[Mageia-dev] lost sound after systemd update

Wed Sep 14 15:34:12 CEST 2011

On 14 September 2011 14:29, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> 'Twas brillig, and Donald Stewart at 14/09/11 12:57 did gyre and gimble:
+>> On 14 September 2011 12:00, Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
+>>> On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 11:50 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+>>>> 'Twas brillig, and Balcaen John at 14/09/11 11:24 did gyre and gimble:
+>>>>> Le Mercredi 14 Septembre 2011 12:19:38 Robert Fox a écrit :
+>>>>>> After recent Cauldon update which included systemd - I have now lost
+>>>>>> sound.  After going back to sysvinit - sound is back.
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> [rfox at minifox ~]$ lspcidrake -v | fgrep -i AUDIO
+>>>>>> snd_hda_intel   : nVidia Corporation|High Definition Audio Controller
+>>>>>> (vendor:10de device:0be4 subv:174b subd:2150) (rev: a1)
+>>>>>> snd_hda_intel   : nVidia Corporation|MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High
+>>>>>> Definition Audio (vendor:10de device:0774 subv:1025 subd:0227) (rev:
+>>>>>> a1)
+>>>>> I have the same problem here but only if i'm using autologin with kdm.
+>>>>> Without autologin, sound is ok.
+>>>>> Coling : do you have any idea how to debug this eventually ?
+>>>>> (why sound would disappear only with auto login in kdm ? )
+>>>>
+>>>> pam.d configs most likely.
+>>>>
+>>>> Work out what kdm is using in pam.d for processing the login and ensure
+>>>> it does the pam_systemd session stuff like in system-auth.
+>>>>
+>>>
+>>> I found the system-auth.rpmnew and simply renamed that (copied the old
+>>> one just in case) - restarted with Systemd, but sound is still missing.
+>>> Not sure where to look under KDE pam.d settings.
+>>>
+>>> Thx,
+>>> R.Fox
+>>>
+>>>
+>>
+>> I am having the same issues as Robert, however, switching to the TMB
+>> kernel has brought sounds back.
+>>
+>> I haven't looked in pam.d or changed any of the defaults in /etc apart
+>> from network for NM.
+>>
+>> Any ideas?
+>
+> Is this is USB audio devices?
+>
+> There is a bug in module-init-tools right now that prevents the
+> snd-usb-audio module being loaded.
+>
+> Still that should change based on TMB vs. normal kernel.
+>
+> Col
+>
+>
+> --
+>
+> Colin Guthrie
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+>
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+
+No, not a usb device, in a laptop.
+
+snd_hda_intel   : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
+Controller (vendor:8086 device:293e subv:103c subd:361b) (rev: 03)
+
+The only other reason that I can think that it would be working is
+that disabling pulse required a reboot for systemd to fully catch up
+with or something.
+I will re-enable pulse and see if it still works as I prefer to have PA running.
+