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• 04 May 09
  

  Der Kaiser

  lsof | grep pcm

  alsa sound ubuntu restart

• 10 Oct 08
  

  Cloud S

  ubuntu sound

• 22 Apr 08
  

  Zhuu Ming Ang

  linux

  • Re: Restart sound? 

     

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    I've always wondered this--you should only have to restart linux if you change the kernel!--and I think I found out how:
     
     do:
     
     sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
     
     But sometimes this won't work if something is really holding on to the sound so do:
     
     name@comp:~$ lsof | grep pcm
     sh 5079 name 70u CHR 116,6 13639 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
     esd 5080 name 70u CHR 116,6 13639 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
     
     to find the process id and then kill it and restart:
     
     name@comp:~$ kill -9 5079
     name@comp:~$ kill -9 5080
     name@comp:~$ lsof | grep pcm
     sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
     
     and hopefully that will work.
• 29 Feb 08
  

  ifolmedo

  lsof | grep pcm

  ubuntu sound troubleshoot Linux

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