> On Mon July 2 2018 03:31:56 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Yes, I can hear system noises before I login. Login and they become muted
> > and firefox is silent, until I stop whatever FF is playing and issue the
> > alsoctl restore command, which reports a can't do that, system is busy,
> > but when I restart FF playing whatever, it then works till the next
> > reboot.
> 
> System sounds before login may be happening without ALSA so at the
> moment I'm not sure whether ALSA is working before login.
> 
> You could try speaker-test (ALSA white noise generator) to see if
> ALSA is working before login (or aplay if you have something playable).
> 
> Let's check that ALSA is set to start automatically.  Do you have
> 
>   ls -l /etc/*.d/S*alsa*
> 
> You should have a link called something like /etc/rcS.d/S16alsa-utils
> to /etc/init.d/alsa-utils.
> 
> --Mike
> 
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You should also try turning up all the vols. 
I have a audigy sound blaster. I can play amarok (front) with one vol, but 
smplayer uses another (center). I spent 10 mins trying to figure out why 
amarok played but smplayer didn't until I decided to play with the kmix 
settings.

Also install all the alsa related controls. In case there's a mute in there.

Good luck,

Kate