slmodemd process hogging access to /dev/snd devices -> Sound Preferences -> Output tab -> "Dummy Output: Stereo" - Codec: LSI Si3054 - Mixer: Realtek ALC861 - Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller [1002:437b] (rev 01) - sound not working on Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 in Ubuntu 9.10 - using ALSA driver 1.0.20

Please send us the output from step 3 and step 4 from this procedure:

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

Please also specify the exact model and make of pc that you are using.

Please make sure to send us the Pastebin URL that was generated during step 3.

You double checked System > Preferences > Sound to make sure it didn't mute the output volume?

It's not the mute setting.

# Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
# Product Name: Satellite Pro A100

Step 3
Your ALSA information is located at http://pastebin.ca/1698269

Step 4
In this step I got a lot of information. I don't know what is useful fore you, but I will tell you what happened: I first pasted the command, then password, and a list of packages came up, and I pressed y to confirm downloading and removing the packages .
Tell me if I shall post all this information to you.

I went to system>Preferences>sound one more time and the only output unit (ore what it is called in english) option I have is: dummy output stereo. It is not possible to set or unset this application.
The sound output is on top and are not in mute.

Please post ALL the output from step 4

I restarted the pc, so I did the step 4 one more time, here it is (it is in Norwegian):
[sudo] password for jacobi:
Leser pakkelister ... Ferdig
Skaper oversikt over avhengighetsforhold
Leser tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig
Les utvidet tilstandsinformasjon
Oppdater pakkenes status ... Ferdig
Ingen pakker vil bli installert, oppgradert eller fjernet.
0 pakker oppgradert, 0 nylig installert, 0 skal fjernes og 0 skal ikke oppgraderes.
Trenger å hente 0B i installasjonspakker. Etter utpakking vil 0B bli brukt.
Skriv utvidet tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig
Leser pakkelister ... Ferdig
Skaper oversikt over avhengighetsforhold
Leser tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig
Les utvidet tilstandsinformasjon
Oppdater pakkenes status ... Ferdig

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC861 Analog [ALC861 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  *-multimedia
       description: Audio device
       product: IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 14.2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64
       resources: irq:16 memory:c0000000-c0003fff
totalt 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 2009-12-02 14:11 timer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 2009-12-02 14:11 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 2009-12-02 14:11 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 2009-12-02 14:11 hwC0D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 2009-12-02 14:11 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 2009-12-02 14:11 controlC0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-12-02 14:11 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2009-12-02 14:11 pcmC0D0p
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 240 2009-12-02 14:11 .
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 2009-12-02 14:11 pcmC0D6p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 2009-12-02 14:11 pcmC0D6c
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3680 2009-12-02 14:17 ..
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.20 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux jacobi-laptop 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 ATI SB at 0xc0000000 irq 16

Audio devices:
0: ALC861 Analog (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
31: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC861
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:5a31] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:12.0 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller [1002:4379] (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374] (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375] (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373] (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376] (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller [1002:437b] (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377] (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371] (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] [1002:5a62]
02:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC [168c:001a] (rev 01)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller [1524:1410] (rev 01)
02:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
02:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8026]
/sbin/alsactl
                     USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: Slmodemd 1027 F.... slmodemd
/dev/snd/pcmC0D6c: Slmodemd 1027 F...m slmodemd
/dev/snd/pcmC0D6p: Slmodemd 1027 F...m slmodemd
sl-modem-daemon: /usr/sbin/slmodemd
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203328 1
snd_hda_codec_si3054 4636 1
snd_hda_intel 26920 3
snd_hda_codec 75708 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 7200 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37920 0
snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 75296 6 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2656 0
snd_seq_oss 28576 0
snd_seq_midi 6432 0
snd_rawmidi 22208 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 59204 17 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 7264 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9156 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
jacobi@jacobi-laptop:~$

Your output from step 4 shows the issue your pc is having:

/dev/snd/controlC0: Slmodemd 1027 F.... slmodemd

Your Si3054 Modem is hogging the /dev/snd devices, which is preventing your soundcard from working correctly.

Please try this solution:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/87927

which mentions this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/394500/comments/40

So you need to disable the Si3054 Modem (56k modem) via System/Administration/Hardware drivers

Thanks.. Just tell if you are in Oslo, I'll show you the town.
I went to System/Administration/Hardware. It was not possible to chose to disable the Si3054 Modem (56k modem), but I had to disable the whole drive. The sound is back:) Will that give me any other problems?

Hi,

Thanks for the invitation. I was actually in Oslo a few months ago. And I was staying at the Holmen Fjordhotell in Nesbru. Great hotel, good food and hygiene, full of friendly people and great service.

I had a very nice time in Norway; did the "Norway in a Nutshell" tour as well.

Happy to read that the sound is back. I don' t see any issue with disabling the Si3054 as long as you only disabled the driver for the modem and not the rest of the hardware :-p

To be sure, you would have to send us the command you used to "disable the whole drive"...... Or you can simply reboot and retest everything: sound, video, Youtube, internet, Email, etc....

Regards,

Mark

I am glade you enjoyed Norway.
I don't know if I disabled the driver from the modem ore the rest of the hardware, but things seems to work well.
Thanks:)