I have recently installed Ubuntu 9.1 onto a laptop. However the sound is not working. Here is the results from running step 3 from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure 1. ################################ 2. ALSA Information Script v 0.4.58 3. ################################ 4. 5. Script ran on: Sun Feb 7 21:54:43 UTC 2010 6. 7. 8. Linux Distribution 9. ------------------ 10. 11. Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10" 12. 13. 14. DMI Information 15. --------------- 16. 17. Manufacturer: Gateway 18. Product Name: MX6448 19. 20. 21. Kernel Information 22. ------------------ 23. 24. Kernel release: 2.6.31-19-generic 25. Operating System: GNU/Linux 26. Architecture: i686 27. Processor: unknown 28. SMP Enabled: Yes 29. 30. 31. ALSA Version 32. ------------ 33. 34. Driver version: 1.0.20 35. Library version: 1.0.20 36. Utilities version: 1.0.20 37. 38. 39. Loaded ALSA modules 40. ------------------- 41. 42. snd_hda_intel 43. 44. 45. Sound Servers on this system 46. ---------------------------- 47. 48. Pulseaudio: 49. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) 50. Running - Yes 51. 52. ESound Daemon: 53. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd) 54. Running - No 55. 56. 57. Soundcards recognised by ALSA 58. ----------------------------- 59. 60. 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB 61. HDA ATI SB at 0xc0000000 irq 16 62. 63. 64. PCI Soundcards installed in the system 65. -------------------------------------- 66. 67. 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 68. 08:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) 69. 70. 71. Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's 72. -------------------------------------------------------- 73. 74. 00:14.2 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01) 75. Subsystem: 1002:437b 76. 77. 78. Modprobe options (Sound related) 79. -------------------------------- 80. 81. snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2 82. snd-intel8x0m: index=-2 83. snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2 84. snd-usb-audio: index=-2 85. snd-usb-us122l: index=-2 86. snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2 87. snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2 88. snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388 89. snd-pcsp: index=-2 90. snd-hda-intel: power_save=10 power_save_controller=N 91. 92. 93. Loaded sound module options 94. -------------------------- 95. 96. Module: snd_hda_intel 97. bdl_pos_adj : 32,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 98. enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y 99. enable_msi : 0 100. id : ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 101. index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 102. model : ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 103. position_fix : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 104. power_save : 10 105. power_save_controller : N 106. probe_mask : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 107. probe_only : N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N 108. single_cmd : N 109. 110. 111. HDA-Intel Codec information 112. --------------------------- 113. (following section hidden - click to display) 1. 2. Codec: SigmaTel STAC9250 3. Address: 0 4. Function Id: 0x1 5. Vendor Id: 0x83847634 6. Subsystem Id: 0x107b0367 7. Revision Id: 0x100101 8. No Modem Function Group found 9. Default PCM: 10. rates [0x7e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 11. bits [0xe]: 16 20 24 12. formats [0x1]: PCM 13. Default Amp-In caps: N/A 14. Default Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x1f, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1 15. GPIO: io=4, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=1, wake=1 16. IO[0]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 17. IO[1]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 18. IO[2]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 19. IO[3]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 20. Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0xd0401: Stereo 21. Converter: stream=0, channel=0 22. Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 23. Delay: 13 samples 24. Node 0x03 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x1d0541: Stereo 25. Converter: stream=0, channel=0 26. SDI-Select: 0 27. Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 28. Delay: 13 samples 29. Connection: 1 30. 0x14 31. Processing caps: benign=0, ncoeff=0 32. Node 0x04 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x140311: Stereo Digital 33. Converter: stream=0, channel=0 34. SDI-Select: 0 35. Digital: 36. Digital category: 0x0 37. PCM: 38. rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000 39. bits [0xe]: 16 20 24 40. formats [0x5]: PCM AC3 41. Delay: 4 samples 42. Connection: 1 43. 0x07 44. Node 0x05 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x40211: Stereo Digital 45. Converter: stream=0, channel=0 46. Digital: 47. Digital category: 0x0 48. PCM: 49. rates [0x1e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 50. bits [0xe]: 16 20 24 51. formats [0x5]: PCM AC3 52. Delay: 4 samples 53. Node 0x06 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x300901: Stereo R/L 54. Connection: 3 55. 0x02* 0x07 0x14 56. Node 0x07 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x430681: Stereo Digital 57. Pincap 0x00010024: IN EAPD Detect 58. EAPD 0x0: 59. Pin Default 0x40c003f4: [N/A] SPDIF In at Ext N/A 60. Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown 61. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x4 62. Misc = NO_PRESENCE 63. Pin-ctls: 0x00: 64. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 65. Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 66. Delay: 3 samples 67. Node 0x08 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400301: Stereo Digital 68. Pincap 0x00000010: OUT 69. Pin Default 0x424503f2: [N/A] SPDIF Out at Ext Front 70. Conn = Optical, Color = Unknown 71. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x2 72. Misc = NO_PRESENCE 73. Pin-ctls: 0x00: 74. Connection: 2 75. 0x05* 0x14 76. Node 0x09 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out 77. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x0f, stepsize=0x05, mute=0 78. Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00] 79. Connection: 1 80. 0x0f 81. Node 0x0a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo 82. Pincap 0x0000003f: IN OUT HP Detect Trigger ImpSense 83. Pin Default 0x400000f3: [N/A] Line Out at Ext N/A 84. Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown 85. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x3 86. Pin-ctls: 0x00: 87. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 88. Connection: 1 89. 0x0e 90. Node 0x0b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo 91. Pincap 0x00001737: IN OUT Detect Trigger ImpSense 92. Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 93. Pin Default 0x02a19020: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front 94. Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink 95. DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0 96. Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80 97. Unsolicited: tag=01, enabled=1 98. Connection: 1 99. 0x0e 100. Node 0x0c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo 101. Pincap 0x00001737: IN OUT Detect Trigger ImpSense 102. Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 103. Pin Default 0x40a000f0: [N/A] Mic at Ext N/A 104. Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown 105. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0 106. Pin-ctls: 0x00: VREF_HIZ 107. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 108. Connection: 1 109. 0x0e 110. Node 0x0d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo 111. Pincap 0x0000003f: IN OUT HP Detect Trigger ImpSense 112. Pin Default 0x90100210: [Fixed] Speaker at Int N/A 113. Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown 114. DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0 115. Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT 116. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 117. Connection: 1 118. 0x0e 119. Node 0x0e [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x300105: Stereo Amp-Out 120. Amp-Out caps: N/A 121. Amp-Out vals: [0x19 0x19] 122. Connection: 1 123. 0x06 124. Node 0x0f [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out 125. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x04, stepsize=0x27, mute=0 126. Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00] 127. Connection: 5 128. 0x0b* 0x0c 0x0d 0x0a 0x11 129. Node 0x10 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400104: Mono Amp-Out 130. Amp-Out caps: N/A 131. Amp-Out vals: [0x00] 132. Pincap 0x00000010: OUT 133. Pin Default 0x400003f1: [N/A] Line Out at Ext N/A 134. Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown 135. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x1 136. Misc = NO_PRESENCE 137. Pin-ctls: 0x00: 138. Connection: 1 139. 0x12 140. Node 0x11 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400001: Stereo 141. Pincap 0x00000020: IN 142. Pin Default 0x9033032e: [Fixed] CD at Int N/A 143. Conn = ATAPI, Color = Unknown 144. DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0xe 145. Misc = NO_PRESENCE 146. Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN 147. Node 0x12 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x200100: Mono 148. Connection: 1 149. 0x06 150. Node 0x13 [Beep Generator Widget] wcaps 0x70000c: Mono Amp-Out 151. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x03, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x17, mute=1 152. Amp-Out vals: [0x00] 153. Node 0x14 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30090d: Stereo Amp-Out R/L 154. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1 155. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80] 156. Connection: 1 157. 0x09 158. Codec: Motorola Si3054 159. Address: 1 160. Function Id: 0x2 161. Vendor Id: 0x10573057 162. Subsystem Id: 0x00010001 163. Revision Id: 0x100100 164. Modem Function Group: 0x1 165. (end collapsed section) 1. 2. 3. ALSA Device nodes 4. ----------------- 5. 6. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/controlC0 7. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 9 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/hwC0D0 8. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/hwC0D1 9. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c 10. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p 11. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D6c 12. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D6p 13. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/seq 14. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Feb 7 13:40 /dev/snd/timer 15. 16. /dev/snd/by-path: 17. total 0 18. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb 7 13:40 . 19. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 240 Feb 7 13:40 .. 20. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 7 13:40 pci-0000:00:14.2 -> ../controlC0 21. 22. 23. Aplay/Arecord output 24. ------------ 25. 26. APLAY 27. 28. **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** 29. card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] 30. Subdevices: 1/1 31. Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 32. card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem] 33. Subdevices: 0/1 34. Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 35. 36. ARECORD 37. 38. **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** 39. card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] 40. Subdevices: 1/1 41. Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 42. card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem] 43. Subdevices: 0/1 44. Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 45. 46. Amixer output 47. ------------- 48. 49. -------Mixer controls for card 0 [SB] 50. 51. Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xc0000000 irq 16' 52. Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9250' 53. Components : 'HDA:83847634,107b0367,00100101 HDA:10573057,00010001,00100100' 54. Controls : 9 55. Simple ctrls : 7 56. Simple mixer control 'Master',0 57. Capabilities: pvolume pswitch 58. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 59. Limits: Playback 0 - 31 60. Mono: 61. Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [-9.00dB] [on] 62. Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [-9.00dB] [on] 63. Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 64. Capabilities: pvolume 65. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right 66. Limits: Playback 0 - 255 67. Mono: 68. Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB] 69. Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB] 70. Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 71. Capabilities: cvolume cswitch 72. Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 73. Limits: Capture 0 - 15 74. Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] 75. Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] 76. Simple mixer control 'Caller ID',0 77. Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined 78. Playback channels: Mono 79. Mono: Playback [off] 80. Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0 81. Capabilities: cenum 82. Items: 'Mic' 'CD' 83. Item0: 'Mic' 84. Simple mixer control 'Mux',0 85. Capabilities: cvolume 86. Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right 87. Limits: Capture 0 - 4 88. Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] 89. Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] 90. Simple mixer control 'Off-hook',0 91. Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined 92. Playback channels: Mono 93. Mono: Playback [off] 94. 95. 96. Alsactl output 97. ------------- 98. 99. (following section hidden - click to display) 1. state.SB { 2. control.1 { 3. comment.access 'read write' 4. comment.type INTEGER 5. comment.count 2 6. comment.range '0 - 31' 7. comment.dbmin -4650 8. comment.dbmax 0 9. iface MIXER 10. name 'Master Playback Volume' 11. value.0 25 12. value.1 25 13. } 14. control.2 { 15. comment.access 'read write' 16. comment.type BOOLEAN 17. comment.count 2 18. iface MIXER 19. name 'Master Playback Switch' 20. value.0 true 21. value.1 true 22. } 23. control.3 { 24. comment.access 'read write' 25. comment.type INTEGER 26. comment.count 2 27. comment.range '0 - 15' 28. comment.dbmin 0 29. comment.dbmax 2250 30. iface MIXER 31. name 'Capture Volume' 32. value.0 0 33. value.1 0 34. } 35. control.4 { 36. comment.access 'read write' 37. comment.type BOOLEAN 38. comment.count 2 39. iface MIXER 40. name 'Capture Switch' 41. value.0 false 42. value.1 false 43. } 44. control.5 { 45. comment.access 'read write' 46. comment.type INTEGER 47. comment.count 2 48. comment.range '0 - 4' 49. comment.dbmin 0 50. comment.dbmax 4000 51. iface MIXER 52. name 'Mux Capture Volume' 53. value.0 0 54. value.1 0 55. } 56. control.6 { 57. comment.access 'read write' 58. comment.type ENUMERATED 59. comment.count 1 60. comment.item.0 Mic 61. comment.item.1 CD 62. iface MIXER 63. name 'Input Source' 64. value Mic 65. } 66. control.7 { 67. comment.access 'read write' 68. comment.type BOOLEAN 69. comment.count 1 70. iface MIXER 71. name 'Off-hook Switch' 72. value false 73. } 74. control.8 { 75. comment.access 'read write' 76. comment.type BOOLEAN 77. comment.count 1 78. iface MIXER 79. name 'Caller ID Switch' 80. value false 81. } 82. control.9 { 83. comment.access 'read write user' 84. comment.type INTEGER 85. comment.count 2 86. comment.range '0 - 255' 87. comment.tlv '0000000100000008ffffec1400000014' 88. comment.dbmin -5100 89. comment.dbmax 0 90. iface MIXER 91. name 'PCM Playback Volume' 92. value.0 255 93. value.1 255 94. } 95. } 96. (end collapsed section) 1. 2. 3. All Loaded Modules 4. ------------------ 5. 6. Module 7. isofs 8. udf 9. crc_itu_t 10. michael_mic 11. arc4 12. ecb 13. binfmt_misc 14. ppdev 15. joydev 16. snd_hda_codec_si3054 17. snd_hda_codec_idt 18. pcmcia 19. snd_hda_intel 20. snd_hda_codec 21. snd_hwdep 22. snd_pcm_oss 23. snd_mixer_oss 24. snd_pcm 25. snd_seq_dummy 26. snd_seq_oss 27. snd_seq_midi 28. snd_rawmidi 29. snd_seq_midi_event 30. snd_seq 31. iptable_filter 32. ip_tables 33. x_tables 34. snd_timer 35. snd_seq_device 36. lib80211_crypt_tkip 37. snd 38. wl 39. lib80211 40. psmouse 41. serio_raw 42. tifm_7xx1 43. tifm_core 44. yenta_socket 45. rsrc_nonstatic 46. pcmcia_core 47. soundcore 48. snd_page_alloc 49. k8temp 50. i2c_piix4 51. shpchp 52. lp 53. parport 54. ohci1394 55. video 56. output 57. ieee1394 58. sky2 59. radeon 60. ttm 61. drm 62. i2c_algo_bit 63. ati_agp 64. agpgart 65. 66. 67. Sysfs Files 68. ----------- 69. 70. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_pin_configs: 71. 0x07 0x40c001f0 72. 0x08 0x404001f0 73. 0x0a 0x61813122 74. 0x0b 0x02a11121 75. 0x0c 0x50a70120 76. 0x0d 0x90170110 77. 0x10 0x400001f0 78. 0x11 0x9033012e 79. 80. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/driver_pin_configs: 81. 0x07 0x40c003f4 82. 0x08 0x424503f2 83. 0x0a 0x400000f3 84. 0x0b 0x02a19020 85. 0x0c 0x40a000f0 86. 0x0d 0x90100210 87. 0x10 0x400003f1 88. 0x11 0x9033032e 89. 90. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/user_pin_configs: 91. 92. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_verbs: 93. 94. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D1/init_pin_configs: 95. 96. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D1/driver_pin_configs: 97. 98. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D1/user_pin_configs: 99. 100. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D1/init_verbs: 101. 102. 103. ALSA/HDA dmesg 104. ------------------ 105. 106. [ 17.881731] EXT4-fs (sda1): internal journal on sda1:8 107. [ 17.973734] HDA Intel 0000:00:14.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 108. [ 17.993932] yenta_cardbus 0000:08:09.0: ISA IRQ mask 0x0ef8, PCI irq 20 109. -- 110. [ 17.994666] tifm_7xx1 0000:08:09.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 111. [ 18.100390] input: HDA ATI SB Mic at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input7 112. [ 18.469215] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 5.9, id: 0x23aeb3, caps: 0xa04713/0x10008 Any idea on what I should to to fix the sound? The only thing i have change since installing ubuntu and all updates was to install VLC media player and Exaile however the sound was not working before I install that. UPDATE: I found out the problem. It was this: Diagnosis In the volume control applet, PulseAudio lists a dummy/null sink. Open a terminal and enter this command: sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/* /dev/seq* If you see something else than "pulseaudio" in the rightmost column, such as "slmodemd" or "timidity", you're affected. Fix / Workaround The workaround depends on what process you saw blocking the sound card. slmodemd The slmodemd is a daemon related to your modem, which is known to sometimes block audio. You can get rid of this problem permanently by doing one of these things: * Uninstall the sl-modem-daemon package (if you don't use the modem). *Use the PulseAudio package available in the Ubuntu audio dev PPA * Upgrade to Lucid (if you know what it means to run a development version of Ubuntu). I deactivated the modem driver and my sound worked. Can someone please close this question?

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2010-02-08	marcobra (Marco Braida)	Answer	Answered
2010-02-08	stugi79	Confirm	Solved

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