I have just installed Xubuntu 12.04.2. My soundcard is detected:
thomas@thomas-pc:~$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
Home
directory /home/thomas not ours.
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
Everything is put to max in alsamixer and nothing is muted (all the sliders are on OO. My speakers do not work, but when I plug in a headphone I hear it very soft. When I connect my stereo and put the sound VERY loud (3-blocks-of-complaining-neighbours loud) I hear it on a normal level but crackling.
I added
options snd-hda-intel model=mbp5
amixer set IEC958 off
to at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.
When it's still not working I tried everything here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
1
>>> list-sinks
1 sink(s) available.
* index: 0
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9959
volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 100%
0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 0 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 0
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 371.52 ms
card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0>
module: 4
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "ALC889A Analog"
alsa.id = "ALC889A Analog"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel at 0x9b500000 irq 46"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.name = "82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "front:0"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC889A"
alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0885,106b3a00,00100103"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000, available: unknown)
properties:
analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, available: no)
properties:
active port: <analog-output-speaker>
2 and 3: Doesn't seem an permission issue, the sound is very far away (See opening paragraph).
4
thomas@thomas-pc:~$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
Home
directory /home/thomas not ours.
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
5
thomas@thomas-pc:~$ find /lib/modules/`uname -r` | grep snd
/lib/modules/3.2.0-48-generic/kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.0-48-generic/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko
[.. huge lists continues ..]
/lib/modules/3.2.0-48-generic/kernel/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/snd-pdaudiocf.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.0-48-generic/kernel/sound/pcmcia/vx/snd-vxpocket.ko
thomas@thomas-pc:~$
6
thomas@thomas-pc:~$ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00a4
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
Memory at 9b500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
7 I guess it's supported. Linux mint and Xubuntu 13.04 had no trouble with sounds. Everything worked out of the box
Thanks in advance
Edit: alsa-info.sh output:
WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf line 45: ignoring bad line starting with 'amixer'
ALSA Information Script v 0.4.62
--------------------------------
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: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf line 45: ignoring bad line starting with 'amixer'
Automatically upload ALSA information to www.alsa-project.org? [y/N] : y
Uploading information to www.alsa-project.org ... Done!
Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=6cffc584284d4c0b266eb53249824ef83d6c4e3e
Please inform the person helping you.
thomas@thomas-pc:~$
