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No sound in 13.04 after updating kernel to 3.8.0-22-generic

Asked by memetali

I have updated to 3.8.0-22-generic yesterday and the sound disappeared. The indicator, the app are all fine, alsamixer levels are OK, nothing is unmuted, I did the following in http://linuxg.net/how-to-fix-the-no-sound-error-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-13-04/ . I have rebooted with the previous kernel, but nothing changed.

Any help will be appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse*

Wait 10 seconds and reboot

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

Let us see some info

    /usr/share/alsa-base/alsa-info.sh

Do not update if asks, and upload the contents to SHARE/LINK. Give the link adress back here.

Regards
 NikTh

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memetali (ma-alabora) said : 		#3

Hello NikTh,

Here is the link:

 http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=6ebad503d7cabcbd1c8a219da938b42ca9366154

Dear actionparsnip,

I tried your recommendation, but it says there is no such directory or file.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Hi,

Please try this procedure:

1. copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

2. Using the gedit editor, scroll down and please ADD the following lines to the end of the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file and SAVE the change:

# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-1

3. please reboot and retest sound using headphones and speakers

4. If the dell-m4-1 alsa-base.conf option does not work, please try one of the following, reboot your pc and retest sound using headphones and speakers.

Only set ONE model option at a time in the alsa-base.conf file between EACH reboot. Do NOT mix several model options in the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file!

STAC92HD71B*
============
  ref Reference board
  dell-m4-1 Dell desktops
  dell-m4-2 Dell desktops
  dell-m4-3 Dell desktops
  hp-m4 HP mini 1000
  hp-dv5 HP dv series
  hp-hdx HP HDX series
  hp-dv4-1222nr HP dv4-1222nr (with LED support)
  auto BIOS setup (default)

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/139710

Regards,

Mark

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memetali (ma-alabora) said : 		#5

Hi,

I have edited the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file and then tried dell-m4-1, dell-m4-2, dell-m4-3 and auto respectively. I rebooted each time. I can only get sound from headphones.

I also thought that it might be because of the bios. I checked out the bios, but there is no option for disabling or enabling the speakers.

As my computer is Dell XT2 I didn't try the hp references.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#6

Follow the instructions at this bug : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1153276

Also I think that the procedure that @Mark provided, nowadays considered as deprecated. From Ubuntu 13.04, no alsa-base.conf will be taken into account anymore.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

@NikTh: where did you get the information that the alsa-base.conf file is obsolete and deprecated in Ubuntu 13.04?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

According to this link

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1132562/comments/2

the alsa-base.conf is still used and makes a difference in Ubuntu 13.04....

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