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Codec + Mixer: Realtek ALC887 -amixer: Mixer load hw:0 error: Invalid argument -> /sbin/alsactl: get_control:250: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument -> Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 1002:4383 not working on Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 in Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS

Asked by apple2user

Was using Asus M2N68-CM mbb. Changed to Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev. 4.1). Now there is no sound from the speakers. What can I do?

I did a hwinfo --sound and got this:

23: PCI 14.2: 0403 Audio device
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4383
  Unique ID: 5Dex.9zCmC9gVD38
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:14.2
  Hardware Class: sound
  Model: "ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)"
  Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"
  Device: pci 0x4383 "SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1458 "Giga-byte Technology"
  SubDevice: pci 0xa002
  Driver: "HDA Intel"
  Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel"
  Memory Range: 0xfe024000-0xfe027fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (40633 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d00004383sv00001458sd0000A002bc04sc03i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

33: PCI 105.1: 0403 Audio device
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_960f
  Unique ID: l4dC.vfAxXUx5zd4
  Parent ID: vSkL.6mrh5CJscD0
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:05.1
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:05.1
  Hardware Class: sound
  Model: "ATI RS780 Azalia controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"
  Device: pci 0x960f "RS780 Azalia controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"
  SubDevice: pci 0x960f
  Driver: "HDA Intel"
  Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel"
  Memory Range: 0xfdafc000-0xfdafffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 19 (116476 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d0000960Fsv00001002sd0000960Fbc04sc03i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #10 (PCI bridge)

Do not know what to do now. Help!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse*

Wait 10 seconds and reboot

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apple2user (omsmal-replies) said : 		#2

Did the killall thingie... Still no sound

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

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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apple2user (omsmal-replies) said : 		#4

Did the wget... step. Result is:-

--2013-01-04 19:27:48-- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
Resolving www.alsa-project.org... 77.48.224.243
Connecting to www.alsa-project.org|77.48.224.243|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;hb=refs/heads/build;f=alsa/utils/alsa-info.sh [following]
--2013-01-04 19:27:48-- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;hb=refs/heads/build;f=alsa/utils/alsa-info.sh
Resolving git.alsa-project.org... 77.48.224.243
Connecting to git.alsa-project.org|77.48.224.243|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/x-sh]
Saving to: `alsa-info.sh'

    [ <=> ] 27,785 --.-K/s in 0.1s

2013-01-04 19:27:48 (225 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [27785]

ALSA Information Script v 0.4.61
--------------------------------

This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic
information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware.

  dmesg
  lspci
  lsmod
  aplay
  amixer
  alsactl
  /proc/asound/
  /sys/class/sound/
  ~/.asoundrc (etc.)

See './alsa-info.sh --help' for command line options.

/sbin/alsactl: get_control:250: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument
cat: /tmp/alsa-info.9mDTv4IQyh/alsactl.tmp: No such file or directory
Automatically upload ALSA information to www.alsa-project.org? [y/N] : y
Uploading information to www.alsa-project.org ... Done!

Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=06eb486b867c7777154bc4598196ef5016fde250

Please inform the person helping you.

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apple2user (omsmal-replies) said : 		#5

Not sure whether I am supposed to proceed with the next step but I did with results below. I made a mistake in step 1 when I copied the commands for ver 12. I then did it again with the commands for ver 10.04. Does that affect the results?

So, after [bash alsa-info.sh --stdout] ...

/sbin/alsactl: get_control:250: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument
cat: /tmp/alsa-info.y0b6VTKIjr/alsactl.tmp: No such file or directory
upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.61
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Fri Jan 4 19:42:01 UTC 2013

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

Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS"

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

Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: GA-78LMT-USB3
Product Version:
Firmware Version: F2

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

Kernel release: 2.6.32-45-generic
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686
Processor: unknown
SMP Enabled: Yes

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

Driver version: 1.0.21
Library version: 1.0.24.1
Utilities version: 1.0.24.2

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

snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_intel

!!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 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16
 1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
                      HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdafc000 irq 19

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

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller

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

00:14.2 0403: 1002:4383
 Subsystem: 1458:a002
--
01:05.1 0403: 1002:960f
 Subsystem: 1002:960f

!!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: snd_hda_intel
 bdl_pos_adj : 32,32,-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
 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
 enable_msi : 0
 id : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 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
 model : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 patch : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 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
 power_save : 0
 power_save_controller : Y
 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
 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
 single_cmd : N

!!Module: snd_hda_intel
 bdl_pos_adj : 32,32,-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
 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
 enable_msi : 0
 id : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 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
 model : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 patch : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 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
 power_save : 0
 power_save_controller : Y
 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
 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
 single_cmd : N

!!HDA-Intel Codec information
!!---------------------------
--startcollapse--

Codec: Realtek ALC887
Address: 0
Function Id: 0x1
Vendor Id: 0x10ec0887
Subsystem Id: 0x1458a002
Revision Id: 0x100302
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
    rates [0x5f0]: 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
GPIO: io=2, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=1, wake=0
  IO[0]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
  IO[1]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x04 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x05 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x06 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  Digital: Enabled
  Digital category: 0x0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5f0]: 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x07 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x08 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10051b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x10, nsteps=0x2e, stepsize=0x03, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  SDI-Select: 0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x23
Node 0x09 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10051b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x10, nsteps=0x2e, stepsize=0x03, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  SDI-Select: 0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x22
Node 0x0a [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100711: Stereo Digital
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  SDI-Select: 0
  Digital:
  Digital category: 0x0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x1f
Node 0x0b [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 10
     0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17
Node 0x0c [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 2
     0x02 0x0b
Node 0x0d [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 2
     0x03 0x0b
Node 0x0e [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 2
     0x04 0x0b
Node 0x0f [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 2
     0x05 0x0b
Node 0x10 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  Digital:
  Digital category: 0x0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5f0]: 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x11 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400781: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
  Pin Default 0x99430130: [Fixed] SPDIF Out at Int ATAPI
    Conn = ATAPI, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x10
Node 0x12 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400401: Stereo
  Pincap 0x00000020: IN
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x13 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x14 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0001003e: IN OUT HP EAPD Detect Trigger
  EAPD 0x0:
  Pin Default 0x01014410: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x0c
Node 0x15 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x00000036: IN OUT Detect Trigger
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x0d
Node 0x16 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x00000036: IN OUT Detect Trigger
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x0e
Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x00000036: IN OUT Detect Trigger
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x0f
Node 0x18 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
  Pincap 0x00003736: IN OUT Detect Trigger
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 100
  Pin Default 0x01a19c40: [Jack] Mic at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x4, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 5
     0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
  Pincap 0x0000373e: IN OUT HP Detect Trigger
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 100
  Pin Default 0x02a19c50: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x5, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 5
     0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x1a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
  Pincap 0x00003736: IN OUT Detect Trigger
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 100
  Pin Default 0x0181344f: [Jack] Line In at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Blue
    DefAssociation = 0x4, Sequence = 0xf
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN VREF_HIZ
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 5
     0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0001373e: IN OUT HP EAPD Detect Trigger
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 100
  EAPD 0x0:
  Pin Default 0x02214c20: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP VREF_HIZ
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 5
     0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x1c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400481: Stereo
  Pincap 0x00000024: IN Detect
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400400: Mono
  Pincap 0x00000020: IN
  Pin Default 0x4004c601: [N/A] Line Out at Ext N/A
    Conn = RCA, Color = UNKNOWN
    DefAssociation = 0x0, Sequence = 0x1
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x1e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400781: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x06
Node 0x1f [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400681: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x00000020: IN
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x20 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00040: Mono
  Processing caps: benign=0, ncoeff=24
  Processing Coefficient: 0x3f02
  Coefficient Index: 0x0d
Node 0x21 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x22 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 12
     0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17 0x0b 0x12
Node 0x23 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 11
     0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17 0x0b
Node 0x24 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x25 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x26 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 2
     0x25 0x0b
Codec: ATI RS690/780 HDMI
Address: 0
Function Id: 0x1
Vendor Id: 0x1002791a
Subsystem Id: 0x00791a00
Revision Id: 0x100000
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
    rates [0x60]: 44100 48000
    bits [0x2]: 16
    formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
GPIO: io=0, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=0, wake=0
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x201: Stereo Digital
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  Digital: Enabled
  Digital category: 0x0
Node 0x03 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400381: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x00000094: OUT Detect HDMI
  Pin Default 0x18560010: [Jack] Digital Out at Int HDMI
    Conn = Digital, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Connection: 1
     0x02
--endcollapse--

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

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Jan 4 19:24 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Jan 4 19:24 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Jan 4 19:24 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/pcmC1D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Jan 4 19:23 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 4 19:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 300 Jan 4 19:23 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jan 4 19:23 pci-0000:00:14.2 -> ../controlC0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jan 4 19:23 pci-0000:01:05.1 -> ../controlC1

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

APLAY

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887 Digital [ALC887 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887 Digital [ALC887 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 2: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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

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

amixer: Mixer load hw:0 error: Invalid argument
Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
  Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887'
  Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302'
  Controls : 40
amixer: Mixer hw:0 load error: Invalid argument

!!-------Mixer controls for card 1 [HDMI]

Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdafc000 irq 19'
  Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
  Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
  Controls : 4
  Simple ctrls : 1
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

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

--startcollapse--
--endcollapse--

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

Module
binfmt_misc
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi
fbcon
tileblit
font
bitblit
softcursor
vga16fb
vgastate
snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec
snd_hwdep
snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss
snd_seq_dummy
snd_pcm
snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi
radeon
snd_seq_midi_event
ttm
snd_seq
drm_kms_helper
snd_timer
snd_seq_device
drm
agpgart
i2c_algo_bit
ppdev
snd
parport_pc
lp
soundcore
joydev
snd_page_alloc
serio_raw
shpchp
parport
i2c_piix4
xhci
hid_microsoft
usbhid
hid
usb_storage
floppy
r8169
mii
ahci
pata_atiixp

!!Sysfs Files
!!-----------

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_pin_configs:
0x11 0x99430130
0x12 0x411111f0
0x14 0x01014410
0x15 0x411111f0
0x16 0x411111f0
0x17 0x411111f0
0x18 0x01a19c40
0x19 0x02a19c50
0x1a 0x0181344f
0x1b 0x02214c20
0x1c 0x411111f0
0x1d 0x4004c601
0x1e 0x411111f0
0x1f 0x411111f0

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/driver_pin_configs:

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/user_pin_configs:

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_verbs:

/sys/class/sound/hwC1D0/init_pin_configs:
0x03 0x18560010

/sys/class/sound/hwC1D0/driver_pin_configs:

/sys/class/sound/hwC1D0/user_pin_configs:

/sys/class/sound/hwC1D0/init_verbs:

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

[ 7.069987] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R600_rlc.bin
[ 7.104607] HDA Intel 0000:00:14.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 7.110546] [drm] ring test succeeded in 1 usecs
--
[ 7.156047] type=1505 audit(1357327421.692:11): operation="profile_load" pid=944 name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession"
[ 7.192925] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/input/input5
[ 7.201278] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.201340] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.228214] r8169: eth1: link up
--
[ 7.250510] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.0.0 20080528 for 0000:01:05.0 on minor 0
[ 7.250597] HDA Intel 0000:01:05.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 7.250620] HDA Intel 0000:01:05.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 7.254529] vga16fb: initializing
--
[ 7.277053] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64
[ 7.309664] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.309742] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.309846] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.325108] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.325160] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.325268] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 7.585301] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
--
[ 8.788071] groups: 1 0
[ 9.094383] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 9.132460] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 9.152440] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 18.096057] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[ 25.748493] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 25.776510] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 255.835114] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 255.840617] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 255.875461] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 1107.219919] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 1107.221814] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)
[ 1107.235788] hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xc (ctl = Front Playback Volume)

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

This is a known issue with the ALC887 sound codec.

See the following bugreport for details:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/669092

Please run the following command in a Terminal:

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

Using the gedit editor, ADD the following single configuration line:

options snd-hda-intel model=generic

SAVE the change to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Then REBOOT and retest sound using headphones and speakers and microphone.

After rebooting, make sure all channels are UNMUTED and volume set to 100% in alsamixer.

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/150750
Source 2: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/202676

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apple2user (omsmal-replies) said : 		#7

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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apple2user (omsmal-replies) said : 		#8

Just great! Sound back to normal. Really appreciate your help. Probably never solve it on my own.

Another problem just noticed but not related to sound - cannot seem to drag windows between desktops. Do you have any idea as to the problem? Maybe I should ask a new question...

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

Please create a new thread for your new question.