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alsa-driver package

No sound presen in speakerst; have linux driver, don't know how to install

Asked by harderson02

Newly installed hardware so I figured I would also switch operating systems. Currently installed Ubuntu 8,04. I am unable to get the sound to work. My mother board is a ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe. From the manual it states that the Audio is: ADI Ad2000B 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC. I tried looking up some more information online, and it stated that this was a SoundMax device, but I haven't been able to find out much more information. I have no idea what the chip is? The CD that came with the mother board has Linux drivers on the board, but I have not figured out how to correctly install them, or if that is needed. The Linux driver is alsa-driver-1.0.16, if that helps. My headphones work, but not my speakers.

Here is what I get from the terminal:
aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

andrew294@harter-desktop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xf9ff4000 irq 16
 1 [U0x46d0x8d7 ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x8d7
                      USB Device 0x46d:0x8d7 at usb-0000:00:12.1-2, full speed

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8288
 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
 Memory at f9ff4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

This is my first time trying Linux, so any help is appreciated. Thank you!

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#1

You might want to check this guide out
http://www.linlap.com/wiki/Configuring+the+audio+and+updating+ALSA+for+Ubuntu+8.04

Hope it helps

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harderson02 (harderson02) said : 		#2

I tried out the guide and was able to install everything, however, I am still unable to hear any sound from my speakers. One thing I did notice was that at the end of the installation it said that the ALSA mixer was muted by default. I typed alsamixer into terminal but did not see anything muted. Could this be my problem? I am still stuck.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

To help you better we need some infos about your hardware so please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

lspci

lspci is lower of LSPCI

copy and paste result here.

Thank you

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harderson02 (harderson02) said : 		#4

Here you go:

andrew294@harter-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 Northbridge only dual slot PCI-e_GFX and HT3 K8 part
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port A)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port C)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0640 (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b2)
04:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
04:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)

My headphones are working, so does that mean the audio driver is working? Thank you!

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Richard Ugbeye (joss-aikins) said : 		#5

I hava Creative's Audigy 2ZS Sound card. I am not getting any sound on Ubuntu 8.04.1. Please help!

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harderson02 (harderson02) said : 		#6

Still need help with this problem. I am going to try and boot from the Live DVD and see if I have sound like that.

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harderson02 (harderson02) said : 		#7

I installed an old Creative Live sound card and then everything was recognized immediately. The only thing I had to do was to go to SYSTEM:PREFERENCES:SOUND; then I changed everything from AutoDetect to Multichannel Playback and I changed the Device setting to SBLive! Value. After that, I was able to test the sound and heard everything. Thanks for those of you who tried to help. I never did figure out how to get sound from my Motherboard, but at this point, it is a non-issue.

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giuliano (giuliano-grandin-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#8

Hi harderson02, could you please tell me at what level this motherboard is compatible with ubuntu? What are the working components and what are not working?

Tia
Giuliano

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harderson02 (harderson02) said : 		#9

So far, everything has worked except for the sound. The USB cables, and Fire-wire ports are working. The microphone even works well. It is really only the SPDIF out that does not work.

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jansenq (jansenq) said : 		#10

Perhaps release 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel will correct the problem.

commit f51ff9937bc6732ed5fc08088fdbe89ab8ed27c3
Author: Robin H. Johnson <email address hidden>
Date: Sat Sep 13 16:55:01 2008 -0700

    ALSA: HDA: patch_analog: Quirk for Asus P5Q Premium/Pro boards.

    Use 6STACK_DIG for the AD2000BX variant of the AD1989B chip used by Asus
    on their Asus P5Q Premium and Pro boards.

    Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <email address hidden>