Need to run alsaconf every time I boot. SOLVED

[gerry]

(Edit removed)

I'm finding that I need to run alsaconf every time I boot, in order to get any sound.

The only two sound apps I run are gcompris and the grandchildrens on-line games (cbeebies and Penguin Club).

I've spent ages on this problem, and I'm flummoxed.

During bootup I see "configuring alsa" flash by, and during power-down I see "Halting alsa" (or a word to that effect).

It could be that this problem started when I installed gcompris- but I'm not certain.

Anyone got any ideas?

Gerry

[werechipy]

what kind of sound card do you have?

also look in your computers bios and find out the cards "address" (ports, irqs stuff like that)

[rickh]

While the sound is working, post the output of ...

$ lsmod | grep snd

...Also, the output of ...

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound

[gerry]

Card is CMI CM8738 rev 10.

I've tried more bootups, and the problem is definitely that to get sound working I have to run alsaconf after booting.

How do I test whether alsa is running? Maybe running alsaconf starts alsa, which then keeps going for the rest of the session. Then at next boot, it does not start (until I run alsaconf).

I don't have this problem with Puppy, which is what I revert to when Debian is giving me too much hassle.

Gerry

[gerry]

EDITED

[gerry]

SOLUTION (or more strictly, workaround)

Either:

After every bootup, open a terminal and type "pkill esd".

Or, a permanent workaround, I renamed the esd binary file in /usr/bin, so that it doesn't get started.

Now to find the real solution.....

Gerry

[tukuyomi]

If you are a Gnome user, you can disable ESD under System -> Preferences -> Sound, tab Sounds.
For a cli version, if anyone knows, I'm interested =)