Still no sound in Hardy Heron

[mmasroorali]

Previously I was using the beta version and was hoping that things will improve as soon as the stable version is released. However, things are all the same. Here is the debug information:

1. Sound is not muted in Master, set at 100%.

2. Excerpt from the output of lspci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev

3. Output of ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 3 2008-04-29 09:36 /dev/dsp

4. Output of ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2008-04-29 09:36 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2008-04-29 09:36 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2008-04-29 09:38 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2008-04-29 12:17 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 28 2008-04-29 09:36 pcmC0D4c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2008-04-29 09:36 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2008-04-29 09:36 timer

5. In alsamixer none of the Playback devices are muted.

6. Output of aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC882 Analog [ALC882 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

7. Use audio devices is checked for the user.

Feeling frustrated. Previously one kind subscriber suggested changing the sound channel. Do you know how that can be done?

[litmos95]

There are tons of similar issues here, have you tried this one



sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo m-a update
sudo m-a prepare
sudo m-a a-i alsa

and then reboot.

[mmasroorali]

I tried the above. But it did not work.

Wondering whether the speakers are okay? Yes, I hear the system beeps.

And when Windows XP was installed in this computer, the sound was fine.

[rjmdomingo2003]

Try installing linux-386 from synaptic, then, reboot. See if it works.

[litmos95]

Yes, I hear the system beeps.

Well system beeps come from the speaker on mainboard, it doesn't confirm that ubuntu recognized your sound card.
Do you see your sound card in


sudo lshw
?

[mmasroorali]

I did, no luck.

[mmasroorali]

Output of lshw

masroor-desktop
description: Desktop Computer
product: HP dx2700 MT(RC737AV)
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version: HP Desktop
serial: SGH7190G9S
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 uuid=A50B1B0C-EE00-DC11-ABAF-676047490AE4
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0A78h
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: V1.08 (02/02/2007)
size: 128KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.6.5
serial: 0000-0F65-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 775
size: 3GHz
capacity: 3066MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc pebs bts sync_rdtsc pni monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: a
slot: Internal Cache
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: b
slot: External Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
capabilities: synchronous external write-back
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1b
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
product: None
vendor: C100000000000000
physical id: 0
serial: None
slot: A0
size: 256MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
product: None
vendor: 7F7F7F7F7F510000
physical id: 1
serial: None
slot: A1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
product: None
vendor: C100000000000000
physical id: 2
serial: None
slot: A2
size: 256MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM [empty]
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 3
serial: None
slot: A3
*-cpu:1
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@1
version: 15.6.5
serial: 0000-0F65-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 18EHz
capabilities: ht
configuration: id=0
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-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: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:6
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: f2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:01:07.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1a:4b:b6:2a:07
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=full ip=172.20.237.232 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD800JD-60LS
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 10.0
serial: WD-WMAM9NP59818
size: 74GiB (80GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=b233b233
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
logical name: /dev/.static/dev
version: 1.0
serial: 03e409aa-a310-44f7-a08d-067ce1153c9e
size: 15GiB
capacity: 15GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-04-28 10:20:30 filesystem=ext3 modified=2008-04-29 14:06:09 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2008-04-29 13:38:16 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /usr
version: 1.0
serial: 708086fc-82d3-4fbb-adbf-cd78bdb66bd1
size: 30GiB
capacity: 30GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-04-28 10:20:36 filesystem=ext3 modified=2008-04-29 14:06:58 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2008-04-29 14:06:58 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 1
serial: c7efba6a-1da8-4df4-bb11-4e6fd1d6168a
size: 1953MiB
capacity: 1953MiB
capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
*-volume:3
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sda4
logical name: /home
version: 1.0
serial: bcd81b20-2c3f-4b3d-99fc-da7ca1d46628
size: 26GiB
capacity: 26GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-03-11 23:26:00 filesystem=ext3 modified=2008-04-29 14:06:58 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2008-04-29 14:06:58 state=mounted
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CDW/DVD TS-H493A
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /dev/dvd1
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: CD06
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
logical name: scsi2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DRW-2014L1T
vendor: ASUS
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd1
logical name: /dev/sr1
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open

[chickpea]

Hi, mmasroorali.
I'm not sure this one could help you, but just try it. It won't at least waste your time so much:KS

in a terminal window:

alsamixer

Scroll right in the alsamixer settings window with arrow key, you'll end up to <External>. Then press m key to turn it off.
When I installed ubuntu 8.04 on my NEC laptop no sound could be heard. And this setting solved my problem.