[karmic] Failed to load module "module-alsa-card": initialization failed

The fuser-generated output seems to be missing information; what is the full result when run with sudo prepended (i.e., sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/*)?

Please killall pulseaudio and strace -f pulseaudio -vv.

> The fuser-generated output seems to be missing information;

It's not. The apport hook is buggy - fuser always exits non-zero when no matching processes are found. And none of these devices were open at the time.

Killing pulseaudio and restarting it seems to have caused it to right itself, for no clear reason. I'll retest in a bit to see whether the problem is reproducible with a logout/login.

A logout/login cycle, and a reboot, and pulseaudio is still working fine. So I guess this may be a race condition...

setting back to 'new', since all the available information is here.

Ok, I just had this issue here also.

I did alsa reload, and restarted pulseaudio, and it works again ! Please try it out ! :)

Nothing seems to fix this for me. After killing pulseaudio with autospawn set to "no" I am able to use the second card (m2496/ice1712) just fine via ALSA. When pulseaudio is running all looks fine in the GUIs. It is set to send sound to both cards simultaneously, and they both show up, but there is only sound from the built-in card, not the m2496.

Confirming this bug, and the solution to getting the card driver to properly load being as documented above. I have a different interface (TASCAM US-122L) but the same exact issues and errors. Creating ~/.pulse/client.conf with the line "autospawn = no", stopping JACK and issuing a "sudo alsa reload". The only other significant difference is that I'm using a core2 duo machine not an AMD one, with the i386 install of Ubuntu Studio. Since the issue is the same and the diagnostic outputs are identical though, I don't believe this to be relevant.

I will add, however, that any apps I'd started which attempted to use ALSA were stuck in the background and had to be manually killed (identified by the warnings issued by the alsa reload), and then an additional alsa reload worked.

I've been documenting my experiences in a reddit thread at http://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/a4861/where_to_start_with_linux_music_apps/ but there's not really more pertinent info, just a little more description.

I can post whatever diagnostics people wish, but they're identical to the ones listed above.

For everyone not using an identical HDA codec to Steve's, if this symptom is reproducible using the most current daily-live desktop image of Lucid, please file a separate bug.

I am also affected by this bug, and the method described in comment 9 solved the issue. Thanks mhazen :)

I have amd 64 and built in sound card

I am also affected with kernel 2.6.31-21 in Karmic with a Macbook Pro 5,3.

The problem has been here since 31-18

I am also affected with kernel 2.6.31-21 in ubuntu 10.04 LST in IBM thinkpad T42p 2373
module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working profile
module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="29" name="platform-thinkpad_acpi" card_name="alsa_card.platform-thinkpad_acpi" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed

this error occured during the boot,and i find it in the /var/log/syslog

But as i tried ,I can play music very well with totem.

if i do this:
pulseaudio --kill
pulseaudio --start

there isn't any errors.

Upgrading to Lucid solves the problem...

have same problem after updating lucid(

gnome-volume-control-applet don't autostarting
tvtime volume control don't working

But sound is working.

In system:
Reatek ALC850(as NVidia CK804)
HD Ati HDMI(Radeon hd2400)
AverMedia TV 305

In log:
pulseaudio[3524]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working profile.
pulseaudio[3524]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="1" name="1" card_name="alsa_card.1" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.

module-udev-detect found wrong card(

in /dev/.udev/db/ i have
sound:card0(this ATI HD)
sound:card1(this is empty file, and i think pulseaudio trying use it)
sound:card2(this NVidia CK804 - Realtek ALC850)

You don't have the same problem, this is fixed for me. Please file a new bug report for your issue.

on ubuntu 12.04 . kernel 3.2.0-24-generic-pae