Sometimes, ALSA will freeze up and I have no sound. I came across this little code snip which makes it work again:
alsa force-reload
Reset ALSA sound on Linux
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9 responses to “Reset ALSA sound on Linux”
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it worked like ah charm…thankz man
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Thanks for this post (1 year old and still useful, neat!). On a previous version/distro (can’t remember, I think Ubuntu may still have it), there used to be alsaconf — which did the same and more: reconfigured ALSA, redetect hardware, etc. but was overkill. This command does just what I want for my rare freezes :-).
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It does, however, kill every process depending on ALSA… This is much better than a reboot, but it’s something you should know before you try it.
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Just a sidenote, I am using OpenSuSE 10.3 and “alsa” is not in my path, however “alsaconf” reset the sound. Thanks!
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2012 and still usefull. Thanks 😀
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Hi!
Where and how do i do this?
Where should i put in the code=-
Into the terminal emulator – or just called “terminal”. It is a computer program.
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Still works on Ubuntu 12.04
Just press Ctrl+Alt+T and paste in terminal 🙂
Super useful, thanks!-
You need to put a “sudo” in front to make it work, just so you know.
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