no codecs found - Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) - Sound not working on Dell XPS 400 computer in Ubuntu 9.04 due to ALSA error "hda-intel: no codecs found" - using ALSA driver 1.0.18rc3

Please first upgrade ALSA to version 1.0.21 using this link:

http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2009/08/31/upgrade-alsa-1-0-21-on-ubuntu-jaunty-9-04/

After upgrading ALSA, please reboot and retest sound on both speakers and headphones.

If sound still does not work after upgrading ALSA and rebooting, then please try the suggestion from Everthon Valadão at this location:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/201518

If that does not help either, it might be a Linux kernel specific bug. In that case, only a kernel downgrade or upgrade can solve the issue....

Upgraded ALSA to version 1.0.21 - No Sound
tried the suggestion from Everthon Valadão - No Sound

It still coming up - No sound cards detected. At this point is there anything else i can do??

Thanks for all of the help - I really appreciate it!

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  11. Ubuntu 9.04 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
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  13.
  14. DMI Information
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  16.
  17. Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
  18. Product Name: Dell DXP051
  19.
  20.
  21. Kernel Information
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  23.
  24. Kernel release: 2.6.28-15-generic
  25. Operating System: GNU/Linux
  26. Architecture: i686
  27. Processor: unknown
  28. SMP Enabled: Yes
  29.
  30.
  31. ALSA Version
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  33.
  34. Driver version: 1.0.21
  35. Library version: 1.0.21a
  36. Utilities version: 1.0.21
  37.
  38.
  39. Loaded ALSA modules
  40. -------------------
  41.
  42.
  43.
  44. Sound Servers on this system
  45. ----------------------------
  46.
  47. Pulseaudio:
  48. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
  49. Running - Yes
  50.
  51. ESound Daemon:
  52. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd)
  53. Running - No
  54.
  55.
  56. Soundcards recognised by ALSA
  57. -----------------------------
  58.
  59. --- no soundcards ---
  60.
  61.
  62. PCI Soundcards installed in the system
  63. --------------------------------------
  64.
  65. 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
  66.
  67.
  68. Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's
  69. --------------------------------------------------------
  70.
  71. 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 01)
  72. Subsystem: 1028:01d1
  73.
  74.
  75. Modprobe options (Sound related)
  76. --------------------------------
  77.
  78. snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2
  79. snd-intel8x0m: index=-2
  80. snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2
  81. snd-usb-audio: index=-2
  82. snd-usb-us122l: index=-2
  83. snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2
  84. snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2
  85. snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
  86. snd-pcsp: index=-2
  87.
  88.
  89. Loaded sound module options
  90. --------------------------
  91.
  92.
  93. ALSA Device nodes
  94. -----------------
  95.
  96. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Sep 26 00:20 /dev/snd/seq
  97. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Sep 26 00:20 /dev/snd/timer
  98.
  99.
 100. Aplay/Arecord output
 101. ------------
 102.
 103. APLAY
 104.
 105. aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
 106.
 107. ARECORD
 108.
 109. arecord: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
 110.
 111. Amixer output
 112. -------------
 113.
 114.
 115. Alsactl output
 116. -------------
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   1.
   2.
   3. All Loaded Modules
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   5.
   6. Module
   7. snd_hda_intel
   8. snd_hda_codec
   9. snd_hwdep
  10. snd_pcm_oss
  11. snd_mixer_oss
  12. snd_pcm
  13. snd_seq_oss
  14. snd_seq_midi_event
  15. snd_seq
  16. snd_timer
  17. snd_seq_device
  18. snd
  19. soundcore
  20. snd_page_alloc
  21. nls_iso8859_1
  22. nls_cp437
  23. vfat
  24. fat
  25. binfmt_misc
  26. ppdev
  27. radeon
  28. drm
  29. bridge
  30. stp
  31. bnep
  32. video
  33. output
  34. input_polldev
  35. lp
  36. parport
  37. joydev
  38. hid_microsoft
  39. psmouse
  40. dcdbas
  41. iTCO_wdt
  42. serio_raw
  43. pcspkr
  44. iTCO_vendor_support
  45. usbhid
  46. usblp
  47. intel_agp
  48. agpgart
  49. usb_storage
  50. e1000e
  51. fbcon
  52. tileblit
  53. font
  54. bitblit
  55. softcursor
  56.
  57.
  58. ALSA/HDA dmesg
  59. ------------------
  60.
  61. [ 11.722891] microsoft 0003:045E:00F9.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input1
  62. [ 12.058350] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
  63. [ 12.058477] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
  64. [ 12.088016] ALSA hda_intel.c:2509: no codecs found!
  65. [ 12.088061] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
  66. [ 12.258751] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
  67. --
  68. [ 36.600009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
  69. [ 1129.458587] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
  70. [ 1129.458996] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
  71. [ 1129.488017] ALSA hda_intel.c:2509: no codecs found!
  72. [ 1129.488065] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
  73. [ 1262.672548] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
  74. [ 1262.672761] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
  75. [ 1262.704534] ALSA hda_intel.c:2509: no codecs found!
  76. [ 1262.704590] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled

I think these ALSA issues point to a bad install of Ubuntu 9.04 or a version of the Linux kernel that is not compatible with your audio chipset. Still a very strange issue.

First test sound using an Ubuntu 8.10 LiveCD. If that works, install Ubuntu 8.10 from the LiveCD session. If that LiveCD cannot produce working sound, then you will need to test sound in LiveCD's from other distributions, like Fedora, Mandriva, etc....

Hey I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 - and I currently have the 2.6.31-15 kernel - I've also upgraded to the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.

However still no sound - Is there anything i can do??

Thanks,
Andy

OK, please resend us the new output from step 3 and step 4 from the following procedure:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

Here is the new info - let me know if you need anything else, thanks!

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  11. Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
  12.
  13.
  14. DMI Information
  15. ---------------
  16.
  17. Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
  18. Product Name: Dell DXP051
  19.
  20.
  21. Kernel Information
  22. ------------------
  23.
  24. Kernel release: 2.6.31-15-generic
  25. Operating System: GNU/Linux
  26. Architecture: i686
  27. Processor: unknown
  28. SMP Enabled: Yes
  29.
  30.
  31. ALSA Version
  32. ------------
  33.
  34. Driver version: 1.0.21
  35. Library version: 1.0.21a
  36. Utilities version: 1.0.21
  37.
  38.
  39. Loaded ALSA modules
  40. -------------------
  41.
  42.
  43.
  44. Sound Servers on this system
  45. ----------------------------
  46.
  47. Pulseaudio:
  48. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
  49. Running - Yes
  50.
  51. ESound Daemon:
  52. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd)
  53. Running - No
  54.
  55.
  56. Soundcards recognised by ALSA
  57. -----------------------------
  58.
  59. --- no soundcards ---
  60.
  61.
  62. PCI Soundcards installed in the system
  63. --------------------------------------
  64.
  65. 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
  66.
  67.
  68. Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's
  69. --------------------------------------------------------
  70.
  71. 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 01)
  72. Subsystem: 1028:01d1
  73.
  74.
  75. Modprobe options (Sound related)
  76. --------------------------------
  77.
  78. snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2
  79. snd-intel8x0m: index=-2
  80. snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2
  81. snd-usb-audio: index=-2
  82. snd-usb-us122l: index=-2
  83. snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2
  84. snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2
  85. snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
  86. snd-pcsp: index=-2
  87. snd-hda-intel: power_save=10 power_save_controller=N
  88.
  89.
  90. Loaded sound module options
  91. --------------------------
  92.
  93.
  94. ALSA Device nodes
  95. -----------------
  96.
  97. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Nov 11 10:49 /dev/snd/seq
  98. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Nov 11 10:49 /dev/snd/timer
  99.
 100.
 101. Aplay/Arecord output
 102. ------------
 103.
 104. APLAY
 105.
 106. aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
 107.
 108. ARECORD
 109.
 110. arecord: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
 111.
 112. Amixer output
 113. -------------
 114.
 115.
 116. Alsactl output
 117. -------------
 118.
 119. (following section hidden - click to display)

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   1.
   2.
   3. All Loaded Modules
   4. ------------------
   5.
   6. Module
   7. nls_iso8859_1
   8. nls_cp437
   9. vfat
  10. fat
  11. binfmt_misc
  12. ppdev
  13. snd_hda_intel
  14. snd_hda_codec
  15. snd_hwdep
  16. snd_pcm_oss
  17. iptable_filter
  18. snd_mixer_oss
  19. ip_tables
  20. x_tables
  21. snd_pcm
  22. snd_seq_dummy
  23. snd_seq_oss
  24. snd_seq_midi
  25. snd_rawmidi
  26. snd_seq_midi_event
  27. snd_seq
  28. usblp
  29. joydev
  30. snd_timer
  31. snd_seq_device
  32. dell_wmi
  33. dcdbas
  34. psmouse
  35. serio_raw
  36. snd
  37. soundcore
  38. snd_page_alloc
  39. lp
  40. parport
  41. hid_microsoft
  42. usbhid
  43. usb_storage
  44. e1000e
  45. intel_agp
  46. radeon
  47. ttm
  48. drm
  49. agpgart
  50. i2c_algo_bit
  51.
  52.
  53. ALSA/HDA dmesg
  54. ------------------
  55.
  56. [ 19.750517] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
  57. [ 19.810465] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
  58. [ 19.810524] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
  59. [ 19.840530] ALSA hda_intel.c:2509: no codecs found!
  60. [ 19.840580] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
  61. [ 20.210210] e1000e 0000:04:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X

The kernel and ALSA drivers on your pc seem to be correctly installed and are all the latest versions. So no issue with the installation now.

But the ALSA output is still showing the following error:

ALSA hda_intel.c:2509: no codecs found!

So Ubuntu 9.04 and Ubuntu 9.10 unfortunately seem to be incompatible with your soundcard. Strange....

The best advice I can give you now, is to test sound in different LiveCD's (Mandriva 2010 LiveCD, Fedora LiveCD, MEPIS LiveCD, PCLinuxOS LiveCD) until you encounter a LiveCD session where sound is working out-of-the-box.