[ubuntu] Fresh Install Intrepid, no sound (Azalia)

[ubernatural]

Hi, I just installed Intrepid 64-bit, and I'm getting no sound I've spent a couple hours hunting around with no luck... I did try a few different things (like getting the latest alsa and building it), but that messed up my system a bit so I just reinstalled fresh so it'll be easier to get assistance...

output of aplay -l:
aplay: device_list:215: no soundcards found...

output (part) of lspci -v:
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8249
Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at fe020000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

There was no output from sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel.

All of these steps are taken from the Sound Troubleshooting guide. I really have no idea what's going on, or what exactly these things are telling me. All I know is that I've got no sound... Can anyone help?

Thanks a bunch.

[Temüjin]

How did you build the latest ALSA? Did you use this script? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=962695

Also, you can try OSS4, which I know has been reported successful for at least a few onboard ATI Azalia users. I can also personally vouch for it on my Biostar 780G board, though I haven't tried it with digital out or surround (I have a discrete sound card).

[xigen]

Well, I had plenty of troubles getting audio to work myself.

Here is what worked for me... AMD64, Delta 66 (m-audio) card:

1) install alsa-utilities, there is a GTK asoundconf utility ( system -> preferences --> choose sound card) which lets you choose sound cards.
* This let me choose the delta66 as opposed to the sound output from my motherboard.

2) if that does not work, go in with a terminal and change the order of sound card probing/config
* see ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683 .. the "Configuring default soundcards / stopping multiple soundcards from switching" section (it is a way down the page)

3) disable Pulseaudio.

... killall pulseaudio
* my (system -> preferences -> sound) worked when I killed pulseaudio.

... sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio

... then... in terminal,
type "sudo Nautilus".

Then browse in Nautilus and move the file "/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio" to trash. ... I had trouble logging in when my system had this file.

hope that helps -- Rock on!

[ubernatural]

Temüjin - I hadn't tried that script earlier. I tried it out but there was no change.

xigen - thanks for the suggestions. I only have one sound card (onboard) in the box. I tried disabling / removing pulseaudio in case that did something, but sadly it didn't change things either

I went through the OSS4 HowTo just now, also with no change. It keeps looking like the hardware is *recognized*, just not *installed*. I'll post my OSS4 troubleshooting info here in case it's something easy that I've overlooked. Let me know if I should re-post this information on the OpenSound forums instead.

john@aaron:~$ uname -a
Linux aaron 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 04:12:22 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
john@aaron:~$ ossmix
Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio 0x00000001
Known controls are:


john@aaron:~$ ossinfo -v3
Version info: OSS 4.1 (b rc2/200811041156) (0x00040090) GPL
Platform: Linux/x86_64 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 04:12:22 UTC 2008 (aaron)

Number of audio devices:	0
Number of audio engines:	0
Number of mixer devices:	1


Device objects
 0: osscore0 OSS core services
 1: oss_hdaudio0 ATI HD Audio interrupts=4217 (4217)
    HD Audio controller ATI HD Audio
    Vendor ID    0x10024383
    Subvendor ID 0x10438249
     Codec  0: Unknown (0x00000001/0x00002f80)
 2: oss_usb0 USB audio core services


Mixer devices
 0: High Definition Audio 0x0000000 (Mixer 0 of device object 1)
    Device file /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/mix0, Legacy device /dev/mixer0
    Priority: 10
    Caps: 
    Device handle: PCI82491043-0000:00:14.2-mx01
    Device priority: 10


Audio devices

Thanks for all the assistance.

[ubernatural]

Incidentally, I just checked and confirmed that my user is a member of the audio group (from other posts about people with no soundcards found).

[ubernatural]

I just decided to add this to launchpad as a bug since it's an issue with a fresh install as well as the live CD.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/294189

[toddedw]

Just for the record my SBx00 Azalia was working fine before I upgraded to 8.10. Fooey on me for upgrading.