Need to force alsa to reload after reboot to have sound

Bug #1905027 reported by Pedot
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alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hello,
I just installed ubuntu 20.04.01 (Focal Fossa) from a 18.04 version.

I need to reload at each reboot alsa with:

sudo alsa force-reload

The workaround proposed here work for me.
https://askubuntu.com/a/1281216/772996

alsa seems to kill timidity (?)

This solves it:
systemctl disable timidity

I didn't find an issue for this bug. Feel free to remove if needed.

Thanks !

apt-cache policy alsa gives me empty:
alsa:
  Installé : (aucun)
  Candidat : (aucun)
 Table de version :
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: thomas 1961 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: thomas 1961 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: thomas 1961 F...m pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-29 (1058 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: alsa-driver (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-54.60-generic 5.4.65
Tags: focal
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-54-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-11-17 (4 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: H170M-HD3 DDR3-CF
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF2:bd08/27/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH170M-HD3DDR3-CF:rvrx.x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
 # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
 # you can temporarily override this with
 # sudo service apport start force_start=1
 enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2018-02-04T11:58:08.087306

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lotuspsychje (lotuspsychje) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1905027

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

Pedot (thomas-pedot)
affects: alsa-lib (Ubuntu) → alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
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Pedot (thomas-pedot) wrote :

Hello,
thanks for this feedback. My problem is that I cannot identify the real root of this. Which alsa to select ?

alsa-lib and alsa-driver are not installed.

This command gives "*alsa*" installed on my computer.
apt list |grep alsa | grep installé

Output is
alsa-base/focal,focal,now 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 all [installé]
alsa-topology-conf/focal,focal,now 1.2.2-1 all [installé, automatique]
alsa-ucm-conf/focal-updates,focal-updates,now 1.2.2-1ubuntu0.4 all [installé, automatique]
alsa-utils/focal-updates,now 1.2.2-1ubuntu2 amd64 [installé]
gstreamer1.0-alsa/focal,now 1.16.2-4 amd64 [installé]
libsox-fmt-alsa/focal,now 14.4.2+git20190427-2 amd64 [installé, automatique]

But I cannot select alsa-base for exemple.

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lotuspsychje (lotuspsychje) wrote :

please run the command apport-collect 1905027 in a terminal

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Pedot (thomas-pedot) wrote : AlsaInfo.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected focal
description: updated
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Pedot (thomas-pedot) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

apport information

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Pedot (thomas-pedot) wrote : ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

apport information

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Pedot (thomas-pedot) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

apport information

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Pedot (thomas-pedot) wrote : PulseList.txt

apport information

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