[ltp] No sound after reboot

[Bill Sheppard]

OK, I thought perhaps you only saw this on a (warm) reboot, not after a
real powerdown.  Never mind!

Bill

David wrote:
> Not sure I understand Bill. It never works after a reboot or power
> down. I have had it off overnight and when I turn it back on the sound
> is gone.
>
> D
>
> Bill Sheppard wrote:
>
>> David Gillis wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Good morning,   I have a Thinkpad 600e with a brand new, clean install
>>> of SuSE 9.3. Here is the output of uname.
>>>
>>> 2.6.11.4-21.9-default #1 Fri Aug 19 11:58:59 UTC 2005 i686 i686 i386
>>> GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> The problem is this. I can use the YaST install product and install my
>>> sound and it works well. All is autodetected goes without a hitch. I
>>> can also use alsaconf and the soundcard is found and set up and works
>>> great as well. I have used alsactl store to save the settings. When I
>>> do either of these setup procedures things work beautifully. Now comes
>>> the catch. When the computer reboots the sound is gone. I go into the
>>> YaST setup for sound and the card is found but shows not configured. I
>>> can do the setup again and sound works great until a reboot. The same
>>> for alsaconf, works great until a reboot. I have read what seems to be
>>> about 100 posts in many forums and googled a lot. I have not found a
>>> solution to this anywhere. I have also posted in different forums and
>>> received no replies at all. I am hoping some of the guru's on this
>>> list can help me.
>>>   
>> I've found some hardware needs more than a reboot, it needs a full
>> power-down (presumably in order to reset certain hardware registers).
>> You might try doing a full (15 second) power-down rather than just a
>> reboot.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>  
>>
>

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