Comprehensive Sound Problem Solutions Guide

[nineowls]

164 aplay -l
165 lspci -v
166 sudo modprobe snd-
167 sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
168 sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
169 sudo apt-get install gdm ubuntu-desktop
reboot
uname -a
Linux w30004dm2wrd1u 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

gnome-alsamixer

I checked the box in front of

PCM Out Path & Mute

sound started working

[kdroggy]

I also had a lot of problems getting sound to work after installing ubuntu on my Tosiba NB200.

I couldn't get sound to work on Jaunty 9.04 so I installed Hardy 8.04. Sound worked, however I couldn't get wireless working, so I upgraded to Intrepid 8.10. Sound worked until the kernel update to 2.6.27-11, then no sound.

After reading a lot of forums I tried getting rid of ALSA and installing OSS4 driver. Sound works! Instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

This also works on Jaunty 9.04, so now I finally have a working net-book with sound and wireless (system sounds don't work but it's a small price to pay)

[HDTimeshifter]

I hooked up another set of 2.1 speakers to my computer to make sure it's not the speakers themselves and when playing a music CD with the speaker hardware volume at max, can just barely hear the music. It sounds like a line level issue, but I tried reinstalling ALSA drivers from a fresh kernel as described on page 1. Still no sound. When I try testing various configurations in the sound control panel I hear a faint high pitch whine. Here is what I have:

ASUS P5Q Pro
Using on-board audio analog front output to 2.1 speakers
Ubuntu 9.04

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC1200 Digital [ALC1200 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d3
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fe8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at a800 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at a880 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at ac00 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at f9fffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82fe
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at f9ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f8f00000-00000000f8ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 5
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 6
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at a080 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at a400 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at a480 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at f9fff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90) (prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2299
I/O ports at 9c00 [size=8]
I/O ports at 9880 [size=4]
I/O ports at 9800 [size=8]
I/O ports at 9480 [size=4]
I/O ports at 9400 [size=32]
Memory at f9ffe800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 15
Memory at f9fff400 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9500 GT (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82a5
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
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 bc00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fe880000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1e Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8226
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2298
Memory at fe9c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ATL1E
Kernel modules: atl1e

03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b2) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e0
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at d880 [size=4]
I/O ports at d800 [size=8]
I/O ports at d480 [size=4]
I/O ports at d400 [size=16]
Memory at feaffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_marvell

05:00.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
Subsystem: Mac System Co Ltd Device 8d8b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at febf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
Capabilities: <access denied>

05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8294
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at febef000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394

[mr_gourami]

ok this guide half worked for me!!

i got through to the part where i purged then rebooted. bam 5.1 sound on start up, last.fm has 5.1 when playing through firefox.

but now i have no sound elsewhere. when i play an avi file the movie program has no sound. the little speaker icon is greyed out. in mplayer the error message i get is...

[JACK] cannot open server

[OpenAL] could not open device

DVB Audio Device : No such file or directory

movie plays just fine, just no sound at all....

so im halfway there. now what?

its a creative live! 5.1 sound blaster card if that helps.

[JTod94]

I know this isn't an exact solution for no sound, but as I posted earlier, my soundcard isn't supported. However by plugging in headphones you will get sound, or at least in my case I did. Hope this helps,
Jack

[jstnhickey]

My sound recently started skipping just last Wednesday. I updated to jaunty when it came out. I don't know if an update was done that may have caused the skipping or not. I have not found much information on skipping soundy in jaunty. I have tried to follow a few tutorials but they all seem to be related to sound not working at all. Any help would be appreciated. I use the computer as a HTPC so I do not use it all the time, but I do know it worked last Sunday and as of Wednesday the sound had begun skipping.

[jstnhickey]

It looks like my flash has stopped working also.

[Gazelle]

This was the best guide I've come across so far! Thank you...

Unfortunately, I did try everything but still no sound is coming out. Not even a starting sound or beep. I have ATI cards, could not find them in de ALSA Matrix section... did I miss something there? pls help

[nineowls]

absolutely as bad as anything Winblows ever

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801CAICH3 [Intel 82801CA-ICH3], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801CA-ICH3]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

lspci -v
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0508
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
	I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

Yup. No sound. Yet another day. I don't have time for this.
think it's time for a different distro.
Any suggestions? I use Solaris and Ubuntu all day at work. Maybe I should switch to OpenSol on my laptops?

[HDTimeshifter]

Yup. No sound. Yet another day. I don't have time for this.

I've been without sound for 3 weeks and no solution. I decided to try 64-bit Linux because all the compatibility problems I heard about Vista 64, but the sound and Flash breaking all the time is ******* me off. I'm going to try recompiling it, but if that doesn't work, I'm actually considering going back to Windows. You pay for it, but at least they have support.