I know there’s like 5 forums on this, but they are all extraordinarily lengthy and cover about 12 different methods to solve the problem. Here’s the deal. Toshiba satellite laptop. Sound works if each time I login I delete the configuration under YAST-Hardware-Sound and then “edit” it back into existence.
This computer is going to a family that recently found themselves without a father, or a home (http://reprise.trailbrian.com). I’d like to make sure this fills a need without creating a headache.
So, since other people have identified this problem months ago, what’s the easy fix? I know there’s got to be one.
I’ve already tried updating ALSA–the computer’s about 4-5 years old and so it’s not a problem with the hardware being “too new.” Thanks in advance for the help.
Next time you reboot, and sound does not immediately work, instead of going to YaST, instead open a terminal or konsole and type su -c ‘rcalsasound restart’ enter root password when prompted, and test the sound.
IF that works, then to have that run automatically at boot, edit the /etc/init.d/boot.local file, adding at the end the line:
rcalsasound restart
Its a bit puzzling thou, that it is necessary. Having to run “rcalsasound restart” in the boot.local suggests that earlier during the boot process, something interfered with the loading of the alsa driver. … I’ve read of cases where the loading of a wireless device around the same time as the loading of the alsa driver (during the boot) can cause such a problem. … I’ve also read of cases where the ndiswrapper associated with a wireless device can corrupt an already loaded alsa driver. I’ve never encountered this myself on my PCs.
You could try unmuting and setting up everything EXACT as it should be. Then in a terminal or konsole type:su -c ‘alsactl store’ and enter root password when prompted. That “might” store the settings as default.