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sound troubles in ubuntu 9.10

Asked by viola

I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 and I am having problems with the audio.
Following the instructions here:

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

(step 3)
I now paste the output of the ALSA information script.
Still dont know if it works..

   1. ################################
   2. ALSA Information Script v 0.4.58
   3. ################################
   4.
   5. Script ran on: Mon Dec 21 07:49:27 UTC 2009
   6.
   7.
   8. Linux Distribution
   9. ------------------
  10.
  11. Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
  12.
  13.
  14. DMI Information
  15. ---------------
  16.
  17. Manufacturer: LENOVO
  18. Product Name: 20086QU
  19.
  20.
  21. Kernel Information
  22. ------------------
  23.
  24. Kernel release: 2.6.31-14-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. snd_hda_intel
  43.
  44.
  45. Sound Servers on this system
  46. ----------------------------
  47.
  48. Pulseaudio:
  49. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
  50. Running - Yes
  51.
  52. ESound Daemon:
  53. Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd)
  54. Running - No
  55.
  56.
  57. Soundcards recognised by ALSA
  58. -----------------------------
  59.
  60. 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
  61. HDA Intel at 0xee400000 irq 17
  62.
  63.
  64. PCI Soundcards installed in the system
  65. --------------------------------------
  66.
  67. 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
  68.
  69.
  70. Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's
  71. --------------------------------------------------------
  72.
  73. 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 02)
  74. Subsystem: 17aa:2010
  75.
  76.
  77. Modprobe options (Sound related)
  78. --------------------------------
  79.
  80. snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2
  81. snd-intel8x0m: index=-2
  82. snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2
  83. snd-usb-audio: index=-2
  84. snd-usb-us122l: index=-2
  85. snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2
  86. snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2
  87. snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
  88. snd-pcsp: index=-2
  89. snd-hda-intel: power_save=10 power_save_controller=N
  90.
  91.
  92. Loaded sound module options
  93. --------------------------
  94.
  95. Module: snd_hda_intel
  96. bdl_pos_adj : 1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
  97. enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y
  98. enable_msi : 0
  99. id : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 100. index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
 101. model : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 102. patch : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
 103. position_fix : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
 104. power_save : 10
 105. power_save_controller : N
 106. probe_mask : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
 107. probe_only : N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N
 108. single_cmd : N
 109.
 110.
 111. HDA-Intel Codec information
 112. ---------------------------
 113. (following section hidden - click to display)

   1.
   2. Codec: Analog Devices AD1981
   3. Address: 0
   4. Function Id: 0x1
   5. Vendor Id: 0x11d41981
   6. Subsystem Id: 0x17aa2025
   7. Revision Id: 0x100200
   8. No Modem Function Group found
   9. Default PCM:
  10. rates [0x7f]: 8000 11025 16000 22050 32000 44100 48000
  11. bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
  12. formats [0x1]: PCM
  13. Default Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  14. Default Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  15. GPIO: io=4, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=1, wake=0
  16. IO[0]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=1, unsol=0
  17. IO[1]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=1, unsol=0
  18. IO[2]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=1, unsol=0
  19. IO[3]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=1, unsol=0
  20. Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x30311: Stereo Digital
  21. Converter: stream=5, channel=0
  22. Digital:
  23. Digital category: 0x0
  24. PCM:
  25. rates [0x60]: 44100 48000
  26. bits [0x2]: 16
  27. formats [0x5]: PCM AC3
  28. Delay: 3 samples
  29. Connection: 2
  30. 0x01* 0x04
  31. Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x441: Stereo
  32. Converter: stream=5, channel=0
  33. Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  34. Processing caps: benign=1, ncoeff=70
  35. Node 0x04 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100511: Stereo
  36. Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  37. SDI-Select: 0
  38. PCM:
  39. rates [0x7f]: 8000 11025 16000 22050 32000 44100 48000
  40. bits [0x6]: 16 20
  41. formats [0x1]: PCM
  42. Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  43. Connection: 1
  44. 0x15
  45. Node 0x05 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400187: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  46. Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  47. Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  48. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  49. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
  50. Pincap 0x0001173f: IN OUT HP EAPD Detect Trigger ImpSense
  51. Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
  52. EAPD 0x0:
  53. Pin Default 0xc3014110: [Both] Line Out at Ext Left
  54. Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
  55. DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0
  56. Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  57. Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT VREF_HIZ
  58. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  59. Connection: 2
  60. 0x03 0x0e*
  61. Node 0x06 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400185: Stereo Amp-Out
  62. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  63. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
  64. Pincap 0x0000001f: OUT HP Detect Trigger ImpSense
  65. Pin Default 0x422140f0: [N/A] HP Out at Ext Front
  66. Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
  67. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
  68. Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP
  69. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  70. Connection: 2
  71. 0x03 0x0e*
  72. Node 0x07 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400104: Mono Amp-Out
  73. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  74. Amp-Out vals: [0x80]
  75. Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
  76. Pin Default 0x591311f0: [N/A] Speaker at Int ATAPI
  77. Conn = ATAPI, Color = Black
  78. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
  79. Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  80. Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  81. Connection: 1
  82. 0x0f
  83. Node 0x08 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400083: Stereo Amp-In
  84. Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  85. Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  86. Pincap 0x00001727: IN Detect Trigger ImpSense
  87. Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
  88. Pin Default 0xc3a1502e: [Both] Mic at Ext Left
  89. Conn = 1/8, Color = Red
  90. DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0xe
  91. Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  92. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  93. Node 0x09 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400187: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  94. Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  95. Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  96. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  97. Amp-Out vals: [0xbf 0xbf]
  98. Pincap 0x00001737: IN OUT Detect Trigger ImpSense
  99. Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
 100. Pin Default 0x418130f0: [N/A] Line In at Ext Rear
 101. Conn = 1/8, Color = Blue
 102. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
 103. Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN VREF_HIZ
 104. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
 105. Connection: 2
 106. 0x03* 0x0e
 107. Node 0x0a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400301: Stereo Digital
 108. Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
 109. Pin Default 0x014411f0: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear
 110. Conn = RCA, Color = Black
 111. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
 112. Misc = NO_PRESENCE
 113. Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
 114. Connection: 1
 115. 0x02
 116. Node 0x0b [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x300101: Stereo
 117. Connection: 6
 118. 0x03 0x0c 0x09 0x0e* 0x05 0x18
 119. Node 0x0c [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x200101: Stereo
 120. Connection: 2
 121. 0x1e 0x1f
 122. Node 0x0d [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010c: Mono Amp-Out
 123. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x0f, nsteps=0x0f, stepsize=0x0b, mute=1
 124. Amp-Out vals: [0x80]
 125. Connection: 2
 126. 0x10* 0x16
 127. Node 0x0e [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x200101: Stereo
 128. Connection: 8
 129. 0x0d 0x11 0x12 0x13 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d
 130. Node 0x0f [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x200100: Mono
 131. Connection: 1
 132. 0x0b
 133. Node 0x10 [Beep Generator Widget] wcaps 0x700000: Mono
 134. Node 0x11 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 135. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 136. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 137. Connection: 1
 138. 0x03
 139. Node 0x12 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 140. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 141. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 142. Connection: 1
 143. 0x08
 144. Node 0x13 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 145. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 146. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 147. Connection: 1
 148. 0x09
 149. Node 0x14 [Power Widget] wcaps 0x500500: Mono
 150. Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
 151. Connection: 13
 152. 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x10 0x13 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17 0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1d
 153. Node 0x15 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 154. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x0f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 155. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 156. Connection: 8
 157. 0x0c* 0x09 0x0e 0x0f 0x19 0x05 0x18 0x17
 158. Node 0x16 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400000: Mono
 159. Pincap 0x00000020: IN
 160. Pin Default 0x59f311f0: [N/A] Other at Int ATAPI
 161. Conn = ATAPI, Color = Black
 162. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
 163. Misc = NO_PRESENCE
 164. Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
 165. Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400081: Stereo
 166. Pincap 0x00000027: IN Detect Trigger ImpSense
 167. Pin Default 0x599311f0: [N/A] Aux at Int ATAPI
 168. Conn = ATAPI, Color = Black
 169. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
 170. Misc = NO_PRESENCE
 171. Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
 172. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
 173. Node 0x18 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400187: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
 174. Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
 175. Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
 176. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 177. Amp-Out vals: [0xbf 0xbf]
 178. Pincap 0x00001737: IN OUT Detect Trigger ImpSense
 179. Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
 180. Pin Default 0x41a190f0: [N/A] Mic at Ext Rear
 181. Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
 182. DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
 183. Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
 184. Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
 185. Connection: 2
 186. 0x03* 0x0e
 187. Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400001: Stereo
 188. Pincap 0x00000020: IN
 189. Pin Default 0x9933e120: [Fixed] CD at Int ATAPI
 190. Conn = ATAPI, Color = White
 191. DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0
 192. Misc = NO_PRESENCE
 193. Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
 194. Node 0x1a [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 195. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 196. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 197. Connection: 1
 198. 0x05
 199. Node 0x1b [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 200. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 201. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 202. Connection: 1
 203. 0x17
 204. Node 0x1c [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 205. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 206. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 207. Connection: 1
 208. 0x18
 209. Node 0x1d [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 210. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
 211. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 212. Connection: 1
 213. 0x19
 214. Node 0x1e [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 215. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
 216. Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
 217. Connection: 1
 218. 0x08
 219. Node 0x1f [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
 220. Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
 221. Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
 222. Connection: 1
 223. 0x18
 224. (end collapsed section)

   1.
   2.
   3. ALSA Device nodes
   4. -----------------
   5.
   6. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 Dec 21 08:33 /dev/snd/controlC0
   7. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Dec 21 08:33 /dev/snd/hwC0D0
   8. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 Dec 21 08:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
   9. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 Dec 21 08:48 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
  10. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 Dec 21 08:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p
  11. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Dec 21 08:33 /dev/snd/seq
  12. crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec 21 08:33 /dev/snd/timer
  13.
  14. /dev/snd/by-path:
  15. total 0
  16. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Dec 21 08:33 .
  17. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 200 Dec 21 08:33 ..
  18. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Dec 21 08:33 pci-0000:00:1b.0 -> ../controlC0
  19.
  20.
  21. Aplay/Arecord output
  22. ------------
  23.
  24. APLAY
  25.
  26. **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
  27. card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  28. Subdevices: 0/1
  29. Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  30. card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
  31. Subdevices: 1/1
  32. Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  33.
  34. ARECORD
  35.
  36. **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
  37. card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  38. Subdevices: 1/1
  39. Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  40.
  41. Amixer output
  42. -------------
  43.
  44. -------Mixer controls for card 0 [Intel]
  45.
  46. Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xee400000 irq 17'
  47. Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981'
  48. Components : 'HDA:11d41981,17aa2025,00100200'
  49. Controls : 21
  50. Simple ctrls : 12
  51. Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  52. Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  53. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  54. Limits: Playback 0 - 63
  55. Mono:
  56. Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-91.50dB] [off]
  57. Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-91.50dB] [off]
  58. Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  59. Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  60. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  61. Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  62. Mono:
  63. Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  64. Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  65. Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  66. Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  67. Capture exclusive group: 0
  68. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  69. Capture channels: Mono
  70. Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  71. Mono: Capture [off]
  72. Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  73. Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  74. Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  75. Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  76. Capture exclusive group: 0
  77. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  78. Capture channels: Mono
  79. Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  80. Mono: Capture [on]
  81. Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  82. Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  83. Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
  84. Capabilities: volume
  85. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  86. Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  87. Limits: 0 - 3
  88. Front Left: 0 [0%]
  89. Front Right: 0 [0%]
  90. Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  91. Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  92. Playback channels: Mono
  93. Mono: Playback [off]
  94. Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0
  95. Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  96. Playback channels: Mono
  97. Mono: Playback [on]
  98. Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0
  99. Capabilities: enum
 100. Items: 'PCM' 'ADC'
 101. Item0: 'PCM'
 102. Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
 103. Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
 104. Playback channels: Mono
 105. Limits: Playback 0 - 15
 106. Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off]
 107. Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
 108. Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
 109. Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
 110. Limits: Capture 0 - 15
 111. Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
 112. Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
 113. Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
 114. Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
 115. Capture exclusive group: 0
 116. Capture channels: Mono
 117. Mono: Capture [off]
 118. Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
 119. Capabilities: cvolume
 120. Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
 121. Limits: Capture 0 - 120
 122. Front Left: Capture 96 [80%] [18.00dB]
 123. Front Right: Capture 96 [80%] [18.00dB]
 124.
 125.
 126. Alsactl output
 127. -------------
 128.
 129. (following section hidden - click to display)

   1. state.Intel {
   2. control.1 {
   3. comment.access 'read write'
   4. comment.type INTEGER
   5. comment.count 2
   6. comment.range '0 - 63'
   7. comment.dbmin -9150
   8. comment.dbmax 300
   9. iface MIXER
  10. name 'Master Playback Volume'
  11. value.0 0
  12. value.1 0
  13. }
  14. control.2 {
  15. comment.access 'read write'
  16. comment.type BOOLEAN
  17. comment.count 2
  18. iface MIXER
  19. name 'Master Playback Switch'
  20. value.0 false
  21. value.1 false
  22. }
  23. control.3 {
  24. comment.access 'read write'
  25. comment.type INTEGER
  26. comment.count 2
  27. comment.range '0 - 31'
  28. comment.dbmin -3450
  29. comment.dbmax 1200
  30. iface MIXER
  31. name 'PCM Playback Volume'
  32. value.0 0
  33. value.1 0
  34. }
  35. control.4 {
  36. comment.access 'read write'
  37. comment.type BOOLEAN
  38. comment.count 2
  39. iface MIXER
  40. name 'PCM Playback Switch'
  41. value.0 false
  42. value.1 false
  43. }
  44. control.5 {
  45. comment.access 'read write'
  46. comment.type INTEGER
  47. comment.count 2
  48. comment.range '0 - 31'
  49. comment.dbmin -3450
  50. comment.dbmax 1200
  51. iface MIXER
  52. name 'Mic Playback Volume'
  53. value.0 0
  54. value.1 0
  55. }
  56. control.6 {
  57. comment.access 'read write'
  58. comment.type BOOLEAN
  59. comment.count 2
  60. iface MIXER
  61. name 'Mic Playback Switch'
  62. value.0 false
  63. value.1 false
  64. }
  65. control.7 {
  66. comment.access 'read write'
  67. comment.type INTEGER
  68. comment.count 2
  69. comment.range '0 - 31'
  70. comment.dbmin -3450
  71. comment.dbmax 1200
  72. iface MIXER
  73. name 'CD Playback Volume'
  74. value.0 0
  75. value.1 0
  76. }
  77. control.8 {
  78. comment.access 'read write'
  79. comment.type BOOLEAN
  80. comment.count 2
  81. iface MIXER
  82. name 'CD Playback Switch'
  83. value.0 false
  84. value.1 false
  85. }
  86. control.9 {
  87. comment.access 'read write'
  88. comment.type INTEGER
  89. comment.count 2
  90. comment.range '0 - 3'
  91. comment.dbmin 0
  92. comment.dbmax 3000
  93. iface MIXER
  94. name 'Mic Boost'
  95. value.0 0
  96. value.1 0
  97. }
  98. control.10 {
  99. comment.access 'read write'
 100. comment.type INTEGER
 101. comment.count 2
 102. comment.range '0 - 15'
 103. comment.dbmin 0
 104. comment.dbmax 2250
 105. iface MIXER
 106. name 'Capture Volume'
 107. value.0 0
 108. value.1 0
 109. }
 110. control.11 {
 111. comment.access 'read write'
 112. comment.type BOOLEAN
 113. comment.count 2
 114. iface MIXER
 115. name 'Capture Switch'
 116. value.0 false
 117. value.1 false
 118. }
 119. control.12 {
 120. comment.access 'read write'
 121. comment.type ENUMERATED
 122. comment.count 1
 123. comment.item.0 Mic
 124. comment.item.1 Mix
 125. comment.item.2 CD
 126. iface MIXER
 127. name 'Capture Source'
 128. value Mic
 129. }
 130. control.13 {
 131. comment.access 'read write'
 132. comment.type ENUMERATED
 133. comment.count 1
 134. comment.item.0 PCM
 135. comment.item.1 ADC
 136. iface MIXER
 137. name 'IEC958 Playback Source'
 138. value PCM
 139. }
 140. control.14 {
 141. comment.access read
 142. comment.type IEC958
 143. comment.count 1
 144. iface MIXER
 145. name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
 146. value '0fff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
 147. }
 148. control.15 {
 149. comment.access read
 150. comment.type IEC958
 151. comment.count 1
 152. iface MIXER
 153. name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
 154. value '0f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
 155. }
 156. control.16 {
 157. comment.access 'read write'
 158. comment.type IEC958
 159. comment.count 1
 160. iface MIXER
 161. name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
 162. value '0400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
 163. }
 164. control.17 {
 165. comment.access 'read write'
 166. comment.type BOOLEAN
 167. comment.count 1
 168. iface MIXER
 169. name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
 170. value false
 171. }
 172. control.18 {
 173. comment.access 'read write'
 174. comment.type BOOLEAN
 175. comment.count 1
 176. iface MIXER
 177. name 'IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch'
 178. value true
 179. }
 180. control.19 {
 181. comment.access 'read write'
 182. comment.type INTEGER
 183. comment.count 1
 184. comment.range '0 - 15'
 185. comment.dbmin -4500
 186. comment.dbmax 0
 187. iface MIXER
 188. name 'Beep Playback Volume'
 189. value 0
 190. }
 191. control.20 {
 192. comment.access 'read write'
 193. comment.type BOOLEAN
 194. comment.count 1
 195. iface MIXER
 196. name 'Beep Playback Switch'
 197. value false
 198. }
 199. control.21 {
 200. comment.access 'read write user'
 201. comment.type INTEGER
 202. comment.count 2
 203. comment.range '0 - 120'
 204. comment.tlv '0000000100000008fffff44800000032'
 205. comment.dbmin -3000
 206. comment.dbmax 3000
 207. iface MIXER
 208. name 'Digital Capture Volume'
 209. value.0 96
 210. value.1 96
 211. }
 212. }
 213. (end collapsed section)

   1.
   2.
   3. All Loaded Modules
   4. ------------------
   5.
   6. Module
   7. binfmt_misc
   8. bridge
   9. stp
  10. bnep
  11. ppdev
  12. snd_hda_codec_analog
  13. snd_hda_intel
  14. snd_hda_codec
  15. snd_hwdep
  16. joydev
  17. snd_pcm_oss
  18. snd_mixer_oss
  19. arc4
  20. ecb
  21. snd_pcm
  22. iwl3945
  23. iwlcore
  24. snd_seq_dummy
  25. snd_seq_oss
  26. snd_seq_midi
  27. nsc_ircc
  28. snd_rawmidi
  29. snd_seq_midi_event
  30. snd_seq
  31. snd_timer
  32. pcmcia
  33. snd_seq_device
  34. mac80211
  35. irda
  36. thinkpad_acpi
  37. iptable_filter
  38. snd
  39. soundcore
  40. lp
  41. crc_ccitt
  42. ip_tables
  43. x_tables
  44. yenta_socket
  45. led_class
  46. rsrc_nonstatic
  47. psmouse
  48. btusb
  49. serio_raw
  50. parport
  51. snd_page_alloc
  52. nvram
  53. pcmcia_core
  54. cfg80211
  55. video
  56. output
  57. radeon
  58. ttm
  59. drm
  60. i2c_algo_bit
  61. e1000e
  62. intel_agp
  63. agpgart
  64.
  65.
  66. Sysfs Files
  67. -----------
  68.
  69. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_pin_configs:
  70. 0x05 0xc3014110
  71. 0x06 0x422140f0
  72. 0x07 0x591311f0
  73. 0x08 0xc3a1502e
  74. 0x09 0x418130f0
  75. 0x0a 0x014411f0
  76. 0x16 0x59f311f0
  77. 0x17 0x599311f0
  78. 0x18 0x41a190f0
  79. 0x19 0x9933e120
  80.
  81. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/driver_pin_configs:
  82.
  83. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/user_pin_configs:
  84.
  85. /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_verbs:
  86.
  87.
  88. ALSA/HDA dmesg
  89. ------------------
  90.
  91. [ 8.533569] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
  92. [ 9.087963] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
  93. [ 9.087968] hda_intel: probe_mask set to 0x1 for device 17aa:2010
  94. [ 9.087989] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
  95. [ 9.158262] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input8
  96. [ 9.201407] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds

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viola (sordinik) said : 		#1

and the output of the command (still following the SoundTroubleshootingProcedure):

cat /proc/asound/cards; sudo aptitude install paman gnome-alsamixer alsa-utils flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound; aplay -l; sudo lshw -C sound; sudo lshw -short;ls -lart /dev/snd; cat /dev/sndstat; lspci -nn; sudo which alsactl; sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp /dev/snd/* ; dpkg -S bin/slmodemd; sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon status; lsmod | grep snd

is:

 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xee400000 irq 17
[sudo] password for viola:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
No candidate version found for paman
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "gnome-alsamixer"
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound"
No candidate version found for paman
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "gnome-alsamixer"
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound"
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libotr2{u} libpolkit-dbus2{u} libpolkit-grant2{u} libpolkit2{u}
  libschroedinger-1.0-0{u} policykit{u}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 1,970kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 221028 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libotr2 ...
Removing policykit ...
Removing libpolkit-dbus2 ...
Removing libpolkit-grant2 ...
Removing libpolkit2 ...
Removing libschroedinger-1.0-0 ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for sreadahead ...
sreadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
  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:17 memory:ee400000-ee403fff
H/W path Device Class Description
========================================================
                                 system 20086QU
/0 bus 20086QU
/0/0 memory 144KiB BIOS
/0/6 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T740
/0/6/a memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/6/c memory 4MiB L2 cache
/0/6/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/6/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/b memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/29 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/29/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/29/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/1 processor
/0/1/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and
/0/100/1/0 display Radeon Mobility X1400
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definitio
/0/100/1c bridge 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Po
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Po
/0/100/1c.1/0 wmaster0 network PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Networ
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Po
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Po
/0/100/1d bus 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1d.3 bus 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Cont
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 bridge PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bri
/0/100/1f.1 scsi4 storage 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GSA-4083N
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHC
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB WDC WD1200BEVS-0
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 11GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1906MiB Linux swap volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 98GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controll
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2009-12-21 08:33 timer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2009-12-21 08:33 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2009-12-21 08:33 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2009-12-21 08:33 controlC0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-12-21 08:33 by-path
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 200 2009-12-21 08:33 .
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 2009-12-21 08:40 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2009-12-21 08:40 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2009-12-21 08:48 pcmC0D0p
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3700 2009-12-21 08:57 ..
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.21 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux laptopo 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 0xee400000 irq 17

Audio devices:
0: AD198x Analog (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1981
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.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (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.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c5] (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]: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:109a]
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4227] (rev 02)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac56]
/usr/sbin/alsactl
                     USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: viola 1772 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: viola 2275 F...m firefox
/dev/snd/timer: viola 2275 f.... firefox
dpkg: *bin/slmodemd* not found.
sudo: /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon: command not found
snd_hda_codec_analog 59164 1
snd_hda_intel 26560 4
snd_hda_codec 78300 2 snd_hda_codec_analog,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_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 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 7208 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 60164 20 snd_hda_codec_analog,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

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Your ALSA mixer settings show the following problem: Master and PCM volume channels are muted and set to 0%

Please open alsamixer or gnome-alsamixer using the Linux Terminal and then unmute and increase volume on the following channels:

Master channel
PCM channel

Amixer output
  42. -------------
  43.
  44. -------Mixer controls for card 0 [Intel]
  45.
  46. Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xee400000 irq 17'
  47. Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981'
  48. Components : 'HDA:11d41981,17aa2025,00100200'
  49. Controls : 21
  50. Simple ctrls : 12
  51. Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  52. Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  53. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  54. Limits: Playback 0 - 63
  55. Mono:
  56. Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-91.50dB] [off]
  57. Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-91.50dB] [off]
  58. Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  59. Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  60. Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  61. Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  62. Mono:
  63. Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  64. Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]

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viola (sordinik) said : 		#3

Ok, i have done it. Thanks!
The sound works no problem now.