ubitux@igwen:~/alsa-driver-1.0.13$ sudo depmod -e && sudo kill $(lsof -t /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/*) && sudo modprobe -r $(lsmod |grep ^snd|awk '{print $1}'|sort -r) && sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel FATAL: Module snd_timer is in use. ubitux@igwen:~/alsa-driver-1.0.13$ sudo kill $(lsof -t /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/*) Usage: kill pid ... Send SIGTERM to every process listed. kill signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed. kill -s signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed. kill -l List all signal names. kill -L List all signal names in a nice table. kill -l signal Convert between signal numbers and names.