ALSA not activating during boot

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#1

I’ve got a startup sound I’d like to play during boot, but ALSA is not getting activated. However, as soon as the system is all up, sound works flawlessly.

When I go to YAST and look at the startup services, all alsa services are dectivated. When I try to change the status, I get the following message:

“This service cannot be activated/deactivated because there is no installation segment in the description file.”

Any help is appreciated.

theo

openSUSE Leap 42.3 – KDE-Plasma-Version: 5.8.7 – Kernel: 4.4.104-39-default – 64bit

#2

I’ve got a startup sound I’d like to play during boot, but ALSA is not getting activated. However, as soon as the system is all up, sound works flawlessly.

Where in the boot sequence are you trying to play the startup sound? The ALSA hardware modules are loaded at boot, (but perhaps the level settings are not restored until later in the boot sequence?).

#3

What is reported by the following?

systemctl status alsa-restore

You should also know that this service is not designed to be enabled by the user. It is called by other units.

#4

As a test, I just added the following command to /etc/init.d/boot.local

aplay /home/dean/Downloads/my_music.wav 2>&1 >/dev/null &

and rebooted. A few seconds into the boot sequence, the music started playing.

Note: For boot.local to be executed, the rc-local service must be enabled.

#5

Are you just missing the startup sounds??

Add and change to phonon-backend-vlc

#6

Or open ~/.config/plasma_workspace.notifyrc in a text editor and prepend “file://” to the corresponding sound file name.
I.e. something like:

[Event/startkde]
Action=Sound
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=
Sound=file:///home/test/Desktop/login.ogg
TTS=
#7

I interpreted the OP as perhaps wanting to play some music at boot (prior to X starting even), but perhaps I’m wrong about that.

#8

From the OP’s post I would think the same.

But then, what startup sound should there be during boot, before X starts up and the user logs in?

That “ALSA is not getting activated” is likely just a wrong interpretation on his part anyway, IMHO.
There are no “alsa services” that would need to be activated to get sound, ALSA is part of the kernel.

#9

I don’t know which is why I asked for clarification, but it is possible

That “ALSA is not getting activated” is likely just a wrong interpretation on his part anyway, IMHO.
There are no “alsa services” that would need to be activated to get sound, ALSA is part of the kernel.

I think because he tried something and there was no sound, he’s gone looking for services that might not be enabled - a misapprehension on his part.

#10

Sure.
Clarification is definitely needed here… :wink:

I think because he tried something and there was no sound, he’s gone looking for services that might not be enabled - a misapprehension on his part.

That’s what I think as well.