LinuxMint 18 Sound Problem

[larry751]

Help

I am having a Problem with my Sound Driver Waking Back Up After my Linux Mint 18 PC goes to Sleep. I am using HDMI for my Audio and Video Connection. When I Boot Up my Sound works Great. But when my PC goes to Sleep and I Wake up the PC MY Sound is Not there and I have to Reboot to get my Sound Back. I do Not know how or where to Find the Sound driver and i am Not Familiar with the Console in Linux to Run Commands. I am somewhat Familiar with Windows and Linux File Structure.

HELP

[janhostdk]

You are not alone
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[GreenHorseman]

The same thing happens to me. Sound just stops working occasionally. When it does, i open the command line window and give:

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kill $(pidof pulseaudio)

Pulseaudio then restarts automatically and audio works...for some hours at least, until you have to kill pulseaudio again...

[larry751]

I sure do like the Linux Mint 18 Desktop. BUT I just could Not keep my Sound Driver working. Every time my PC went into Suspend/Sleep I Lost the Sound upon Waking Up the PC from that Suspend. Sooooo I had to Reboot My Mint PC to get the sound Back. I Had to do this Every time. I got Tired of Fighting this so I just Replaced Linux Mint 18 with Ubuntu 16 and Now I do NOT Loose my Sound when it wakes up from Suspend/Sleep Mode. I will just have to Live with the Ubuntu Desktop even though I Prefer the Linux Mint Desktop.

IF Linux Mint gets its Act Together and Solves this Sound Problem with a Patch of some kind I may Return to Mint at a later time.

[mdd1963]

Same problem here, using TV (HDMI) in living room with 7700K/Asus Z270A Prime...

Until this bug is fixed, I have disabled sleep mode on monitor, but, left screen saver enabled....l we will see if that suffices as a temp fix/workaround for an otherwise nice Mint18.1 experience...

[larry751]

I Purchased the latest Version of Ubuntu and Installed it on one of my PC.s Just Overwrote Linux Mint. It works Great with no Drop of the Audio when it goes into Suspend/Sleep. I don't like the Desktop of Ubuntu but it works Great. A little while a go I decided to Purchase Debian 8.7.1 Cinnamon and give it a try on another of my PC's. I like the Cinnamon Desktop and Debian has that Desktop.

I have been Purchasing these Operating System at https://www.osdisc.com and at Six Dollars a Copy you really cannot beat the Price and they are ready to Rock and Roll in about 3 days delivery time.

I will try to get back on here in a few days and let everyone know how the Debian 8.7.1 Cinnamon Destop works out for me.