Ubuntu
alsa-driver package

Trying to load the alsa driver for my sound card in Ubuntu 10.10, but it won't load.

Asked by lifeless1 on 2010-11-11

Here's the terminal output of the third step of the sound troubleshooting guide.

hakume@hakume-desktop:~$ wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
--2010-11-11 12:46:26-- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
Resolving www.alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Connecting to www.alsa-project.org|212.20.107.51|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh [following]
--2010-11-11 12:46:29-- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh
Resolving git.alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Reusing existing connection to www.alsa-project.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: `alsa-info.sh'

    [ <=> ] 27,026 72.4K/s in 0.4s

2010-11-11 12:46:30 (72.4 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [27026]

hakume@hakume-desktop:~$ bash alsa-info.sh --stdout
cat: /proc/asound/version: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/modules: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /dev/snd/*: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory
/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1504: No soundcards found...
cat: /tmp/alsa-info.OGrwQPecry/alsactl.tmp: No such file or directory
upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Thu Nov 11 18:46:52 UTC 2010

!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"

!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:
Product Name:

!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release: 2.6.35-23-generic
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686
Processor: unknown
SMP Enabled: Yes

!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version:
Library version: 1.0.23
Utilities version: 1.0.23

!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

Pulseaudio:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
      Running - Yes

ESound Daemon:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd)
      Running - No

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Rockwell International Device 0320

!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's
!!--------------------------------------------------------

02:0a.0 0401: 127a:0320
 Subsystem: 1235:0320

!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
!!--------------------------------

snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2
snd-intel8x0m: index=-2
snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2
snd-usb-audio: index=-2
snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2
snd-usb-ua101: index=-2
snd-usb-us122l: index=-2
snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2
snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
snd-pcsp: index=-2
snd-usb-audio: index=-2

!!Loaded sound module options
!!--------------------------

!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-----------------

!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!------------

APLAY

aplay: device_list:235: no soundcards found...

ARECORD

arecord: device_list:235: no soundcards found...

!!Amixer output
!!-------------

!!Alsactl output
!!-------------

--startcollapse--
--endcollapse--

!!All Loaded Modules
!!------------------

Module
binfmt_misc
vboxnetadp
vboxnetflt
vboxdrv
nvidia
joydev
ppdev
usbhid
parport_pc
intel_agp
hid
psmouse
serio_raw
shpchp
agpgart
lp
parport
e100
floppy
tulip
mii

!!ALSA/HDA dmesg
!!------------------

Question information

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lifeless1
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2010-11-14
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2010-11-14
Last reply:
lifeless1 (zero-omega3) said : #1

Here's the information from step 4.

hakume@hakume-desktop:~$ cat /proc/asound/{version,cards,devices,hwdep,pcm,seq/clients}; sudo rm /etc/asound.conf; sudo rm -r ~/.pulse ~/.asound* ;sudo rm ~/.pulse-cookie; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install aptitude; sudo aptitude install paman gnome-alsamixer libasound2-plugins padevchooser libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio; sudo lshw -short;ls -lart /dev/snd; cat /dev/sndstat; lspci -nn; sudo which alsactl; sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp /dev/snd/* ; dpkg -S bin/slmodemd; dmesg | egrep 'EMU|probe|emu|ALSA|alsa|ac97|udi|snd|ound|irmware'; sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon status; sudo grep model /etc/modprobe.d/* ; sudo dmidecode|grep roduct; lsmod | egrep 'snd|usb|midi|udio'; aplay -l; sudo lshw -C sound
cat: /proc/asound/version: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/devices: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/hwdep: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/pcm: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/seq/clients: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/etc/asound.conf': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/home/hakume/.asound*': No such file or directory
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-backports Release.gpg
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
aptitude is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.

H/W path Device Class Description
=============================================================
                                   system Computer
/0 bus D850GB
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1400
/0/4/5 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/30 memory 768MiB System Memory
/0/30/0 memory 256MiB RIMM RAMBUS 400 MHz (2.
/0/30/1 memory 256MiB RIMM RAMBUS 400 MHz (2.
/0/30/2 memory 128MiB RIMM RAMBUS 400 MHz (2.
/0/30/3 memory 128MiB RIMM RAMBUS 400 MHz (2.
/0/100 bridge 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Hos
/0/100/1 bridge 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP
/0/100/1/0 display G70 [GeForce 7800 GS]
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/a multimedia Rockwell International
/0/100/1e/a.1 communication Rockwell International
/0/100/1e/a.2 input Rockwell International
/0/100/1e/c eth0 network NC100 Network Everywhere Fast
/0/100/1e/d eth1 network 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100
/0/100/1f bridge 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC)
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801BA IDE U100 Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 61GB Maxtor 6Y060L0
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 55GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 2248MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2248MiB Linux swap / Solaris p
/0/100/1f.1/0.1.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRW LH-20A1P
/0/100/1f.2 bus 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.4 bus 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
/1 vboxnet0 network Ethernet interface
ls: cannot access /dev/snd: No such file or directory
cat: /dev/sndstat: No such file or directory
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) [8086:2530] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:2532] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2440] (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:244b] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2442] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller [8086:2443] (rev 04)
00:1f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2444] (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7800 GS] [10de:00f5] (rev a2)
02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Rockwell International Device [127a:0320]
02:0a.1 Communication controller [0780]: Rockwell International Device [127a:0321]
02:0a.2 Input device controller [0980]: Rockwell International Device [127a:0322]
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 [1317:0985] (rev 11)
02:0d.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 [8086:1229] (rev 02)
/sbin/alsactl
Specified filename /dev/dsp does not exist.
Specified filename /dev/snd/* does not exist.
dpkg: *bin/slmodemd* not found.
[ 0.000000] Found and enabled local APIC!
[ 0.081306] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.088769] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.117587] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.159517] pci 0000:02:0d.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 0.160283] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 0.160309] type=2000 audit(1289502663.156:1): initialized
[ 0.231355] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.302416] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 0.303933] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.304929] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.323618] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.333080] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.937243] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 16.947477] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 17.067037] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or
[ 17.067048] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[ 18.407444] type=1400 audit(1289502681.569:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/dhclient3" pid=480 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 18.439387] type=1400 audit(1289502681.601:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=480 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 18.440093] type=1400 audit(1289502681.605:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=480 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 21.364381] type=1400 audit(1289502684.529:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" pid=635 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 21.393928] type=1400 audit(1289502684.557:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/sbin/dhclient3" pid=640 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 21.395065] type=1400 audit(1289502684.557:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=640 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 21.395692] type=1400 audit(1289502684.557:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=640 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 21.537789] type=1400 audit(1289502684.701:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince" pid=643 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 21.596452] type=1400 audit(1289502684.761:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince-previewer" pid=643 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 21.634768] type=1400 audit(1289502684.797:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer" pid=643 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 22.699070] vboxdrv: Found 1 processor cores.
sudo: /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon: command not found
 Product Name:
 Product Name: D850GB
usbhid 36882 0
hid 67742 1 usbhid
aplay: device_list:235: no soundcards found...
  *-multimedia UNCLAIMED
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: Rockwell International
       vendor: Rockwell International
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:02:0a.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=32
       resources: ioport:df00(size=64)

lifeless1 (zero-omega3) said : #2

I was able to run my Riptide audio/modem/analog game card until yesterday.

lifeless1 (zero-omega3) said : #3

I moved the card to a different slot, it was detected, and so the problem has been solved/fixed.