sound problems

Asked by zemer

run an updates suggested by ubuntu.

after the update, no sound card was found. (i only see dummy output)

followed the instruction on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

open a question as suggested there.

out put from alsa url: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=f50a77e7148406388065deba0d8b3a16fdb95de2

!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.64
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Tue Jul 11 10:11:32 UTC 2017

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

Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS" HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

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

Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Vostro 5568
Product Version:
Firmware Version: 1.0.1
Board Vendor: Dell Inc.
Board Name: 0927W0

!!ACPI Device Status Information
!!---------------

/sys/bus/acpi/devices/ACPI0003:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/ACPI000C:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/DELL0786:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/DELLABCE:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/DLLK0786:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT33A1:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT33D0:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3400:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3402:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3403:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3403:01/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT340E:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT344B:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3F0D:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:00/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:01/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:02/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:03/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:04/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:06/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:07/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:08/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:09/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:0a/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:0b/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:0c/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:0d/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:0e/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:0f/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:10/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:11/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:12/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:13/status 1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXVIDEO:01/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/MSFT0101:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0103:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C02:03/status 3
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C02:05/status 3
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C09:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0A:00/status 31
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0C:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:00/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:01/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:02/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:03/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:04/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:05/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:06/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0F:07/status 9
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/SMO8810:00/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:09/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:59/status 15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:6c/status 11

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

Kernel release: 4.8.0-58-generic
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: x86_64
Processor: x86_64
SMP Enabled: Yes

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

Driver version:
Library version: 1.1.0
Utilities version: 1.1.0

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

!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

Pulseaudio:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
      Running - Yes

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

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

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

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

snd_pcsp: index=-2
snd_usb_audio: index=-2
snd_atiixp_modem: index=-2
snd_intel8x0m: index=-2
snd_via82xx_modem: index=-2
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
!!---------------------------

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

crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Jul 11 13:08 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Jul 11 13:08 /dev/snd/timer

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

APLAY

aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

ARECORD

arecord: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

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

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

--startcollapse--
--endcollapse--

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

Module
ccm
rfcomm
bnep
rtsx_usb_ms
memstick
hid_multitouch
i2c_designware_platform
i2c_designware_core
arc4
dell_wmi
sparse_keymap
dell_laptop
dell_smbios
dcdbas
intel_rapl
x86_pkg_temp_thermal
dell_smm_hwmon
intel_powerclamp
coretemp
iwlmvm
kvm_intel
mac80211
kvm
irqbypass
crct10dif_pclmul
crc32_pclmul
ghash_clmulni_intel
aesni_intel
aes_x86_64
uvcvideo
lrw
glue_helper
ablk_helper
iwlwifi
cryptd
videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_memops
videobuf2_v4l2
videobuf2_core
videodev
media
cfg80211
joydev
input_leds
serio_raw
btusb
mei_me
btrtl
shpchp
idma64
mei
virt_dma
processor_thermal_device
intel_pch_thermal
intel_lpss_pci
intel_soc_dts_iosf
hci_uart
btbcm
btqca
btintel
bluetooth
int3403_thermal
intel_lpss_acpi
intel_lpss
dell_smo8800
tpm_crb
int3402_thermal
int3400_thermal
dell_rbtn
int340x_thermal_zone
acpi_pad
acpi_thermal_rel
acpi_als
kfifo_buf
mac_hid
industrialio
binfmt_misc
parport_pc
ppdev
lp
parport
autofs4
hid_generic
rtsx_usb_sdmmc
usbhid
rtsx_usb
nouveau
i915
psmouse
mxm_wmi
r8169
i2c_algo_bit
ttm
mii
drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea
sysfillrect
sysimgblt
fb_sys_fops
ahci
drm
libahci
i2c_hid
hid
wmi
pinctrl_sunrisepoint
video
pinctrl_intel
fjes

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

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#1

The linux-image-extra-... package is maybe missing.

For diagnostic purposes please provide the output of the commands

sudo dpkg --audit
dpkg -l | grep ' linux-'

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zemer (zemer-avital) said :
#2

Hi hampl, thank you for your help.

this is the result of the command:

ii linux-base 4.0ubuntu1 all Linux image base package
ii linux-firmware 1.157.11 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
ii linux-generic-hwe-16.04 4.8.0.58.29 amd64 Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-36 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.8.0
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-36-generic 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-52 4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.8.0
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-52-generic 4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-54 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.8.0
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-54-generic 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-56 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.8.0
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-56-generic 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-58 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.8.0
ii linux-headers-4.8.0-58-generic 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic-hwe-16.04 4.8.0.58.29 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
ii linux-image-4.8.0-36-generic 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.8.0-52-generic 4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.8.0-54-generic 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.8.0-56-generic 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.8.0-58-generic 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.8.0-36-generic 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.8.0-52-generic 4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.8.0-54-generic 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.8.0-56-generic 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.8.0-58-generic 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 4.8.0.58.29 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image
ii linux-libc-dev:amd64 4.4.0-83.106 amd64 Linux Kernel Headers for development
ii linux-sound-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 all base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

Seems linked to following bug, for which there is no solution yet:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1636905

I suggest testing sound using kernel version 4.10 or newer (instead of kernel version 4.8.0-58-generic)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

If you boot an older kernel is it OK?

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zemer (zemer-avital) said :
#5

i do not have older kernel installed.

I have mint on usb, and from it the sound card also disappeared.

The link in Mark's response describes my problem well. seems like it is connected to the Del nostro hardware. i had problems with the sound card in the beginning, but after it started to work on the mint on usb, it suddenly worked on ubuntu as well. very strange behaviour. It continued to work well until i installed ubuntu's updates.

i will try again with a fresh install of mint on usb maybe it will work...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#6

If you hold SHIFT at boot, can you not select a different kernel?

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zemer (zemer-avital) said :
#7

no, i do not have other kernels, i just have advanced boot options and memtest

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#8

If there are older kernels available for selection, then they are to be found in "advanced options".

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zemer (zemer-avital) said :
#9

My mistake, there are indeed some older kernel versions....

so i tried the old kernel versions (4.8.0.56, 4.8.0.54, 4.8.0.36) - none of them worked.

also tried with a new mint on usb - didn't work.

i guess the next step will be to install windows and run the del bios diagnostic tool...

by the way i have a Bluetooth headset and on it the sound works without a problem.

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