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Old August 20th, 2006   #1
Gnuklear
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No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

Hey guys, I've been messing with the sound system on my AMD64 install of Dapper on my Gateway MX3414 laptop for the past 2 days or so with no luck, so I figured it was time to call in the experts. First, getting straight to the point, some system info:

Code:
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Code:
$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8                3584  0
nls_cp437               8320  0
vfat                   16768  0
fat                    57136  1 vfat
rfcomm                 45600  0
l2cap                  30464  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              59268  4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev                  11400  0
powernow_k8            12992  1
cpufreq_userspace       9184  1
cpufreq_stats           8264  0
freq_table              6464  2 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       3328  0
cpufreq_ondemand        9768  0
cpufreq_conservative    10984  0
video                  18824  0
tc1100_wmi              9096  0
sony_acpi               7188  0
pcc_acpi               16128  0
hotkey                 13768  0
dev_acpi               15364  0
container               6272  0
button                  8864  0
acpi_sbs               24600  0
battery                12296  1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec             7040  1 acpi_sbs
ac                      7176  1 acpi_sbs
sg                     43696  0
sd_mod                 21504  0
dm_mod                 63176  1
md_mod                 76792  0
parport_pc             40816  0
lp                     15040  0
parport                44172  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
ipv6                  300416  10
joydev                 13184  0
tsdev                  10240  0
snd_hda_intel          22176  1
snd_hda_codec         175560  1 snd_hda_intel
r818x                  97808  0
ieee80211_rtl          90384  1 r818x
snd_pcm_oss            48416  0
snd_mixer_oss          20480  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm               103560  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
psmouse                40324  0
pcspkr                  3592  0
snd_timer              29064  1 snd_pcm
serio_raw               9732  0
usb_storage            82112  0
nvidia               5433176  0
i2c_core               26624  2 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia
snd                    70880  8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              13216  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         13968  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp                 51360  0
pci_hotplug            33168  1 shpchp
af_packet              28172  4
evdev                  14464  1
ext3                  145936  1
jbd                    70952  1 ext3
ide_generic             2816  0
ehci_hcd               36232  0
ohci_hcd               23684  0
usbcore               147004  4 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
forcedeth              34444  0
ide_cd                 35744  0
cdrom                  41144  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               19456  3
generic                 7300  0
amd74xx                17072  0 [permanent]
sata_nv                12548  0
libata                 85536  1 sata_nv
scsi_mod              160504  4 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
thermal                16524  0
processor              29736  2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan                     6408  0
capability              7176  0
commoncap               9728  1 capability
vga16fb                15120  1
cfbcopyarea             5120  1 vga16fb
vgastate               10368  1 vga16fb
cfbimgblt               4224  1 vga16fb
cfbfillrect             5760  1 vga16fb
fbcon                  43136  72
tileblit                4096  1 fbcon
font                    9984  1 fbcon
bitblit                 7424  1 fbcon
softcursor              3712  1 bitblit
Code:
$ sudo lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [44] #08 [01e0]
        Capabilities: [e0] #08 [a800]

0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [44] #00 [00fe]
        Capabilities: [fc] #00 [0000]

0000:00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
        Memory behind bridge: fa100000-fa8fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000bdf00000-00000000bfe00000
        Capabilities: [40] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
        Capabilities: [60] #08 [a800]
        Capabilities: [80] #10 [0141]

0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 217
        Memory at b2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at b1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [44] #08 [01e9]
        Capabilities: [e0] #08 [a801]

0000:00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

0000:00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 3040 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at b0040000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]

0000:00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
        Memory at b0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209
        Memory at b0005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [44] #0a [2098]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at 3080 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff
        Memory behind bridge: b3400000-b34fffff
        Capabilities: [b8] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [8c] #08 [a800]

0000:00:10.1 0403: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 225
        Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [6c] #08 [a802]

0000:00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 0317
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
        Memory at b0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at 3090 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [44] #00 [0000]

0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [80] #08 [2101]

0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
        Flags: fast devsel

0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Flags: fast devsel

0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [f0] #0f [0010]

0000:06:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8185 (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8185
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 6000 [size=256]
        Memory at b3400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Code:
$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.11.
Compiled on Aug 19 2006 for kernel 2.6.15-26-amd64-generic (SMP).
Yes, that is a manually compiled version. Still no luck

All sound channels (that I can find anyway) are enabled and turned to full volume.

I've tried playing sound files with Totem (vorbis files, so I know they should play correctly on a default install) and the player seems to think everything is working. The ONLY visible sign that sound isn't working is that "vumeter" NEVER displays any change of volume - is always shows nothing playing.

I've tried compiling a newer version of ALSA (1.0.11 Final) with no improvement. Any help is appreciated. If at all possible, I'd like to avoid using nVidia's proprietary drivers.
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Old October 16th, 2006   #2
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Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

Hi Gnuklear,

I had a similar problem and it got resolved with the Alsa driver version 1.0.13.

You can see more information about here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=979264 and here https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/al...ew.php?id=2412 (login as Guest).

I have noticed something really strange. When I start with the Live CD, the audio is properly configured and everything works perfectly (different volume controls for the different outputs/inputs and even front headphones works). But the installation does not configure the front headphones properly and a single PCM volume control is shown I compared the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and they are the same!

Good luck,
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Old October 28th, 2006   #3
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Unhappy Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

hi i'm new to ubuntu / linux and i have the exact same problem with the exact same laptop the gateway mx3414 but the only differance is that i have edgy eft and the sound card doesn't work at all i read the post above but i think edgy has the most current version of alsa so can anyone help please
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Old October 29th, 2006   #4
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Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

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Old November 4th, 2006   #5
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Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

i have the same sound card, but i am on an hpdv2000z w/ a amd turion 64 x2.

I tried to install ALSA from source but now when i load ubuntu the little "drum beat" in edgy just keeps repeating, and i can't load my gnome session.

I had it fixed (some how) earlier, but then progarms like xmms could not access my sound card... so it was odd.

then i tried reinstalling and i guess i did the same thing again, and i don't know what i did to fix this even.

how did you go about installing it?

thanks
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Old November 9th, 2006   #6
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Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

*throws another hat in the ring*

No sound here either. Clearly it's a growing problem. Anyone have any luck?
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Old November 28th, 2006   #7
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Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

Same problem here with Edgy. I've tried almost everything with alsa and figure at this point that it MUST be something with the alsa-drivers themselves. Everything is detected fine, there are volume controls and nothing is muted. I even get a little visual-sound thingy in totem... but no sound!

If anybody knows the solution to this problem please let us know, or at least point us in the right direction!
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Old November 28th, 2006   #8
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Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

Also it should be noted that we have HDA NVidia cards, not the HDA Intel ones that you see solutions or semi-solutions to with google. This is actually the first thread I've seen that specifically names the card I have and the problem I'm having, so hopefully we can narrow it down and fix it in this.

Also, in response to Gnuklear's comment, my "vumeter" shows "change" in volume even though I hear nothing.
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Old December 4th, 2006   #9
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Re: No Sound - hda-intel nVidia MCP51 rev a2

Same problem here... sometimes.
Sometimes sound is working through the speakers, and sometimes through the headphone output !

And searching in google shows there are MANY people having these problem !
I hope it will be fix for feisty...
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Old December 31st, 2006   #10
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I had exactly same problem with my HDA nVidia audio. I was able to fix it by running alsamixer from console and by turning all volume settings to maximum and switching mute off (using "m" key).
Later I found out that "Surround" is what actually was responsible for my laptop speakers sound.
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