Jaunty 9.04 Sound Solutions

**raptor2552** · May 11th, 2009

I am having this exact problem in Ubuntu 9.04 amd64. I can record the output of rhythmbox (with sound recorder AND audacity) when connecting to the monitor BUT nothing when using the mic even though the mic plays through the speakers.

When I kill pulseaudio and then start it up I see three errors:

Code:

E: module-rtp-send.c: Source does not exist.
E: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-rtp-send" (argument: "source=@DEFAULT_SOURCE@ loop=0"): initialization failed.
E: module-gconf.c: pa_module_load() failed

Is there a package I need?

output of arecord -l:

Code:

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  Subdevices: 3/3
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

output of arecord -L

Code:

front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)

my sound card
cat /proc/asound/cards

Code:

 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xfe7f8000 irq 22
 1 [HDMI           ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
                      HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe8fc000 irq 17

output of lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 5
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 6
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3870
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3870 Audio device Note: This is my video??
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b1)
05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)

**Sxeptomaniac** · May 11th, 2009

I've also been stuck on this one. I've got an HP DV6z (an HD ATI SB), and every fix I've tried so far has had absolutely no effect. I've tried editing /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf a couple of different ways, uninstalling ALSA and replacing it with OSS, upgrading ALSA to 1.0.20, and downgrading my Kubuntu install to 8.04.

I haven't tried the fix listed here yet, but that's next, when I have some time. I haven't been stumped on a problem like this before. Usually a quick couple of searches comes up with a fix, but this time there are people all over trying things that don't work for me.

I've been reduced to using Windows on my own equipment again.

**markbuntu** · May 11th, 2009

Originally Posted by raptor2552

I am having this exact problem in Ubuntu 9.04 amd64. I can record the output of rhythmbox (with sound recorder AND audacity) when connecting to the monitor BUT nothing when using the mic even though the mic plays through the speakers.

Try playing around with the capture devices in one of the the alsa mixers, either the one on the panel or the gnome-alsa mixer. You may need to enable them in the edit/preferences tab. It is the capture settings that are for recording. At least you know your mic can work which is a big problem for a lot of people. Also, be sure to follow the OP exactly.

**markbuntu** · May 11th, 2009

Originally Posted by FredBarns

Okay, did it. I have a lot of data. I don't have the expertise to detect what might be wrong. Nothing is obiously an error to me:

What model is your dell?

**markbuntu** · May 11th, 2009

Originally Posted by Sxeptomaniac

I've also been stuck on this one. I've got an HP DV6z (an HD ATI SB), and every fix I've tried so far has had absolutely no effect. I've tried editing /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf a couple of different ways, uninstalling ALSA and replacing it with OSS, upgrading ALSA to 1.0.20, and downgrading my Kubuntu install to 8.04.

I haven't tried the fix listed here yet, but that's next, when I have some time. I haven't been stumped on a problem like this before. Usually a quick couple of searches comes up with a fix, but this time there are people all over trying things that don't work for me.

I've been reduced to using Windows on my own equipment again.

It looks like that may be the way to go since you have pretty much tried everything else.

**raptor2552** · May 12th, 2009

Why does this have to be so hard? I got it working for anyone interested. You'll have to discover your own hardware ( I have the HDA Intel AD198x) setup but basically:

System > Preferences > Sound
set Sound Events, Music and Movies, Audio Conferencing.Sound > Playback to: PulseAudio Sound Server
set Audio Conferencing.Sound > Capture to:Hardware device, e.g., HDA Intel AD198x Analog ALSA
set Default Mixer Tracks to: Hardware device e.g., Playback: HDA Intel - AD198x (PulseAudio)

Volume Control (click on speaker icon in panel)
click on Device: and select your hardware device that most closely matches your Capture Hardware selected above (for example HDA Intel (ALSA Mixer)
click on the Preferences button to make sure all your devices are selected. In the case of my Intel card:
Under playback: Master, PCM, Line-in, CD, microphone, Mic boost, Analog mix
Under recording: capture
under options: input source

click on the Options tab, select mic for input source
click on the Recording tab be sure capture volume is up and the speaker icon is enabled (don't fret over the mic icon)
click on the Playback tab make sure the volumes are turned up and enabled. Note that the microphone only needs to be unmuted if you want to monitor what is coming thru the mic, otherwise leave it muted as it will only introduce noise and most likely feedback into your recording

Start Sound recorder and enjoy (not my favorite app)

Prefered app - Audacity
With this you may easily select between a mic and other input devices be sure the Device Toolbar is visible
Next to the speaker icon (Playback) select ALSA: pulse

To use the mic:
Next to the mic icon (Input) select the hardware device in my case: ALSA: HDA Intel: AD198x Analog (hw:0,0)
Record from the mic and enjoy. Remeber, to monitor your mic session you'll need to unmute the mic in the volume control.

To record from say Rhythmbox:
Next to the mic icon (input) select the hardware device select ALSA: pulse, and in your System > Preferences > Sound set Audio ConFerencing > Sound Capture to: PulseAudio Sound Server, you can now record from Pulses Monitor using this guide, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130384

**FredBarns** · May 12th, 2009

Hi Markbuntu,

Thanks again for your help. It is a latitude d520 I attach a screen shot that shows my current settings. Perhaps I am doing something really stupid.

**markbuntu** · May 12th, 2009

If you turn off the service discovery in the device chooser and turn off the rtp sender and receiver stuff and simultaneous output what happens?

**markbuntu** · May 12th, 2009

If you turn off all the notifications and uncheck any boxes in Multicast RTP and turn off simultaneous output what do you get in output devices?

**FredBarns** · May 12th, 2009

Still no luck. Is reinstalling pulse audio likely to help. I am about at the edge of doing a clean install, but that would require quite a bit of effort to get everything back the way it was. I do get login sounds up until the desktop comes up. I had a look at pulse audio manager. I wonder if it is meaningful that default sink is "auto_null"