alsa can't locate my soundcard or modules - hence I have Dummy Output for sound in Ubuntu
Here's some troubleshooting information : http://
It seems that ALSA can't locate my sound card. I've tried reinstalling ALSA, pulsecontrol, etc but to no avail.
HELP!
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Here's some more diagnostic information :
cat: /proc/asound/
cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/
cat: /proc/asound/hwdep: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/pcm: No such file or directory
cat: /proc/asound/
total 152
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1415 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May 12 02:20 analog-input.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5769 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2185 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1420 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2196 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2298 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2797 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3155 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2486 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2662 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1330 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1457 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2185 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1425 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1385 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1929 May 12 02:20 analog-output.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10609 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2139 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3147 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4095 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1993 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3725 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4521 May 12 02:20 analog-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-0.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-1.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-2.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-3.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-4.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-6.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163 May 12 02:20 hdmi-output-7.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 712 May 12 02:20 iec958-
[sudo] password for mich:
rm: cannot remove '/etc/asound.conf': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove '/home/
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/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
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/0/24/1 memory 8GiB SODIMM Synchronous 2133 MHz (0.5 ns)
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
/0/100/2 display UHD Graphics 620
/0/100/14 bus Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
/0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/1 input USB Optical Mouse
/0/100/14/0/3 input USB Keyboard
/0/100/14/0/7 communication Bluetooth wireless interface
/0/100/14/0/8 multimedia EasyCamera
/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14.2 generic Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem
/0/100/15 generic Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0
/0/100/16 communication Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1
/0/100/17 storage Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
/0/100/1c bridge Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5
/0/100/1c/0 enp1s0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
/0/100/1c.5 bridge Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6
/0/100/1c.5/0 wlp2s0 network Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth
/0/100/1f bridge Intel(R) 100 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller/eSPI Controller - 9D4E
/0/100/1f.2 memory Memory controller
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/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 98MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/1/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 15MiB reserved partition
/0/1/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 465GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/1/0.0.0/5 /dev/sda5 volume 419GiB EXT4 volume
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ls: cannot access '/dev/snd': No such file or directory
cat: /dev/sndstat: No such file or directory
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:5914] (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 [8086:5917] (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:9d2f] (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem [8086:9d31] (rev 21)
00:15.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:9d60] (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 [8086:9d3a] (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:9d03] (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 [8086:9d14] (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 [8086:9d15] (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Intel(R) 100 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller/eSPI Controller - 9D4E [8086:9d4e] (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC [8086:9d21] (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio [8086:9d71] (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus [8086:9d23] (rev 21)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth [8086:3166] (rev 99)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:58ea Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1c4f:0002 SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
/usr/sbin/alsactl
Specified filename /dev/dsp does not exist.
Specified filename /dev/snd/* does not exist.
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *bin/slmodemd*
[ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x008: 'MPX bounds registers'
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.030651] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
[ 0.057300] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
[ 0.057300] audit: type=2000 audit(159741539
[ 0.061258] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-
[ 0.078463] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.238357] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 1.485864] libphy: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 1.487939] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.488166] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.488792] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 1.488974] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.648381] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.672691] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[ 1.679505] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[ 1.812804] [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_
[ 1.984299] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=093a, idProduct=2510
[ 2.267373] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0002
[ 2.545781] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0a2a
[ 2.848626] usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=58ea
[ 9.334655] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 27.696749] idma64 idma64.0: Found Intel integrated DMA 64-bit
[ 27.795784] i2c_hid i2c-ELAN0611:00: i2c-ELAN0611:00 supply vdd not found, using dummy regulator
[ 27.798219] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN0611:00: i2c-ELAN0611:00 supply vcc not found, using dummy regulator
[ 27.811143] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain package
[ 27.811145] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain core
[ 27.811145] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain uncore
[ 27.811146] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain dram
[ 27.913975] elan_i2c i2c-ELAN0611:00: Elan Touchpad: Module ID: 0x005b, Firmware: 0x0001, Sample: 0x0002, IAP: 0x000d
[ 28.231874] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 29.1044073957.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[ 28.539547] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device EasyCamera (0bda:58ea)
[ 33.595345] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.595597] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.596791] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.596929] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.596932] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.597214] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.597216] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.597217] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.597218] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 33.597385] audit: type=1400 audit(159741542
[ 169.007095] kauditd_printk_skb: 54 callbacks suppressed
[ 169.007095] audit: type=1400 audit(159741555
[ 171.797780] audit: type=1400 audit(159741556
sudo: /etc/init.
Release Date: 03/11/2018
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 81DE
Serial Number: PF0X3PQT
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: LNVNB161216
Serial Number: PF0X3PQT
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Serial Number: PF0X3PQT
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Port Type: Serial Port 16550A Compatible
Manufacturer: SK Hynix
Serial Number: 00000000
Manufacturer: Kingston
Serial Number: 0413D142
Manufacturer: -Virtual Battery 0-
Manufacture Date: 08/08/2010
Serial Number: Battery 0
Manufacturer: OEM Define 2
Serial Number: OEM Define 3
btusb 45056 0
btrtl 16384 1 btusb
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
btintel 16384 1 btusb
bluetooth 557056 31 btrtl,btintel,
usbhid 49152 0
hid 118784 3 i2c_hid,
1 sink(s) available.
* index: 0
name: <auto_null>
driver: <module-
flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 1000
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 344 KiB
max rewind: 344 KiB
monitor source: 0
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
module: 13
properties:
device.
device.class = "abstract"
device.icon_name = "audio-card"
aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded).
Loading ALSA sound driver modules: (none to reload).
Support status summary of 'mich-Lenovo-
You have 2015 packages (89.8%) supported until April 2021 (Canonical - 5y)
You have 44 packages (2.0%) supported until April 2021 (Community - 5y)
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 186 packages (8.3%) that are unsupported
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*-usb:3
description: Video
product: EasyCamera
vendor: K6HI276MP
physical id: 8
bus info: usb@1:8
version: 0.08
serial: 200901010001
*-multimedia UNCLAIMED
description: Audio device
product: Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: memory:
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#2 |
Try the command
sudo modprobe -v snd_hda_intel
and report what the output is and whether this enables sound.
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#3 |
I ended up just reinstalling my OS so well its all good now. Thank you
for the help !
I was trying to install a driver for my microphone and I think I deleted
some bionic file/module.
On 15/08/20 3:31 pm, Manfred Hampl wrote:
> Your question #692375 on alsa-driver in Ubuntu changed:
> https:/
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> Try the command
>
> sudo modprobe -v snd_hda_intel
>
> and report what the output is and whether this enables sound.
>
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If the problem has been resolved, then please mark this question document as "solved", such that the supporters do not waste their time looking into it. https:/