No Sound Ubuntu 10.04 Toshiba Tecra A8-EZ8311

Asked by Paul Harris

I have tried many of the fixes referenced, including changing the driver reference in the last line of the alsa-base.conf file using all of those list as solutions to the issue (fujitsu, hp-bpc, hp-bpc-d7000, hp-tc-t5735, hp-rp5700, benq, benq-t31, hippo, hippo_1, sony-assamd, toshiba-s06, toshiba-rx1, tyan, ultra, lenovo-3000, nec, basic and auto) but still no sound.

Any help you can provide would be appreciated.

Some of the details about my set-up:

OUTPUT OF: aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

OUTPUT OF: lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
03:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
03:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
03:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

OUTPUT OF: dpkg -l | grep "alsa"

ii alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3 ALSA driver configuration files
ii alsa-utils 1.0.22-0ubuntu5 ALSA utilities
ii bluez-alsa 4.60-0ubuntu8 Bluetooth audio support
ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.28-1 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii linux-backports-modules-alsa-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.13 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.

OUTPUT OF: head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: Realtek ALC262

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#1 <==
Codec: LSI Si3054

OUTPUT OF: sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/* /dev/seq*

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
#
# Workaround at bug #499695 (reverted in Ubuntu see LP #319505)
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
#
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=basic

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Solved
For:
Ubuntu alsa-driver Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Solved by:
Mark Rijckenberg
Solved:
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#1

Please try armen's solution at this location:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/71096

I am referring to this remark from armen:

"armen said on 2009-05-18:
Hi Mark! Hi everyone who interested in my problem!

!!!THE PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

Solution description:
1. Install Windows.
2. Switch loudspeakers on with help of Function button.
3. Install Ubuntu
4. Add to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (or without conf for 8.10):
---
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=toshiba-s06
---
reboot.

My way to get this way:
1. I tried everything connected with alsa. And get system works but no sound. State of the sound system was like sound works, but loudspeakers physically switched off.
2. I find several descriptions of cases when Functional buttons in Windows can switch sound off on physical way.
3. I installed Windows without drivers of Functional buttons and I get the same state as in Ubuntu - everything plays but loudspeakers doesn't work and no sound.
4. I reinstalled Win with drivers of Function buttons. Ans switched loudspeakers on.
5. Installed Ubuntu and added above-mentioned lines to config.

Alleluia - everything works!!!

So it seems that Win functional buttons somehow influence in physical level on sound chipset. It is strange, but it is."

Also make sure to uninstall any drivers for your Si3054 Modem device, as the slmodemd process may also hog access to the /dev/snd devices, causing sound playback to fail in Ubuntu.

Revision history for this message
Paul Harris (pmh1nic) said :
#2

Thanks folks.

Since this will take some time to impliment I probably won't be able to post a response on whether this method was successful until tomorrow.

Regards,
Paul

Revision history for this message
Paul Harris (pmh1nic) said :
#3

Hi Mark,

Double Alleluia, it worked!

After a frustrating week of trying all the various suggested solutions it was a matter of reloading Windows, manually toggling the sound function button to "on" (hold Fn and click Esc button), reload Ubuntu and I have sound. I didn't even have to change the alsa-base.conf file.

Thanks again for your help.

Sincerely,
Paul

Revision history for this message
Paul Harris (pmh1nic) said :
#4

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.