No sound on IBM Thinkpad-T42

Asked by Jeeeeeeright

As I said in the summary, there is no sound.
No sound hardware is detected in "sound properties".

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Can you please run:

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh && bash ./alsa-info.sh

Upload to the site and provide the link generated. Thanks

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Jeeeeeeright (remi-sorensen) said :
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

ok run:

alsamixer

make sure all levels are maxed and unmuted

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Jeeeeeeright (remi-sorensen) said :
#4

sorry for the stupid question, but how do I run alsamixer?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

In a terminal. Use CTRL+ALT+T to run one easily. Use Q or ESC to exit alsamixer

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Jeeeeeeright (remi-sorensen) said :
#6

remi@remi-ThinkPad-T42:~$ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#7

!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.60
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Sat Feb 19 07:27:06 UTC 2011

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

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

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

Manufacturer: IBM
Product Name: 23737WG
Product Version: ThinkPad T42

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

Kernel release: 2.6.35-25-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
!!-------------------

thinkpad_acpi

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

29 [ThinkPadEC ]: ThinkPad EC - ThinkPad Console Audio Control
                      ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 1RHT71WW-3.04

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

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

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

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

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

!!Module: thinkpad_acpi
 brightness_enable : 2
 brightness_mode : 3
 dbg_bluetoothemul : 0
 dbg_uwbemul : 0
 dbg_wlswemul : 0
 dbg_wwanemul : 0
 enable : Y
 experimental : 0
 fan_control : N
 force_load : N
 hotkey_report_mode : 0
 id : ThinkPadEC
 index : -536870912
 volume_capabilities : 0
 volume_control : N
 volume_mode : 3

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

crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Feb 19 05:54 /dev/snd/controlC29
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Feb 19 05:54 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Feb 19 05:54 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb 19 05:54 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 120 Feb 19 05:54 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 19 05:54 platform-thinkpad_acpi -> ../controlC29

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

APLAY

aplay: device_list:256: snd_ctl_pcm_next_device
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****

ARECORD

arecord: device_list:256: snd_ctl_pcm_next_device
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****

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

!!-------Mixer controls for card 29 [ThinkPadEC]

Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 1RHT71WW-3.04'
  Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 1RHT71WW-3.04'
  Components : ''
  Controls : 2
  Simple ctrls : 1
Simple mixer control 'Console',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 14
  Mono: Playback 14 [100%] [on]

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

--startcollapse--
state.ThinkPadEC {
 control.1 {
  comment.access read
  comment.type INTEGER
  comment.count 1
  comment.range '0 - 14'
  iface MIXER
  name 'Console Playback Volume'
  value 14
 }
 control.2 {
  comment.access read
  comment.type BOOLEAN
  comment.count 1
  iface MIXER
  name 'Console Playback Switch'
  value true
 }
}
--endcollapse--

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

Module
ipt_MASQUERADE
xt_state
ipt_REJECT
xt_tcpudp
iptable_filter
nf_nat_h323
nf_conntrack_h323
nf_nat_pptp
nf_conntrack_pptp
nf_conntrack_proto_gre
nf_nat_proto_gre
nf_nat_tftp
nf_conntrack_tftp
nf_nat_sip
nf_conntrack_sip
nf_nat_irc
nf_conntrack_irc
nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ftp
iptable_nat
nf_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4
ip_tables
x_tables
michael_mic
arc4
lib80211_crypt_tkip
binfmt_misc
radeon
thinkpad_acpi
snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_midi_event
ttm
ipw2200
libipw
snd_seq
snd_timer
drm_kms_helper
snd_seq_device
joydev
nsc_ircc
cfg80211
drm
pcmcia
irda
i2c_algo_bit
snd
yenta_socket
pcmcia_rsrc
pcmcia_core
psmouse
soundcore
led_class
ppdev
intel_agp
lp
video
lib80211
serio_raw
shpchp
agpgart
output
parport_pc
nvram
parport
crc_ccitt
usbhid
hid
floppy
e1000

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

Just incase it expires

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#8

try running:

sudo -i

Then run:

echo "options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf; exit

then reboot to test.

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