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alsa-driver package

Codec + Mixer: Realtek ALC889A - ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog] Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 04) - sound not working on Alienware m15x in Ubuntu 9.10 - using ALSA 1.0.21

Asked by Noah

noah@noah-laptop:~$ wget -O alsa-info.sh http://212.20.107.51/alsa-info.sh
--2009-11-28 11:29:05-- http://212.20.107.51/alsa-info.sh
Connecting to 212.20.107.51:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh [following]
--2009-11-28 11:29:06-- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh
Resolving git.alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Reusing existing connection to 212.20.107.51:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: `alsa-info.sh'

    [ <=> ] 26,584 64.2K/s in 0.4s

2009-11-28 11:29:07 (64.2 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [26584]

noah@noah-laptop:~$ bash alsa-info.sh --pastebin
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/sound, it will be ignored in a future release.
ALSA Information Script v 0.4.58
--------------------------------

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.

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/sound, it will be ignored in a future release.
Automatically upload ALSA information to pastebin? [y/N] : y
Uploading information to www.pastebin.ca ... Done!

Your ALSA information is located at http://pastebin.ca/1691220

Please inform the person helping you.

noah@noah-laptop:~$ ^C
noah@noah-laptop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards; sudo aptitude install paman gnome-alsamixer alsa-utils flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound; aplay -l; sudo lshw -C sound; ls -lart /dev/snd; cat /dev/sndstat; lspci -nn; sudo which alsactl; sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp /dev/snd/* ; dpkg -S bin/slmodemd; lsmod | grep snd
 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xf0600000 irq 22
[sudo] password for noah:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound gnome-alsamixer libgconfmm-2.6-1c2{a}
  libglademm-2.4-1c2a{a} padevchooser{a} paman paprefs{a} pavucontrol{a}
  pavumeter{a} pulseaudio-module-zeroconf{a}
0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded.
Need to get 508kB of archives. After unpacking 3,498kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound 0.0.svn2431-3 [8,160B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe gnome-alsamixer 0.9.7~cvs.20060916.ds.1-2 [53.7kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libgconfmm-2.6-1c2 2.24.0-2 [31.4kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libglademm-2.4-1c2a 2.6.7-2 [21.7kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe pavumeter 0.9.3-1ubuntu1 [29.2kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe pavucontrol 0.9.8+git20090701-0ubuntu2 [120kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe paman 0.9.4-1ubuntu2 [92.2kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4 [20.2kB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe paprefs 0.9.8+git20090825-0ubuntu2 [111kB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe padevchooser 0.9.3-2ubuntu4 [20.2kB]
Fetched 508kB in 1s (261kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound.
(Reading database ... 142215 files and directories currently installed.)
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Processing triggers for man-db ...
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Setting up paprefs (0.9.8+git20090825-0ubuntu2) ...

Setting up padevchooser (0.9.3-2ubuntu4) ...

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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC889A Digital [ALC889A Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  *-multimedia
       description: Audio device
       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1b
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
       version: 03
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
       resources: irq:22 memory:f0600000-f0603fff
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2009-11-28 11:26 timer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2009-11-28 11:26 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 26 2009-11-28 11:26 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2009-11-28 11:26 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2009-11-28 11:26 controlC0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-11-28 11:26 by-path
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 220 2009-11-28 11:26 .
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 2009-11-28 11:27 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2009-11-28 11:27 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2009-11-28 11:27 pcmC0D0p
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 3880 2009-11-28 11:39 ..
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.21 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux noah-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
HDA Intel at 0xf0600000 irq 22

Audio devices:
0: ALC889A Analog (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC889A
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:2849] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Agere Systems FW643 PCI Express1394b Controller (PHY/Link) [11c1:5901] (rev 06)
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
0a:09.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
0a:09.1 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 12)
0a:09.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
0a:09.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
/usr/sbin/alsactl
                     USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: noah 1644 F.... pulseaudio
dpkg: *bin/slmodemd* not found.
snd_hda_codec_realtek 200576 1
snd_hda_intel 26560 2
snd_hda_codec 78300 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 7392 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37472 0
snd_mixer_oss 16188 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 75168 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2752 0
snd_seq_oss 29216 0
snd_seq_midi 6656 0
snd_rawmidi 22208 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7036 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 50896 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 21540 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 7208 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 60164 18 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 7264 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9124 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
noah@noah-laptop:~$

After checking groups, I have found that I am not a member of pulse-rt on either my root or normal user. I am on an Alienware m15x laptop (1st gen)

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

From your previuos message:
...
0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded.
...
Seem you have to upgrade your system, please upgrade it, from terminal:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Than please also reboor your system...

Then retry...

Thank you

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

Please first enable the universe repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]
enable "Community Maintained open source software (universe)"
Close and confirm the repository reload.

Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo aptitude install gnome-alsamixer

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then try to run gnome-alsamixer from menu Applications→Sound & Video GNOME Alsa Mixer

unmute and raise to a non zero values and retry.

Hope this helps

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Hi,

Please read the solution here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1019495

So please try this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy/paste each command into the Terminal and then hit <enter>)

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

Add these 2 lines to the end of the alsa-base.conf file:

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo-101e

Save the change to the alsa-base.conf, reboot and retest sound.

If those alsa-base.conf options don't work, please try one of these model options instead:

 ALC883/888
   3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
   6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
   3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
   3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
   6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
   acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
   acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810
   medion Medion Laptops
   medion-md2 Medion MD2
   targa-dig Targa/MSI
   targa-2ch-dig Targs/MSI with 2-channel
   laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
   lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E
   lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763
   lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
   lenovo-sky Lenovo Sky
   haier-w66 Haier W66
   3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
   6stack-dell Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
   mitac Mitac 8252D
   clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series
   fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
   3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
   auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

Don't forget to reboot your pc after every change you make on the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file.

Regards,

Mark

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Noah (nleeies) said : 		#4

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.