[taesen00]

I recently installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my computer, but I'm not getting any sound, except out of the front headphone jack. I tried all the things on this page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto

but it was of no help.

When I run aplay -l, I get this output:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC882 Analog [ALC882 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC882 Digital [ALC882 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

card 0 is by Realtek and is integrated onto my Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R motherboard. card 1 is integrated into my Gigabyte Radeon HD3850 Video Card.

I went to Realtek's site, and downloaded their linux driver, which was really just an ALSA driver, and that didn't get me any sound. card 0 is connected to an Onkyo 605 Receiver, via optical cable, and the video card (card 1) is connected to the receiver by DVI to HDMI.

I posted this in Ubuntu Forums a couple of days ago, but no one's responded. Anyone here have any suggestions? I'm pretty excited about having a Linux system, and I'd hate to go back to Windows just to get some sound.

[wesley_morris2000]

Please post the output of the commands lspci and also alsamixer.

Try:

Backup /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base ...and add:

snd-hda-intel model=3stack

reboot.

[taesen00]

I tried those commands, but there was still no sound. In the original alsabase, I had
options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig

lpsci gives me:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)

00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)

00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3850

01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3870 Audio device

03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)

03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

05:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)

05:01.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)

05:01.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)

05:01.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)

and alsamixer shows
AlsaMixer v1.0.16
Card: HDA Intel
Chip: Realtek ALC885
View: [Playback] Capture All
Item: Master [dB gain=-12.00]

Master= 81
Headphone= 0
PCM= 100<>100
Front= 81<>81
Front Mic = 74<>74 (muted)
Front Mic Boost= 67<>67
Surround= 73<>73
Center= 73
LFE= 75
Side= 63<>63
Line In= 74<>74 (muted)
CD= 81<>81
Mic= 0<>0 (muted)
Mic Boost= 0<>0
IEC958 = muted
PC Speaker= 77<>77
Channel = 6ch

[wesley_morris2000]

Try installing the esounds package. If esounds doesn't fix it, post the output of lsmod please.

[taesen00]

I installed the esound package and still no luck. Here's the output of lsmod:

Module Size Used by

ipv6 267780 14

af_packet 23812 2

rfcomm 41744 2

l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm

bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap

ppdev 10372 0

acpi_cpufreq 10796 0

cpufreq_userspace 5284 0

cpufreq_powersave 2688 0

cpufreq_stats 7104 0

cpufreq_conservative 8712 0

cpufreq_ondemand 9740 4

freq_table 5536 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand

sbs 15112 0

video 19856 0

output 4736 1 video

sbshc 7680 1 sbs

container 5632 0

dock 11280 0

battery 14212 0

iptable_filter 3840 0

ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter

x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables

dvb_pll 13476 1

lgdt330x 9732 1

ac 6916 0

lp 12324 0

cx88_dvb 14084 0

cx88_vp3054_i2c 3968 1 cx88_dvb

videobuf_dvb 7812 1 cx88_dvb

dvb_core 81404 2 lgdt330x,videobuf_dvb

tuner 42912 0

tea5767 6788 1 tuner

tda8290 12420 1 tuner

tuner_simple 10248 1 tuner

mt20xx 13192 1 tuner

tea5761 6020 1 tuner

snd_seq_dummy 4868 0

snd_seq_oss 35584 0

snd_seq_midi 9376 0

snd_hda_intel 344728 3

cx88_alsa 14216 1

cx8802 19588 1 cx88_dvb

cx8800 35720 0

snd_pcm_oss 42144 0

snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss

snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi

cx88xx 65960 4 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800

snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi

ir_common 36100 1 cx88xx

snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_hda_intel,cx88_alsa,snd_pcm_oss

snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event

snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel

snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq

i2c_algo_bit 7300 2 cx88_vp3054_i2c,cx88xx

compat_ioctl32 2304 1 cx8800

fglrx 1555468 27

serio_raw 7940 0

tveeprom 16656 1 cx88xx

i2c_core 24832 12 dvb_pll,lgdt330x,cx88_vp3054_i2c,tuner,tea5767,tda 8290,tuner_simple,mt20xx,tea5761,cx88xx,i2c_algo_b it,tveeprom

intel_agp 25492 0

parport_pc 36260 1

snd 56996 20 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,cx88_alsa, snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_ seq,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

button 9232 0

videodev 29440 2 cx8800,cx88xx

v4l2_common 18304 4 tuner,cx8800,cx88xx,videodev

v4l1_compat 15492 1 videodev

videobuf_dma_sg 14980 6 cx88_dvb,videobuf_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800,cx88 xx

videobuf_core 18820 5 videobuf_dvb,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx,videobuf_dma_sg

btcx_risc 5896 4 cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx

iTCO_wdt 13092 0

iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt

soundcore 8800 1 snd

parport 37832 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc

shpchp 34452 0

pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp

agpgart 34760 2 fglrx,intel_agp

evdev 13056 3

psmouse 40336 0

pcspkr 4224 0

ext3 136712 1

jbd 48404 1 ext3

mbcache 9600 1 ext3

sg 36880 0

sr_mod 17956 0

cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod

sd_mod 30720 3

pata_jmicron 7040 0

pata_acpi 8320 0

usbhid 31872 0

hid 38784 1 usbhid

ahci 28420 0

ata_generic 8324 0

ata_piix 19588 2

floppy 59588 0

libata 159344 5 pata_jmicron,pata_acpi,ahci,ata_generic,ata_piix

scsi_mod 151436 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata

r8169 32900 0

ehci_hcd 37900 0

uhci_hcd 27024 0

usbcore 146028 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

thermal 16796 0

processor 36872 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal

fan 5636 0

fbcon 42912 0

tileblit 3456 1 fbcon

font 9472 1 fbcon

bitblit 6784 1 fbcon

softcursor 3072 1 bitblit

fuse 50580 3

[Manchunian]

Have you verified that you are in the audio group? If not

sudo adduser taesen00 audio

Note that you must log off and back on for the changes to take effect.

Next, run the following command and follow the instructions:

sudo alsaconf

Also, sounds obvious but we all fall for it at least once!, have you checked that the sound isn't muted? Type

alsamixer

in a terminal and check that the Master and PCM channels don't have MM written below them. If they do, press m to unmute them.

[Manchunian]

Here's another question: do you hear the Ubuntu jingle when your computer starts up?

[taesen00]

I am a member of the audio group. I got an error message saying alsaconf could not be found. All the necessary channels are unmuted. Perhaps alsaconf will help? What do I need to install that?

[taesen00]

I don't hear any jingle, but I checked, and it's supposed to play.

[wesley_morris2000]

You can run "sudo alsaconf" in terminal to see if it starts. Have you tried using oss instead of alsa? Everything From what I found, OSS works better with your card. If the command above doesn't work, go to system >> prefrences >> sound and try changing it to oss. If that doesn't work, please post the output of "sudo ossinfo -v3". All commands are without the quotes of course. I just put them there so the command is clear.