Muted SPDIF after each reboot

[jean67]

Hi guys,

Bellow is my config

I tried different things but can't fix this issue. My first question is how do we know which file is used when we open Alsamixer
I can't get this information, some people say asound with one path and other people with another ...
I want to understand where this setting is stored and what I should do to debug this kind of problem in the future

Same question for pulse audio, in the GUI there is a gap between the config of alsamixer and pulse audio.

Is there any log files that I should look first?

Linux lnx64cert 4.13.0-32-generic #35~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 25 10:13:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.13.0-32-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-004) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5)) #35~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 25 10:13:43 UTC 2018

cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="18.2 (Sonya)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 18.2"
VERSION_ID="18.2"
VERSION_CODENAME=sonya
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

list-cards
2 card(s) available.
index: 0
name: <alsa_card.usb-Microsoft_Microsoft_LifeCam_VX-5000-02>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 6
properties:
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000"
alsa.long_card_name = "Microsoft Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2, high speed"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.2:1.2"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.2/sound/card1"
udev.id = "usb-Microsoft_Microsoft_LifeCam_VX-5000-02"
device.bus = "usb"
device.vendor.id = "045e"
device.vendor.name = "Microsoft Corp."
device.product.id = "0728"
device.product.name = "LifeCam VX-5000"
device.serial = "Microsoft_Microsoft_LifeCam_VX-5000"
device.form_factor = "webcam"
device.string = "1"
device.description = "LifeCam VX-5000"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "camera-web-usb"
profiles:
input:analog-mono: Analog Mono Input (priority 2, available: unknown)
off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <input:analog-mono>
sources:
alsa_input.usb-Microsoft_Microsoft_LifeCam_VX-5000-02.analog-mono/#0: LifeCam VX-5000 Analog Mono
ports:
analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
index: 1
name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.0>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 22
properties:
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "Xonar DG"
alsa.long_card_name = "C-Media Oxygen HD Audio at 0xe000, irq 20"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_oxygen"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:00.0/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "13f6"
device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics Inc"
device.product.id = "8788"
device.product.name = "CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] (CMI8786 (Xonar DG))"
device.string = "0"
device.description = "CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] (CMI8786 (Xonar DG))"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
profiles:
input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 60, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6000, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6060, available: unknown)
off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo>
sinks:
alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.0.analog-stereo/#1: CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] (CMI8786 (Xonar DG)) Analog Stereo
sources:
alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.0.analog-stereo.monitor/#2: Monitor of CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] (CMI8786 (Xonar DG)) Analog Stereo
alsa_input.pci-0000_01_00.0.analog-stereo/#3: CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] (CMI8786 (Xonar DG)) Analog Stereo
ports:
analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority 8500, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:

analog-input-aux: Analog Input (priority 8000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:

analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"


sudo alsa force-reload


Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-oxygen snd-usb-audio snd-oxygen-lib snd-mpu401-uart snd-usbmidi-lib snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer (failed: modules still loaded: snd-oxygen snd-usb-audio snd-oxygen-lib snd-mpu401-uart snd-usbmidi-lib snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-timer).
Loading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-oxygen snd-usb-audio snd-oxygen-lib snd-mpu401-uart snd-usbmidi-lib snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer.


After reboot Alsa shows S/PDIF shows muted
├──┤ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ├──┤ Stereo Headphones FP ├──┤ Front+Surround │
│ │OO│ │MM│ │MM│ │MM│ │MM│ │
│ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │
│ 2<>2 100 100 │
│ Headphone < S/PDIF > S/PDIF Loopback Analog Input Monitor Analog Output Digital Input Monitor Stereo Upmixing │
│ │
│

/var/lib/alsa/asound.state

Alsamixer unmute and ->
sudo alsactl store

reboot

no change still muted after reboot

/etc/pulse $ ll
total 36
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1201 Jan 6 2017 client.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2282 Nov 15 15:19 daemon.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5709 Nov 15 15:19 default.pa
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2046 Nov 15 15:19 system.pa


sudo alsactl store 0
same command with -force but same issue!

List of packages installed on my system:

alsa-base install
alsa-tools install
alsa-tools-gui deinstall
alsa-utils install
gnome-alsamixer deinstall
gstreamer0.10-alsa:amd64 install
gstreamer1.0-alsa:amd64 install
libsox-fmt-alsa:amd64 install


gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio:amd64 install
gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:amd64 install
libpulse-mainloop-glib0:amd64 install
libpulse0:amd64 install
libpulsedsp:amd64 install
pulseaudio install
pulseaudio-module-x11 install
pulseaudio-utils install

Thank you for your help,
Jean