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  1. 10-14-2006 #1
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    Audio suddenly stopped working...

    Ive had my machine in the state its in for almost a year with no problems, till one day I try and play a file and I hear nothing. I opened up Audacity to see if the Line-In or Mic still takes input and at startup it gets the error "There was an error initiazing the audio i/o layer".

    To make a long story short, I went into the Preferences to check out the audio settings and low and behold I apparently dont have a sound card anymore or atleast its not detecting it. Samething in all other media applications.

    I was running Debian 3.1, but have been meaning to upgrade for sometime. So the first thing I did was run "apt-get dist-upgrade" to see if anything would fix itself. Still the same problem.

    So now I'm running what used to be Debian 3.1, now with a dist-upgrade to whatever is next. 2.6.8-3 Kernel with an Intel integraded audio device.

    I'm hoping I can fix this, and that my card didnt crap out and I have to buy a new one. I dont have any spare PCI sound cards laying around so I havent tried that...

    Thanks.
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    Try reconfiguring your sound card

    apt-get install alsa-utils
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    ok, i tried that.
    it detects and configures it without a problem

    i even open up audacity and any other media programs without a problem
    but if i try and play a file, i still cant hear it.
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    Have you looked in kmix to make sure your speaker have not been turned off\muted, it happen to me

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    yeah, and when i restart it goes back to the state of undetection.
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    Be sure everything is using ALSA for the output
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    yeah, they are.
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