FC8 Sound not working after kernel update

[wwp]

Hello Dean,


On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:22:12 -0500 Dean Maluski <dmaluski at n1ety.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 09:52 +0100, wwp wrote:
> > Hello Dean,
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:07:31 -0500 Dean Maluski <dmaluski at n1ety.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Just did the yum update of xen kernel on IBM Thinkpad T22.
> > > Afterward system sounds are not playing.
> > > XMMS wasn't working either until I went in and reconfigured from default
> > > PCM to Soundfusion (hw:0,0) In think it was set to default PCM device.
> > > I can go in as root and detect sound card, works.
> > > Also as X user do test sounds OK but when I try to play system sounds
> > > nothbing heard and no complaints in /var/log/messages.
> > 
> > Same here, no more sound in user space. I noticed (maybe unrelated)
> > this in /var/log/messages:
> > 
> > pulseaudio[3853]: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
> > pulseaudio[3853]:last message repeated 2 times
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > -- 
> > wwp
> > 
> I left this machine on overnight and to my suprise audio is now working
> fine.
> Most of my servers of course stay on 24/7 but this laptop is subject to
> frequent shutdowns.
> I did try to reboot several times Saturday with no improvement.
>  I've had it on and off several times since it started working and
> system sounds are now fine.

On my side, I completely disabled pulse-audio wherever I could. Audio
works as expected now (I use alsa as input and output everywhere I can).


Regards,

-- 
wwp