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thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_add -> /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey not created during boot of PC -> command echo enable,0x00ffffff >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey not working -> unable to increase sound output volume - Codec: Analog Devices AD1981B - Mixer: I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17 - Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01) not working on IBM Thinkpad X40 in Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

Asked by Razvan

Hello everybody,

After installing Ubuntu 10.04 in a rather unconventional manner (please kindly refer to question #123916 for further details https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/123916 ) I am facing a no sound problem on my IBM X40.

I have followed the step-by-step guide from here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449 but with no improvement of the situation. Everything looks in mint condition, except the fact that I had to add my user to the audio group ( as instructed @ Adding the current user to the audio group ), but..still no sound at all.

Any ideas, suggestions, questions are more than welcomed.

mama@mama-laptop:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
mama@mama-laptop:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 055c
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Memory at <unassigned> (32-bit, prefetchable)
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
 Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 055d
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 055e
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 0557
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
 I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: i915
 Kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 0557
 Flags: fast devsel
 Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
 Memory at d0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
 I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
 I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
 I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 052e
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
 Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=64
 I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00007fff
 Memory behind bridge: d0200000-dfffffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff
 Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
 Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
 Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
 I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
 I/O ports at 1810 [size=16]
 Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
 Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
 I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
 Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 0558
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
 I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
 Memory at d0100c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
 Memory at d0100800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
 Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 055a
 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
 I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
 I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m

02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 8d)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 0555
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
 Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=176
 Memory window 0: f0000000-f3fff000 (prefetchable)
 Memory window 1: d4000000-d7fff000
 I/O window 0: 00003000-000030ff
 I/O window 1: 00003400-000034ff
 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
 Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
 Kernel modules: yenta_socket

02:00.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 13)
 Subsystem: IBM Device 0556
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
 Memory at d0221000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
 Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Subsystem: IBM Device 055b
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
 Memory at d0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
 I/O ports at 7000 [size=64]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: e1000
 Kernel modules: e1000

02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2712
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
 Memory at d0220000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
 Kernel modules: ipw2200

03:00.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
 Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 22, IRQ 16
 Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 I/O ports at 3000 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

03:00.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
 Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 22, IRQ 16
 Memory at d4000100 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 I/O ports at 3020 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

03:00.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65) (prog-if 20)
 Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 22, IRQ 16
 Memory at d4000200 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Memory at d4000300 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

mama@mama-laptop:~$

Oh, and one more thing...

http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2010/05/02/upgrade-alsa-1-0-23-on-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04/

"sudo alsaconf" returns "command not found"

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

May help. Also make sure the sliders are cranked and unmuted in gnome's volume manager as well as run:

alsamixer

in terminal to ensure the sliders are cranked and no channels are muted

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#2

Thank you for your prompt reply.

After doing as instructed, I still have no sound :(

I forgot to mention two things though...

a) In alsamixer the "Headphone Jack sense" as well as the "Line in Jack Sense" are off and cannot be unmuted in any way (but I presume that this is normal because no Jack :) was yet connected there) and so are the Mic Boost +20db (and all the Mic-Related volume bars), the Video , the Mix and the Mix Mono (all appear as "Off,Off"). The External Amplifier does not look off, but is stuck at level 00.

b) Pulse is the user name I initially replaced.

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#3

mama@mama-laptop:~$ modinfo soundcore
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
alias: char-major-14-*
license: GPL
author: Alan Cox
description: Core sound module
srcversion: 51925557ECF0F2838930862
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.32-24-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm: preclaim_oss:int

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#4

after fiddling around with the gnome-alsamixer...

mama@mama-laptop:~$ gnome-alsamixer

** (gnome-alsamixer:2478): WARNING **: gam_toggle_get_state (). No idea what to do for mixer element "Mic Select"!

** (gnome-alsamixer:2478): WARNING **: gam_toggle_get_state (). No idea what to do for mixer element "Mono Output Select"!

** (gnome-alsamixer:2478): WARNING **: gam_toggle_get_state (). No idea what to do for mixer element "Mic Select"!

** (gnome-alsamixer:2478): WARNING **: gam_toggle_set_state (). No idea what to do for mixer element "Mic Select"!

** (gnome-alsamixer:2478): WARNING **: gam_toggle_get_state (). No idea what to do for mixer element "Mono Output Select"!

** (gnome-alsamixer:2478): WARNING **: gam_toggle_set_state (). No idea what to do for mixer element "Mono Output Select"!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1019971

Maybe also:
 June 7th, 2009 #5
evol|love
First Cup of Ubuntu

Join Date: May 2009
Beans: 3
Re: No audio on Thinkpad X40
Wow.. You're gonna love this one.. I spent hours trying to figure out why my sound wasn't working, but low-and-behold, it was the stupid volume buttons that I "did not notice" on the actual x40..!$#@! My girlfriend actually pointed them out while we read tdpeek3's reply to a private message.

I didn't even notice them!! Pretty amazing, and really funny. I'm just glad that I was able to learn more about sound in Linux by having this imaginary problem. =)

For those as visually challenged as I am:

The buttons are next to the "Access IBM" button above the keyboard.

O(-(|:

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Kinda generic but may help:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#7

Hi again,

It would've been nice to get the sound working after pressing the IBM buttons, but, well, it's just not the case.

Unfortunately I do not know how to enter the "Failsafe GNOME" session, but I noticed that just before seeing the log in page, Ubuntu writes some text lines saying that Applying AC97 Quirk3 failed...and right after that the "Pulse Audio" has a red asterisk on its left and it's test doest not conclude with [OK].

Considering all this, is it possible to guide me to a more specific path, please ?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

Please execute step 2, then send us the full terminal output from step 3 and step 4 from this procedure:

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

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#9

Hi Mark,

And thank you for your post.
Please kindly consider the following lines as result of the steps 2,3,4 and please note that after the last line, the terminal did not display anymore its typical input mask: mama@mama-laptop:~$
(it just kept on blinking allowing me to write at the cursor but with no outcome whatsoever, therefore I was forced to close the terminal...And the same thing happened each time I ran this command cat /proc/asound/cards; 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; aplay -l; sudo lshw -C sound; 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 | grep snd)

mama@mama-laptop:~$ wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
--2010-09-04 18:17:45-- 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]
--2010-09-04 18:17:51-- 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 154K/s in 0.2s

2010-09-04 18:17:51 (154 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [27026]

mama@mama-laptop:~$ bash alsa-info.sh --stdout
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release.
upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Sat Sep 4 15:18:23 UTC 2010

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

Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"

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

Manufacturer: IBM
Product Name: 2386H4G

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

Kernel release: 2.6.32-24-generic
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686
Processor: unknown
SMP Enabled: Yes

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

Driver version: 1.0.23
Library version: 1.0.23
Utilities version: 1.0.23

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

snd_intel8x0

!!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
!!-----------------------------

 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
                      Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17

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

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)

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

00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: 1014:0558

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

snd-intel8x0: ac97_quirk=3
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
!!--------------------------

!!Module: snd_intel8x0
 ac97_clock : 0
 ac97_quirk : 3
 buggy_irq : N
 buggy_semaphore : N
 enable : N
 id : <NULL>
 index : -1
 joystick : 0
 spdif_aclink : 0
 xbox : N

!!AC97 Codec information
!!---------------------------
--startcollapse--

0-0/0: Analog Devices AD1981B

PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1014
PCI Subsys Device: 0x0558

Flags: 10
Capabilities : -headphone out-
DAC resolution : 20-bit
ADC resolution : 16-bit
3D enhancement : No 3D Stereo Enhancement

Current setup
Mic gain : +20dB [+20dB]
POP path : pre 3D
Sim. stereo : off
3D enhancement : off
Loudness : off
Mono output : Mic
Mic select : Mic1
ADC/DAC loopback : off
Extended ID : codec=0 rev=1 AMAP DSA=0 VRA
Extended status : VRA
PCM front DAC : 44100Hz
PCM ADC : 44100Hz

AD18XX configuration
Unchained : 0x1000,0x0000,0x0000
Chained : 0x0000,0x0000,0x0000

0:00 = 0090
0:02 = 0000
0:04 = 0000
0:06 = 0000
0:08 = 0000
0:0a = 0000
0:0c = 0000
0:0e = 0040
0:10 = 0000
0:12 = 0000
0:14 = 0000
0:16 = 0000
0:18 = 0000
0:1a = 0505
0:1c = 8f8f
0:1e = 0000
0:20 = 0200
0:22 = 0000
0:24 = 0000
0:26 = 800f
0:28 = 0601
0:2a = 0031
0:2c = ac44
0:2e = 0000
0:30 = 0000
0:32 = ac44
0:34 = 0000
0:36 = 0000
0:38 = 0000
0:3a = 2000
0:3c = 0000
0:3e = 0000
0:40 = 0000
0:42 = 0000
0:44 = 0000
0:46 = 0000
0:48 = 0000
0:4a = 0000
0:4c = 0000
0:4e = 0000
0:50 = 0000
0:52 = 0000
0:54 = 0000
0:56 = 0000
0:58 = 0000
0:5a = 0000
0:5c = 4000
0:5e = 0000
0:60 = 8080
0:62 = 0000
0:64 = 8000
0:66 = 0000
0:68 = 0000
0:6a = 0000
0:6c = 0000
0:6e = 0000
0:70 = 0000
0:72 = 1808
0:74 = 1001
0:76 = 2050
0:78 = 0000
0:7a = 0000
0:7c = 4144
0:7e = 5374
--endcollapse--

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

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 Sep 4 15:15 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Sep 4 18:00 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 25 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 26 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 27 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D3c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 20 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D4p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Sep 4 15:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 240 Sep 4 15:14 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 4 15:14 pci-0000:00:1f.5 -> ../controlC0

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

APLAY

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 2: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 3: Intel ICH - ADC2 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [I82801DBICH4]

Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17'
  Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
  Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
  Controls : 28
  Simple ctrls : 20
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone Jack Sense',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line Jack Sense',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
  Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'
  Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch penum
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 15
  Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [on]
  Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Stereo Mic',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

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

--startcollapse--
state.I82801DBICH4 {
 control.1 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
  iface MIXER
  name 'Master Playback Switch'
  value.0 true
  value.1 true
 }
 control.2 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 2
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -4650
  comment.dbmax 0
  iface MIXER
  name 'Master Playback Volume'
  value.0 31
  value.1 31
 }
 control.3 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
  iface MIXER
  name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
  value.0 true
  value.1 true
 }
 control.4 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 2
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -4650
  comment.dbmax 0
  iface MIXER
  name 'Headphone Playback Volume'
  value.0 31
  value.1 31
 }
 control.5 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Master Mono Playback Switch'
  value true
 }
 control.6 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 1
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -4650
  comment.dbmax 0
  iface MIXER
  name 'Master Mono Playback Volume'
  value 31
 }
 control.7 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Phone Playback Switch'
  value true
 }
 control.8 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 1
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -3450
  comment.dbmax 1200
  iface MIXER
  name 'Phone Playback Volume'
  value 31
 }
 control.9 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Mic Playback Switch'
  value true
 }
 control.10 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 1
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -3450
  comment.dbmax 1200
  iface MIXER
  name 'Mic Playback Volume'
  value 31
 }
 control.11 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)'
  value true
 }
 control.12 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
  iface MIXER
  name 'Line Playback Switch'
  value.0 true
  value.1 true
 }
 control.13 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 2
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -3450
  comment.dbmax 1200
  iface MIXER
  name 'Line Playback Volume'
  value.0 31
  value.1 31
 }
 control.14 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
  iface MIXER
  name 'CD Playback Switch'
  value.0 true
  value.1 true
 }
 control.15 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 2
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -3450
  comment.dbmax 1200
  iface MIXER
  name 'CD Playback Volume'
  value.0 31
  value.1 31
 }
 control.16 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
  iface MIXER
  name 'Aux Playback Switch'
  value.0 true
  value.1 true
 }
 control.17 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 2
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -3450
  comment.dbmax 1200
  iface MIXER
  name 'Aux Playback Volume'
  value.0 31
  value.1 31
 }
 control.18 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
  iface MIXER
  name 'PCM Playback Switch'
  value.0 true
  value.1 true
 }
 control.19 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 2
  comment.range '0 - 31'
  comment.dbmin -3450
  comment.dbmax 1200
  iface MIXER
  name 'PCM Playback Volume'
  value.0 31
  value.1 31
 }
 control.20 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type ENUMERATED
  comment.count 2
  comment.item.0 Mic
  comment.item.1 CD
  comment.item.2 Video
  comment.item.3 Aux
  comment.item.4 Line
  comment.item.5 Mix
  comment.item.6 'Mix Mono'
  comment.item.7 Phone
  iface MIXER
  name 'Capture Source'
  value.0 Mix
  value.1 Mix
 }
 control.21 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
  iface MIXER
  name 'Capture Switch'
  value.0 false
  value.1 false
 }
 control.22 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 2
  comment.range '0 - 15'
  comment.dbmin 0
  comment.dbmax 2250
  iface MIXER
  name 'Capture Volume'
  value.0 15
  value.1 15
 }
 control.23 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type ENUMERATED
  comment.count 1
  comment.item.0 Mix
  comment.item.1 Mic
  iface MIXER
  name 'Mono Output Select'
  value Mic
 }
 control.24 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type ENUMERATED
  comment.count 1
  comment.item.0 Mic1
  comment.item.1 Mic2
  iface MIXER
  name 'Mic Select'
  value Mic1
 }
 control.25 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Stereo Mic'
  value true
 }
 control.26 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Headphone Jack Sense'
  value true
 }
 control.27 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Line Jack Sense'
  value true
 }
 control.28 {
  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'External Amplifier'
  value false
 }
}
--endcollapse--

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

Module
arc4
lib80211_crypt_wep
binfmt_misc
ppdev
fbcon
tileblit
font
bitblit
softcursor
snd_seq_dummy
snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec
ac97_bus
snd_seq_oss
snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi
snd_mixer_oss
pcmcia
snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm
snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq
snd_timer
snd_seq_device
yenta_socket
ipw2200
i915
sdhci_pci
rsrc_nonstatic
snd
libipw
sdhci
drm_kms_helper
nsc_ircc
psmouse
pcmcia_core
led_class
lib80211
intel_agp
soundcore
drm
i2c_algo_bit
nvram
serio_raw
irda
crc_ccitt
snd_page_alloc
video
output
agpgart
shpchp
lp
parport
e1000

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

[ 17.967508] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 18.612349] ALSA ac97_codec.c:2885: applying quirk type 3 failed (-2)
[ 19.005618] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 392922 usecs (18870 samples)

mama@mama-laptop:~$ bash alsa-info.sh --stdout
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it will be ignored in a future release.
upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Sat Sep 4 15:18:40 UTC 2010

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

Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"

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

Manufacturer: IBM
Product Name: 2386H4G

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

Kernel release: 2.6.32-24-generic
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686
Processor: unknown
SMP Enabled: Yes

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

Driver version: 1.0.23
Library version: 1.0.23
Utilities version: 1.0.23

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

snd_intel8x0

!!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
!!-----------------------------

 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
                      Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17

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

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)

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

00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: 1014:0558

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

snd-intel8x0: ac97_quirk=3
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
!!--------------------------

!!Module: snd_intel8x0
 ac97_clock : 0
 ac97_quirk : 3
 buggy_irq : N
 buggy_semaphore : N
 enable : N
 id : <NULL>
 index : -1
 joystick : 0
 spdif_aclink : 0
 xbox : N

!!AC97 Codec information
!!---------------------------
--startcollapse--

0-0/0: Analog Devices AD1981B

PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1014
PCI Subsys Device: 0x0558

Flags: 10
Capabilities : -headphone out-
DAC resolution : 20-bit
ADC resolution : 16-bit
3D enhancement : No 3D Stereo Enhancement

Current setup
Mic gain : +20dB [+20dB]
POP path : pre 3D
Sim. stereo : off
3D enhancement : off
Loudness : off
Mono output : Mic
Mic select : Mic1
ADC/DAC loopback : off
Extended ID : codec=0 rev=1 AMAP DSA=0 VRA
Extended status : VRA
PCM front DAC : 44100Hz
PCM ADC : 44100Hz

AD18XX configuration
Unchained : 0x1000,0x0000,0x0000
Chained : 0x0000,0x0000,0x0000

0:00 = 0090
0:02 = 0000
0:04 = 0000
0:06 = 0000
0:08 = 0000
0:0a = 0000
0:0c = 0000
0:0e = 0040
0:10 = 0000
0:12 = 0000
0:14 = 0000
0:16 = 0000
0:18 = 0000
0:1a = 0505
0:1c = 8f8f
0:1e = 0000
0:20 = 0200
0:22 = 0000
0:24 = 0000
0:26 = 800f
0:28 = 0601
0:2a = 0031
0:2c = ac44
0:2e = 0000
0:30 = 0000
0:32 = ac44
0:34 = 0000
0:36 = 0000
0:38 = 0000
0:3a = 2000
0:3c = 0000
0:3e = 0000
0:40 = 0000
0:42 = 0000
0:44 = 0000
0:46 = 0000
0:48 = 0000
0:4a = 0000
0:4c = 0000
0:4e = 0000
0:50 = 0000
0:52 = 0000
0:54 = 0000
0:56 = 0000
0:58 = 0000
0:5a = 0000
0:5c = 4000
0:5e = 0000
0:60 = 8080
0:62 = 0000
0:64 = 8000
0:66 = 0000
0:68 = 0000
0:6a = 0000
0:6c = 0000
0:6e = 0000
0:70 = 0000
0:72 = 1808
0:74 = 1001
0:76 = 2050
0:78 = 0000
0:7a = 0000
0:7c = 4144
0:7e = 5374
--endcollapse--

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

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 Sep 4 15:15 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Sep 4 18:00 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 25 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 26 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 27 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D3c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 20 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/pcmC0D4p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Sep 4 15:14 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Sep 4 15:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 240 Sep 4 15:14 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 4 15:14 pci-0000:00:1f.5 -> ../controlC0

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

APLAY

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 2: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 3: Intel ICH - ADC2 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [I82801DBICH4]

Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17'
  Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
  Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
  Controls : 28
  Simple ctrls : 20
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone Jack Sense',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line Jack Sense',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
  Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'
  Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch penum
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 15
  Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [on]
  Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Stereo Mic',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

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

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  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
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  iface MIXER
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  comment.type BOOLEAN
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  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 2
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  iface MIXER
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  value.1 true
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  iface MIXER
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  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type BOOLEAN
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  iface MIXER
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  value.1 true
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  comment.item.2 Video
  comment.item.3 Aux
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  iface MIXER
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  value Mic
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  comment.access 'read write'
  comment.type ENUMERATED
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!!All Loaded Modules
!!------------------

Module
arc4
lib80211_crypt_wep
binfmt_misc
ppdev
fbcon
tileblit
font
bitblit
softcursor
snd_seq_dummy
snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec
ac97_bus
snd_seq_oss
snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi
snd_mixer_oss
pcmcia
snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm
snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq
snd_timer
snd_seq_device
yenta_socket
ipw2200
i915
sdhci_pci
rsrc_nonstatic
snd
libipw
sdhci
drm_kms_helper
nsc_ircc
psmouse
pcmcia_core
led_class
lib80211
intel_agp
soundcore
drm
i2c_algo_bit
nvram
serio_raw
irda
crc_ccitt
snd_page_alloc
video
output
agpgart
shpchp
lp
parport
e1000

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

[ 17.967508] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 18.612349] ALSA ac97_codec.c:2885: applying quirk type 3 failed (-2)
[ 19.005618] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 392922 usecs (18870 samples)

mama@mama-laptop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards; 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; aplay -l; sudo lshw -C sound; 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 | grep snd
 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
                      Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17
[sudo] password for mama:
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****

Revision history for this message
Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#10

Please send us the full output of the following command:

sudo lshw -C sound; 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 | grep snd

This command is different and does not contain the aplay -l command that caused your Terminal to stop sending output....

Revision history for this message
Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#11

Indeed, no problems now with the terminal !
Its output was:

mama@mama-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C sound; 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 | grep snd
[sudo] password for mama:
  *-multimedia
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1f.5
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0
       resources: irq:17 ioport:1c00(size=256) ioport:18c0(size=64) memory:d0100c00-d0100dff memory:d0100800-d01008ff
H/W path Device Class Description
============================================================
                                  system 2386H4G
/0 bus 2386H4G
/0/0 memory 144KiB BIOS
/0/6 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor
/0/6/a memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/6/b memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/27 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/27/0 memory 512MiB SODIMM DDR Synchronous
/0/27/1 memory 512MiB SODIMM DDR Synchronous
/0/100 bridge 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Proce
/0/100/0.1 generic 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Proce
/0/100/0.3 generic 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Proce
/0/100/2 display 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics
/0/100/2.1 display 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics
/0/100/1d bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/IC
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/IC
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/IC
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 bridge RL5c476 II
/0/100/1e/0.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Hos
/0/100/1e/1 eth1 network 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Contro
/0/100/1e/2 eth2 network PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2]
/0/100/1f bridge 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controlle
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 40GB HITACHI_DK13FA-4
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 35GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1610MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1610MiB Linux swap / Solaris pa
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/IC
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/IC
/0/100/1f.6 communication 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/IC
/0/1 bus VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controll
/0/0.1 bus VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controll
/0/0.2 bus USB 2.0
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2010-09-04 18:42 timer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2010-09-04 18:42 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 26 2010-09-04 18:42 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 27 2010-09-04 18:42 pcmC0D3c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 25 2010-09-04 18:42 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 20 2010-09-04 18:42 pcmC0D4p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2010-09-04 18:42 controlC0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2010-09-04 18:42 by-path
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 240 2010-09-04 18:42 .
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2010-09-04 18:46 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2010-09-04 18:47 pcmC0D0p
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3680 2010-09-04 18:48 ..
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.23 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux mama-laptop 2.6.32-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 20 14:24:04 UTC 2010 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17

Audio devices:
0: Intel 82801DB-ICH4 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1981B
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
02:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev 8d)
02:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 13)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:1077]
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
03:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 62)
03:00.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 62)
03:00.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 65)
/sbin/alsactl
                     USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: mama 1256 F.... pulseaudio
dpkg: *bin/slmodemd* not found.
[ 0.149138] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.331066] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 4 docks/bays found
[ 0.365257] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.406299] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 0.406335] type=2000 audit(1283625731.404:1): initialized
[ 0.614639] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input3
[ 0.623758] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 0.657458] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.660124] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.662582] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.663237] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.685872] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.743310] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.259686] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.945513] e1000: 0000:02:01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 00:0a:e4:2e:f3:fa
[ 2.134788] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 15.594985] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.155365] type=1505 audit(1283614947.908:2): operation="profile_load" pid=522 name="/sbin/dhclient3"
[ 16.156239] type=1505 audit(1283614947.912:3): operation="profile_load" pid=522 name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action"
[ 16.156706] type=1505 audit(1283614947.912:4): operation="profile_load" pid=522 name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script"
[ 16.181835] nsc_ircc_pnp_probe() : From PnP, found firbase 0x2F8 ; irq 3 ; dma 1.
[ 16.181929] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x164e
[ 16.311060] sdhci-pci 0000:02:00.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 13)
[ 16.338502] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:00.0: CardBus bridge found [1014:0555]
[ 16.467359] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x3000-0x7fff: clean.
[ 16.507919] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 16.641536] type=1505 audit(1283614948.396:5): operation="profile_load" pid=650 name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession"
[ 16.651861] type=1505 audit(1283614948.404:6): operation="profile_replace" pid=653 name="/sbin/dhclient3"
[ 16.660881] type=1505 audit(1283614948.416:7): operation="profile_replace" pid=653 name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action"
[ 16.661361] type=1505 audit(1283614948.416:8): operation="profile_replace" pid=653 name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script"
[ 16.966288] type=1505 audit(1283614948.720:9): operation="profile_load" pid=657 name="/usr/bin/evince"
[ 17.038997] type=1505 audit(1283614948.792:10): operation="profile_load" pid=657 name="/usr/bin/evince-previewer"
[ 17.059721] type=1505 audit(1283614948.812:11): operation="profile_load" pid=657 name="/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer"
[ 17.157598] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[ 17.158833] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 17.159232] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 17.168273] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 17.210996] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_add
[ 17.211003] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add
[ 17.211342] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_register
[ 17.211345] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_card_register
[ 17.211505] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_free
[ 17.211508] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_card_free
[ 17.212490] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_new1
[ 17.212494] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_new1
[ 17.213363] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_boolean_mono_info
[ 17.213367] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_boolean_mono_info
[ 17.215663] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_notify
[ 17.215668] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_notify
[ 17.217940] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_create
[ 17.217943] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_card_create
[ 17.268245] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
[ 17.269102] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
[ 17.269492] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[ 17.269819] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[ 17.270310] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 18.780343] ALSA ac97_codec.c:2885: applying quirk type 3 failed (-2)
[ 18.836030] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 55320 usecs (2665 samples)
[ 50.201797] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-ibss.fw
[ 273.720342] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 290.561226] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-ibss.fw
[ 351.747153] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff: excluding 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff
[ 351.747183] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0xd0200000-0xdfffffff: excluding 0xd0200000-0xe01fffff
sudo: /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon: command not found
 Product Name: 2386H4G
 Product Name: 2386H4G
snd_intel8x0 25435 2
snd_ac97_codec 100600 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 34539 0
snd_mixer_oss 13897 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 71582 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1434 0
snd_seq_oss 27242 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19077 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47530 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 18646 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 56303 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
mama@mama-laptop:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#12

Try copy-pasting the following command into the Terminal:

echo enable,0x00ffffff >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey

Then press the volume up button on your laptop.

To make this change persistent after reboots, you need to follow this procedure:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/73060

Read the following remarks from Jim:

"Using

gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local

open the /etc/rc.local file.

The file should end with "exit 0". Before the exit statement, add the "echo enable,0x00ffffff >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey" statement and save the file. The rc.local script file should be automatically executed after every reboot.

This is what worked for me."

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#13

I have done what you advised, but although I am a complete beginner in Linux (no sooner than yesterday have I decided to try Ubuntu after a most unpleasant experience while trying to reinstall Win XP on this machine using only its HDD and another laptop) I think that this command is unbound...

mama@mama-laptop:~$ echo enable,0x00ffffff >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
bash: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey: No such file or directory
mama@mama-laptop:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local
mama@mama-laptop:~$

(I have edited the /etc/rc.local file. Now rebooting just in case...)

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#14

:( Still no sound

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#15

Please read the remarks in step 7 of the procedure I previously gave you:

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

The follow remarks are given in step 7:

"On some Toshiba laptop models (T40, T43p, ... R51e ...), the audio is muted, if either Headphone or Line Jack are NOT muted in alsamixer. See also ALSA Wiki FAQ [1]. Also, if Headphone Sense or Line Jack Sense are unmuted, audio is dead (R52, X40). By default the Sense settings are not shown in GNOME. A channel is muted in alsamixer, if there is an "MM" under that specific channel/volume bar."

So after muting Headphone Sense AND Line Jack Sense in gnome-alsamixer, please make sure to test sound output using both headphones AND speakers.

Make sure to test headphones on both primary AND secondary headphones jacks on the PC...

The following terminal output shows that Headphone and Line Jack Sense are currently UNmuted on your PC:

Simple mixer control 'Headphone Jack Sense',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

Simple mixer control 'Line Jack Sense',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

They should be muted as a workaround for the audio quirks / bugs on your PC.

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#16

Hi,

Unfortunately there is absolutely no change in sound output :( event after muting them..but while rebooting I keep seeing that before the log in page, Ubuntu writes some text lines saying that Applying AC97 Quirk3 failed...and immediately after that it shows that the "Pulse Audio" has a red asterisk on its left and it's test doest not conclude with [OK].

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#17

Should I try this..?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

I just want those speakers/headphones to generate something, it's not perfect sound that I expect from this laptop :)

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#18

I think you are getting the error

[ 18.612349] ALSA ac97_codec.c:2885: applying quirk type 3 failed (-2)

because there is a line containing ac97_quirk=3 in your

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file.

So you need to edit the file using this command:

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

Then remove the line containing ac97_quirk=3

If the option is not in alsa-base.conf, it has to be hidden somewhere else.

In that case, run the following command:

grep quirk /etc/modprobe.d/*

to find out where the quirk option is hidden.

You can try Open Sound System (OSS), but I cannot give support for that, as I never used OSS myself...

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#19

I believe I have found the root cause of your audio issue.

Your Terminal output shows the following issue:

[ 17.210996] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_add
[ 17.211003] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add
[ 17.211342] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_register
[ 17.211345] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_card_register
[ 17.211505] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_free
[ 17.211508] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_card_free
[ 17.212490] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_new1
[ 17.212494] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_new1
[ 17.213363] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_boolean_mono_info
[ 17.213367] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_boolean_mono_info
[ 17.215663] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_notify
[ 17.215668] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_notify
[ 17.217940] thinkpad_acpi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_create
[ 17.217943] thinkpad_acpi: Unknown symbol snd_card_create

These errors are documented in the following bugreport:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/566647

You will FIRST need to eliminate those "thinkpad_acpi unknown symbol" errors by following ALL suggestions in that bugreport.

These thinkpad_acpi errors are probably the reason why the following command (that I previously gave you) is not working:

echo enable,0x00ffffff >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey

If that does not help, then install Ubuntu kernel 2.6.35 using the following procedure:

http://theubuntunews.blogspot.com/2010/08/install-new-kernel-2635-on-ubuntu-1004.html

Then REBOOT and choose to boot kernel 2.6.35

Then copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

echo enable,0x00ffffff >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey

Then press the volume up button on your laptop.

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#20

Hi,

Removed the quirk "options snd-intel8x0 ac97_quirk=3" located in "/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base" following your advice. (still no sound after that, and the PulseAudio displayed that red asterisk right before the login screen.

Next, I installed the Ubuntu kernel 2.6.35 (I also tried your other advice, but did not work), and now ...ta daaa... I lost the mouse pointer (and I keep seeking it by pressing CTRL :) ), but I am happy to announce that I managed to succesfully run "echo enable,0x00ffffff >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey" (but only after sudo -i command was issued at the prompt).

Those fancy buttons now work, but, unfortunately I still have no sound coming out of my IBM X40 (it is not Toshiba)

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#21

Wow...sound working only on headphones after putting computer into hibernation and waking it up in order to restore the mouse pointer ( as temporary work around of what I reported to be a bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/630420 ).

Any ideas on how to convince the built-in speakers to play some sounds too :) ?

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#22

Because now, after consecutive hybernations Linux seemed to have crashed and displays exactly the screen before the login page I do have now plenty of time to copy what is written there...

fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
/dev/sda1: clean, 234676/2342912 files, 1244502/9354752 blocks
* (white star) Starting AppArmor profiles Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.bin.firefox [OK]
* (white star) Setting sensors limits [OK]
* (RED star) Speech-dispatcher configured for user sessions
* (white star) Starting the Winbind daemon winbind [OK]
* (white star) Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [OK]
* (RED star) PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions
* (white star) Enabling additional executable binary formats binfmt-support [OK]
* (white star) Checking battery state [OK]

Hope that helps.

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#23

..it seems to have crashed, but I can navigate with the mouse pointer above that text image ( probably this is a ghost image trapped in the video memory which now overlaps the active screen, because it even changes into text cursor, hand with finger cursor.. )

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#24

I have further reported this mounter problem as a bug ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/630420 ), but since the sound issue is now solved (most likely I have faulty speakers), I am considering this problem solved.
Thank you all once again for all your time & support.
All the best from Bucharest!

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#25

*mounter is to be reade MOUse poiNTER :) apologies for deleting...

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#26

*mounter is to be read MOUse poiNTER :) apologies for deleting...

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Razvan (ersilian) said : 		#27

*mounter is to be read MOUse poiNTER :) apologies for deleting...