Sound not working

paul@ubuntu:~$ 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 0xd8500000 irq 22
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC880 Analog [ALC880 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC880 Digital [ALC880 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  *-multimedia
       description: Audio device
       product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1b
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
       resources: irq:22 memory:d8500000-d8503fff
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2009-11-29 14:28 timer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2009-11-29 14:28 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 26 2009-11-29 14:28 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 2009-11-29 14:28 hwC0D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2009-11-29 14:28 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2009-11-29 14:28 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 22 2009-11-29 14:28 pcmC0D6p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 30 2009-11-29 14:28 pcmC0D6c
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-11-29 14:28 by-path
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 280 2009-11-29 14:28 .
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 2009-11-29 14:28 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2009-11-29 14:28 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2009-11-29 14:35 pcmC0D0p
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3740 2009-11-29 14:44 ..
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.21 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-15-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 10 14:54:29 UTC 2009 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
HDA Intel at 0xd8500000 irq 22

Audio devices:
0: ALC880 Analog (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC880
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400 [1002:7145]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Agere Systems ET-131x PCI-E Ethernet Controller [11c1:ed00] (rev 02)
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
06:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
06:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
06:00.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
06:00.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
/usr/sbin/alsactl
                     USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: paul 1704 F.... pulseaudio
dpkg: *bin/slmodemd* not found.
snd_hda_codec_si3054 4828 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 200576 1
snd_hda_intel 26560 2
snd_hda_codec 78300 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,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 4 snd_hda_codec_si3054,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 19 snd_hda_codec_si3054,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

Not working either on speakers or headphones.

Dual boot with XP, Windows sound levels 100%, working fine.

OW.

Nearly blew my eardrums out on headphones when I got system sounds on closing Firefox after posting this. Seems sound is almost working, just not on Flash videos at present. Ill do a bit more poking around before I close this.

Okay, everything seems to work fine on headphones, but not speakers at all.

Hi,

Please try this procedure:

1. copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

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

2. In the gedit text editor, scroll down to the end of the alsa-base.conf file and add these lines to the end of the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file:

# So you need to go into the alsa-base.conf file and then add the following lines at the end of it.
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack

3. Then navigate to System>Preferences>Sound and change everything to ALSA

4. reboot and retest sound

5. In the Mixer control panel, make sure to unmute all channels and increase the volume on all channels

6. If it still does not work, please try one of the following model options instead (replacing 3stack as model option):

 ALC880
   3stack 3-jack in back and a headphone out
   3stack-digout 3-jack in back, a HP out and a SPDIF out
   5stack 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front
   5stack-digout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, a SPDIF out
   6stack 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
   6stack-digout 6-jack with a SPDIF out
   w810 3-jack
   z71v 3-jack (HP shared SPDIF)
   asus 3-jack (ASUS Mobo)
   asus-w1v ASUS W1V
   asus-dig ASUS with SPDIF out
   asus-dig2 ASUS with SPDIF out (using GPIO2)
   uniwill 3-jack
   fujitsu Fujitsu Laptops (Pi1536)
   F1734 2-jack
   lg LG laptop (m1 express dual)
   lg-lw LG LW20/LW25 laptop
   tcl TCL S700
   clevo Clevo laptops (m520G, m665n)
   medion Medion Rim 2150
   auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

You will need to reboot and retest sound after every change to the alsa-base.conf file

Regards,

Mark

I'm afraid you had me at step 3 with "change everything to ALSA". Maybe there's something wrong with the way my sound preferences are displaying, but I just don't see how this is done. I've searched around and find people referring to selecting it from a pulldown, and clicking on the test button - neither of which I can see. All I have on the hardware tab is what device to configure (with one choice) and what profile (duplex,input,output). On the Output tab I get what device, balance,and connector (speakers/headphones). I get the feeling something is missing here.

Oh, and now headphones don't work.

Did you try ALL the model options from step 6? After every model option change in the alsa-base.conf file, it is necessary to reboot and retest sound.

I can't get past step three, so I haven't got as far as step 6. I see no way\,given the options I have available in Sound Preferences as I outlined above, where I can switch everything to ALSA, let alone any of those model options. Maybe I'm being dense and not looking at the right option under the right tab, but I get the impression that there's something not right.

Please skip step 3 and continue with the rest to see if the rest of the procedure is enough to solve this issue.