\n\tLinux OS does a superb job of handling sound. Since early on it will even be configured out of the box. Unfortunately, keeping it that way is an entirely separate matter. Especially when going through multiple upgrades or installing other packages possibly even applications that may alter your sound behaviour strange things may start to happen with your sound. Take for instance this issue:\n<\/p>\n
\n\tPROBLEM<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tunix_connect: can’t connect to server (unix:\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/lhs.localhostservers-11ca-43c04c25) \n\tSOLUTION<\/strong> \n\t$ cat \/etc\/modprobe.conf \n\tand<\/em> add\n<\/p>\n \n\tsnd-intel8×0m<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tto\n<\/p>\n \n\t\/etc\/hotplug\/blacklist*<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tHere is what mine looked like aside from everything else in it:\n<\/p>\n \n\t$ cat \/etc\/hotplug\/blacklist.rpmsave<\/strong> \n\tNOTE:<\/strong><\/span> The above blacklist may be different for you. Experiment to see if the above file is different for you but be sure to save your seettings before hand.\n<\/p>\n \n\tRESTARTING THE SOUND DAEMON<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tTypically, but not on every installation, you’ll have the artsd<\/strong> daemon running. This is currently the best sound daemon available for Fedora Linux flavours. The restart instructions below center around artsd<\/strong>. First, get the artsd command that was ran to bring up the artsd<\/strong> daemon:\n<\/p>\n \n\t$ ps axfeo pid,user,cmd=|grep artsd|grep -v grep<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn my case the above produced something like this:\n<\/p>\n \n\t$ artsd -F 20 -S 4096 -a alsa -d -b 16 -s 2 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tSo that is how we would restart it (Add &<\/strong> at the end to detach it from the current console). Below is a session of the trial (Last line, being successfully, marked in green<\/span><\/strong>):\n<\/p>\n \n\t$ \/usr\/bin\/artsd -F 20 -S 4096 -a oss -d -b 16 -s 2 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f<\/strong> There are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are active…\n<\/p>\n \n\tError: Can’t add object reference (probably artsd is already running). \n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2 \n\t$ ll \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2<\/strong> \n\tError: Can’t add object reference (probably artsd is already running). \n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2 \n\t$ ll \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServer<\/strong> \n\tWhich finally got the artsd<\/strong> daemon process running. Hope this helps, however this post will continue to be work in progress so more will be added with time..
\n\tALSA lib conf.c:1592:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:51:23:No such file or directory
\n\tALSA lib conf.c:2837:(snd_config_hook_load) \/etc\/alsa\/cards\/aliases.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
\n\tALSA lib conf.c:2700:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: No such file or directory
\n\tALSA lib pcm.c:1969:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM default definition (id: default, value: cards.pcm.default)
\n\tError while initializing the sound driver:
\n\tdevice: default can’t be opened for playback (Invalid argument)\n<\/p>\n
\n\tComment out snd-intel8×0<\/strong> in \/etc\/modprobe.conf<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
\n\talias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371
\n\tinstall snd-ens1371 \/sbin\/modprobe –ignore-install snd-ens1371 && \/usr\/sbin\/alsactl restore >\/dev\/null 2>&1 || :
\n\tremove snd-ens1371 { \/usr\/sbin\/alsactl store >\/dev\/null 2>&1 || : ; }; \/sbin\/modprobe -r –ignore-remove snd-ens1371
\n\talias usb-controller ehci-hcd
\n\t#<\/span> install snd-intel8×0 \/sbin\/modprobe –ignore-install snd-intel8×0 && \/usr\/sbin\/alsactl restore >\/dev\/null 2>&1 || :
\n\talias eth0 via-rhine
\n\talias scsi_hostadapter sata_via
\n\talias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
\n\talias eth1 natsemi
\n\t$\n<\/p>\n
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\n\t.
\n\t# Conflicts with Alsa?
\n\tsnd-intel8×0m<\/span>
\n\t.
\n\t.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIf you are sure it is not already running, remove the relevant files:\n<\/p>\n
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServer
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SimpleSoundServer
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_PlayObjectFactory
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_AudioManager\n<\/p>\n
\n\t-rw——- 1 root root 230 Jan 7 20:49 \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2
\n\t$ ll \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2<\/strong>
\n\t-rw——- 1 root root 230 Jan 7 20:49 \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2
\n\t$ \/usr\/bin\/artsd -F 20 -S 4096 -a oss -d -b 16 -s 2 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f<\/strong>
\n\tThere are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are active…\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIf you are sure it is not already running, remove the relevant files:\n<\/p>\n
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServer
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SimpleSoundServer
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_PlayObjectFactory
\n\t\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_AudioManager\n<\/p>\n
\n\t-rw——- 1 root root 230 Jan 7 20:49 \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServer
\n\t$ ll \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SimpleSoundServer<\/strong>
\n\t-rw——- 1 root root 230 Jan 7 20:49 \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SimpleSoundServer
\n\t$ rm \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2<\/strong>
\n\trm: remove regular file `\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServerV2′? y
\n\t$ rm \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServer<\/strong>
\n\trm: remove regular file `\/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SoundServer’? y
\n\t$ rm -f \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_SimpleSoundServer<\/strong>
\n\t$ rm -f \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_PlayObjectFactory<\/strong>
\n\t[$ rm -f \/tmp\/ksocket-root\/Arts_AudioManager<\/strong>
\n\t$ \/usr\/bin\/artsd -F 20 -S 4096 -a oss -d -b 16 -s 2 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f<\/strong> <Had to cancel this one. Forgotten the &<\/strong> sign. \ud83d\ude42 >
\n\t$ \/usr\/bin\/artsd -F 20 -S 4096 -a oss -d -b 16 -s 2 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f &<\/strong><\/span>
\n\t[1] 5501
\n\t$\n<\/p>\n
\n\t <\/p>\n\n