
> > > > Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2019-04-08 19:36:33 CDT;
> > > > 1min 38s
> > > > ago
> > > >            ?? ConditionPathExists=/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf was not
> > > > met
> > > >      Docs: man:alsactl(1)
> > > > kp4djt at kp4djt64:~$ systemctl status alsa-restore.service
> > > > ? alsa-restore.service - Save/Restore Sound Card State
> > > >    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service; static;
> > > > vendor
> > > > pres
> > > >    Active: active (exited) since Mon 2019-04-08 19:36:33 CDT; 2min 8s
> > > > ago
> > > >      Docs: man:alsactl(1)
> > > >   Process: 943 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa restore
> > > > (code=exite
> > > >   Process: 910 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/alsa (code=exited,
> > > > status=0/SUCCE
> > > >  Main PID: 943 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> > > >
> > > > abr 08 19:36:33 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Starting Save/Restore Sound Card
> > > > State...
> > > > abr 08 19:36:33 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Started Save/Restore Sound Card
> > > > State.
> > > > kp4djt at kp4djt64:~$
> > > >
> > > > And as usual the speakers are working just fine. But at some point
> > > > they
> > > > will fail during
> > > > the night.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:37 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Ken,
> > > > > This is what I got from the first command:
> > > > > ? alsa-state.service - Manage Sound Card State (restore and store)
> > > > >    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service; static;
> > > > > vendor
> > > > > preset: enabled)
> > > > >    Active: inactive (dead)
> > > > > Condition: start condition failed at Wed 2019-04-03 22:35:45 CDT; 4
> > > > > days
> > > > > ago
> > > > >            ?? ConditionPathExists=/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf was
> > > > > not met
> > > > >      Docs: man:alsactl(1)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > And the second command gave me this:
> > > > > kp4djt at kp4djt64:~$ systemctl status alsa-restore.service
> > > > > ? alsa-restore.service - Save/Restore Sound Card State
> > > > >    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service;
> > > > > static;
> > > > > vendor preset: enabled)
> > > > >    Active: active (exited) since Wed 2019-04-03 22:35:45 CDT; 4
> > > > > days ago
> > > > >      Docs: man:alsactl(1)
> > > > >   Process: 940 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa
> > > > > restore
> > > > > (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> > > > >   Process: 936 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/alsa (code=exited,
> > > > > status=0/SUCCESS)
> > > > >  Main PID: 940 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> > > > >
> > > > > abr 03 22:35:45 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Starting Save/Restore Sound
> > > > > Card
> > > > > State...
> > > > > abr 03 22:35:45 kp4djt64 systemd[1]: Started Save/Restore Sound
> > > > > Card State.
> > > > > kp4djt at kp4djt64:~$
> > > > >
> > > > > But  I still have no audio... Something is broke, I will reboot it
> > > > > and see
> > > > > what I get.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 10:07 AM Ken Stephens <kennethgstephens at gmai
> > > > > l.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Chuck,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You could be running alsa.  Check status by: systemctl status
> > > > > > alsa-state.service<cr>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Another check:  systemctl status alsa-restore.service<cr>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ken
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 10:10 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Folks, I thought I had a bad component on the mobo, but testing
> > > > > > > seems
> > > > > >
> > > > > > to be
> > > > > > > sending me
> > > > > > > in the direction of some software issue. I am running Mate
> > > > > > > 18.04 I check
> > > > > > > for updates auto-
> > > > > > > magically, though I do not let the machine do auto-updates so I
> > > > > > > can make
> > > > > > > sure all is good.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > At some point the machine started loosing the audio, A reboot
> > > > > > > would
> > > > > >
> > > > > > bring
> > > > > > > it back for the
> > > > > > > rest of the day but sometime during the night it would go away
> > > > > > > again. I
> > > > > > > thought  I had a bad
> > > > > > > component but the other day I ran Ubuntu 18.04 off of a stick
> > > > > > > on this
> > > > > > > machine and the audio
> > > > > > > was just fine. I let it go over night, still good audio. so it
> > > > > > > looks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > > something is going on
> > > > > > > software wise but I am not sure where to go after it, one thing
> > > > > > > I
> > > > > >
> > > > > > noticed
> > > > > > > is there is poping
> > > > > > > and crackling in the audio output, like something is trying to
> > > > > > > do
> > > > > >
> > > > > > something
> > > > > > > but no joy.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If I reboot the machine I get the audio back until the next
> > > > > > > day, so
> > > > > > > something is happening
> > > > > > > with the audio app.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am trying to figure out how to troubleshoot this one.  Any
> > > > > > > ideas?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > > > > > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > > > > > > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > > > > > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > > > > > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
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> > > > > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
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> > > > > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > > > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
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Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Ph 4:13 KJV
Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
Fil 4:13 RVR1960



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