Realtek HD ALC888 Makes No Sound

**Burky** · July 23rd, 2012

I have Xubuntu 12.04 32bit, and no matter what I try I can't seem to produce sound. I installed the linux driver from the Realtek website and I had no success. Not sure why it doesn't work? It used to work out of the box when I had Ubuntu.

The link to the driver if you wanted to see it
http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...&GetDown=false

I believe it's Realtek ALC888

**Burky** · July 24th, 2012

bump

**jmfal** · July 24th, 2012

Hi Burky
run

Code:

 lspci -v

and

Code:

 aplay -l

in a terminal and post the results
pc/laptop??? what kind

**Burky** · July 24th, 2012

It is a PC

the lspci -v

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
	Memory behind bridge: fa000000-feafffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
	Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f8f00000-00000000f8ffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
	I/O ports at c000 [size=8]
	I/O ports at b000 [size=4]
	I/O ports at a000 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 9000 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 8000 [size=16]
	Memory at f9fff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
	Memory at f9ffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
	Memory at f9ffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
	Memory at f9fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
	Memory at f9ffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
	Memory at f9ffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
	Memory at f9ffa800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
	Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4

00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at ff00 [size=16]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
	Kernel modules: pata_atiixp

00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
	Memory at f9ff4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64

00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
	Memory at f9ff9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
	Flags: fast devsel
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
	Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
	Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
	Flags: fast devsel
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
	Flags: fast devsel

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8321
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at feae0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidia_current_updates, nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 501c
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
	I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
	Memory at f8fff000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at f8fe0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Expansion ROM at febf0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

aplay -l

Code:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
david@TheComputer:~$

thank you for helping

**jmfal** · July 24th, 2012

I just googled a couple of sites and one said to install pulse audio volume control

Code:

  sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

If you haven't already and unmute , check to see if sound card is the same as aplay-l
If there is a line with the sound card in mixer but a check in it.

**Burky** · July 24th, 2012

this what i got when i tried installing

Code:

david@TheComputer:~$   sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
[sudo] password for david: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
pavucontrol is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  language-pack-kde-en language-pack-kde-en-base kde-l10n-engb
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

aplay -l

Code:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
david@TheComputer:~$

I can get some audio from the headphone outlet in the front, but i cant get any sound with any of the 8 audio outputs from the back

**jmfal** · July 24th, 2012

Thats alright ,,
In the configuration tab change settings to analog stereo duplex, or one of the analog speaker settings.

Also turn up pcm in alsamixer

**Burky** · July 24th, 2012

Not sure if i quite understand, this is all I see with the alsamixer

**jmfal** · July 24th, 2012

Run this and post results

Code:

 modinfo soundcore

If you are not recording mute the line-in and gain control

**Burky** · July 24th, 2012

Code:

david@TheComputer:~$  modinfo soundcore
filename:       /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic-pae/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
alias:          char-major-14-*
license:        GPL
author:         Alan Cox
description:    Core sound module
srcversion:     BB6A5227AD1E780FCB16B19
depends:        
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.2.0-26-generic-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 686 
parm:           preclaim_oss:int

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