[SOLVED] Suddenly i am without sound on my system

[Alpha90]

I recently just got my sound card to work with my system Squeeze 6.0.5 as i had to install alsa 1.0.24 for the required drivers. Everything was working beautifully last night however i turn my system on today and no sound works at my system recognizes my soundcard however it says i have alsa 1.0.23 installed ( the version before my Xonar DS was added) I checked Alsamixer and everything was turned on, i checked gnome mixer and everything was turned on and both mixers show my sound card as default . Nothing is muted and the speakers physically are turned on as well (just covering all bases) however nothing. Can anyone give me leads on where i should look i was wondering around google trying to figure out what i should do to fix it and i became aimlessly searching to no avail

[rokytnji]

Maybe look in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state (if there is one there) and see what it says there.

cat /var/lib/alsa/asound.state

[Alpha90]

/var/lib/alsa/asound.state is populated but i am not sure what it all means

state.Generic {
	control.1 {
		comment.access read
		comment.type IEC958
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
		value '0fff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
	}
	control.2 {
		comment.access read
		comment.type IEC958
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
		value '0f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
	}
	control.3 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type IEC958
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
		value '0482000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
	}
	control.4 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
		value true
	}
}
state.H3100 {
	control.1 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'Mic Capture Switch'
		value true
	}
	control.2 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 1
		comment.range '0 - 7680'
		comment.dbmin 200
		comment.dbmax 3200
		iface MIXER
		name 'Mic Capture Volume'
		value 5252
	}
}
state.SAA7134 {
	control.1 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 2
		comment.range '0 - 20'
		iface MIXER
		name 'Video Volume'
		value.0 0
		value.1 0
	}
	control.2 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 2
		comment.range '0 - 20'
		iface MIXER
		name 'Line Volume'
		index 1
		value.0 0
		value.1 0
	}
	control.3 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 2
		comment.range '0 - 20'
		iface MIXER
		name 'Line Volume'
		index 2
		value.0 0
		value.1 0
	}
	control.4 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 2
		iface MIXER
		name 'Video Capture Switch'
		value.0 false
		value.1 false
	}
	control.5 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 2
		iface MIXER
		name 'Line Capture Switch'
		index 1
		value.0 true
		value.1 true
	}
	control.6 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 2
		iface MIXER
		name 'Line Capture Switch'
		index 2
		value.0 false
		value.1 false
	}
}
state.DS {
	control.1 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 8
		comment.range '135 - 255'
		comment.dbmin -6000
		comment.dbmax 0
		iface MIXER
		name 'Master Playback Volume'
		value.0 255
		value.1 255
		value.2 255
		value.3 255
		value.4 255
		value.5 255
		value.6 255
		value.7 255
	}
	control.2 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'Master Playback Switch'
		value true
	}
	control.3 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type ENUMERATED
		comment.count 1
		comment.item.0 Front
		comment.item.1 Front+Surround
		comment.item.2 Front+Surround+Back
		iface MIXER
		name 'Stereo Upmixing'
		value Front+Surround
	}
	control.4 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
		value false
	}
	control.5 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type IEC958
		comment.count 1
		iface PCM
		device 1
		name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
		value '0482000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
	}
	control.6 {
		comment.access read
		comment.type IEC958
		comment.count 1
		iface PCM
		device 1
		name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
		value '3eff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
	}
	control.7 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type IEC958
		comment.count 1
		iface PCM
		device 1
		name 'IEC958 Playback PCM Stream'
		value '0482000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
	}
	control.8 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'Analog Input Monitor Playback Switch'
		value false
	}
	control.9 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 1
		comment.range '0 - 1'
		comment.dbmin -1000
		comment.dbmax 0
		iface MIXER
		name 'Analog Input Monitor Playback Volume'
		value 1
	}
	control.10 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 2
		comment.range '61 - 127'
		iface MIXER
		name 'Headphone Playback Volume'
		value.0 108
		value.1 108
	}
	control.11 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
		value true
	}
	control.12 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type INTEGER
		comment.count 2
		comment.range '165 - 255'
		iface MIXER
		name 'Input Capture Volume'
		value.0 165
		value.1 165
	}
	control.13 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'Line Capture Switch'
		value false
	}
	control.14 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'Mic Capture Switch'
		value false
	}
	control.15 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name Aux
		value false
	}
	control.16 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type ENUMERATED
		comment.count 1
		comment.item.0 None
		comment.item.1 'High-pass Filter'
		iface MIXER
		name 'ADC Filter Capture Enum'
		value 'High-pass Filter'
	}
	control.17 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type ENUMERATED
		comment.count 1
		comment.item.0 None
		comment.item.1 'Peak Limiter'
		comment.item.2 'Automatic Level Control'
		iface MIXER
		name 'Level Control Capture Enum'
		value None
	}
	control.29 {
		comment.access 'read write'
		comment.type BOOLEAN
		comment.count 1
		iface MIXER
		name 'Noise Gate Capture Switch'
		value false
	}
}

[rokytnji]

Have you added your user name to the audio group yet in Debian?

SoundFAQ - Debian Wiki

Since it worked before. You might have to do this

su adduser <your_user_name> audio

As root . The su command before adduser gives you root permission to add your user name to the audio group. I have a feeling that is all you need to do to get sound working again.

You need to log out of the user account and log back in to see the effect of the above command

[Alpha90]

I had not thought of that but unfortunately that is not the problem as i tried your suggestion i got an error message saying i was already a member of the audio group
. I just do not know what to.

[rokytnji]

Ok. Just to humor me. Open alsamixer again in terminal. Hit F5 for all mixers. Make double sure <mm> is not showing on any sliders. I know you said you already checked this in a previous post. But I ran into this on my eeepc where I could swear I had master unmuted and turned on. But my eyes must have played tricks on me because it was muted after another check.

[Alpha90]

all my active mixers read 00 although i do have many grayed out mixers. I am attaching a screenshot

alsamixer1.jpg

[Alpha90]

ok thats a bad screenshot lets try a jpg instead alsamixer3.jpgalsamixer3.jpg

[Alpha90]

Ok i figured it out. Anyone who might have this problem check to make sure you alsa daemon is running.

[rokytnji]

Glad you got it sorted. I was out to Blackgold Rally 2012 on my scooter after last post so no internet for me till I just got back just now.

You can mark this post as solved with thread tools at the top of the 1st post for future searchers

Happy trails, rok..