Problem with alsa at boot

Mar 16, 2011·
Julio Batista Silva
Julio Batista Silva
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After updating the kernel, I noticed that during boot the following error message appeared:

> Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Intel Cantiga HDMI" "HDA:10ec0869 (…)"
> Hardware is initialized using a generic method
> /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1267: failed to obtain info for control #5 (No such file or directory)

To resolve:

  1. Delete /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
  2. Reconfigure alsa using alsamixer
  3. sudo alsactl store
Julio Batista Silva
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I’m a Brazilian computer engineer based in Germany, passionate about tech, science, photography, and languages.

I’ve been programming for about two decades already, exploring everything from mobile apps and web development to machine learning. These days I focus on cloud SRE and data engineering.

I volunteer in the open source and Python communities, helping organize PyCon DE and PyData Berlin, mentoring, and contributing with code and translations.

On my blog, I share Linux tips, setup guides, and personal notes I’ve written for future reference. I hope others find them helpful as well. The content is available in multiple languages.

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