ALSA Upgrade Script

**bhanegraaf** · January 16th, 2010

I installed ubuntu 8.10 on a medion notebook md96218.
No sound on internal speakers and jack (not muted). However, I had sound on my logitech usb-headset.
My conclusion: a driver problem for my internal sound processor (which is a hda-intel with sigmatel codec) Am I right?
To be sure I ran your update-script and restarted my notebook. Alsa is succesfully upgraded, but still no sond on internal speakers and jack (not muted).
So you're update script is working, but was not a solution for my problem unfortunately so I'm going to try to find another solution. (kubuntu 9.04 didn't work either for me)
Best regards, Bart

**xCAFEBABE** · January 17th, 2010

Hi there,

First: great job with this script, you have made many people happy.

Second: I was able to successfully run the script following your instructions.

Third: , I have gone from not listen anything through HDMI to listen audio as what happens with scratched Audio CD's. When I run 'aplay' after installation of script, I think playback hangs .

I have searched over 60 pages of this thread but have not found similar issue.

Some recommendation???, i do not know what to do ...

This is part of the log when i run alsa-info.sh

Code:

!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"


!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:      System manufacturer
Product Name:      System Product Name


!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release:    2.6.31-17-generic
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:      x86_64
Processor:         unknown
SMP Enabled:       Yes


!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version:     1.0.22.1
Library version:    1.0.22
Utilities version:  1.0.22


!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_intel

!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

No sound servers found.


!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

 0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe6f4000 irq 16
 1 [HDMI           ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
                      HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe8e8000 irq 28


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device 970f


!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's
!!--------------------------------------------------------

00:14.2 0403: 1002:4383
    Subsystem: 1043:836c
--
01:05.1 0403: 1002:970f
    Subsystem: 1043:83a2

......
.....
......

**rah** · January 17th, 2010

Hi soundcheck. I've got sound on my MacBook 6,1!

I tried uninstalling ALSA and installing OSS4 in its place but that didn't work, so I used your script again (using -d, -s, -c, -i). The install was successful -- I checked with

Code:

cat /proc/asound/version

and it confirmed I was using ALSA version 1.0.22, but the computer was still mute. (I don't think I even have PulseAudio at this point, but if I do it's still disabled from before.)

When I do

Code:

aplay -l

no devices are recognised, and when I do

Code:

alsamixer

it claims that "This sound device does not have any controls".

Then I found this site:

http://moosesoom.blogspot.com/2009/1...o-english.html

which suggested this as a fix:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-2.6.31-17-generic

and now sound is working!

Curiously, when I do

Code:

cat /proc/asound/version

it says I've got ALSA version 1.0.21. I don't really understand what's happened here, but I'm glad to listen to music again. Thanks to everyone that helped me out!

**xCAFEBABE** · January 17th, 2010

After reading about typical issues about sound and alsa driver i do the following and it works!!!... (maybe since the beginning I never had any problem, duh! )

1) Restore driver to 1.0.20
$ sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.22.1-2.sh -r

2) Check my card sound and device to set default in alsa driver
$ sudo aplay -l

Result

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: VT1708S Digital [VT1708S Digital]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI] <- I want this by default!!
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

2) Edit alsa.conf to change default card
$ sudo nano /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf

and Change this
defaults.ctl.card 0 -> defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 0 -> defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.pcm.device 1 -> defaults.pcm.device 3

3) Test sound
$ aplay <<a-sound-file.wav>>

And It works...!!!

My pc configuration

-> Asus M4A 785TD-M EVO
-> Mythubuntu 9.10

Anyway the script rocks!!

**Nick K** · January 17th, 2010

I need some help I am brand new to Linux, myself and windows had to break up it was not working out. I have a Sony vaio VGN-FZ240E. Everything works fine except for the headphones. I just cannot get audio out to work on the headphones. I have read this tread thoroughly and I am having a difficult time getting the ALSA upgrade to install in the terminal window. Would someone please break down, line by line the commands Barney style for me. Thank you for your time.

Nick

**kalhua** · January 18th, 2010

Hello and thanks for taking the time to write a script that even a novice like me can follow. I have just installed Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 and am having problems with the sound output. I carefully followed your guide and I still have no sound. I believe it is because the driver is not loading. When I look in sound preferences the is no listing with (alsa) in the description which I have seen on many of the post I have read. The problem is I dont know why. I have seen reference to pulse audio messing things up but I dont know how to determine that. My setup is a Acer Revo 3610, it is for the purpose of running XBMC. I have tried installing the live version of XBMC and following numerous guides/advice with no resolution to my problem. If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.

Update: I can hear audio in XBMC but can get pcm through hdmi also the audio is distorted when playing mp3's......

**Ichbinich** · January 18th, 2010

Thanks for your upgrade script, after some work I finally got the update to alsa 1.0.22...

But I still have a weird problem and I would really appreciate if you have a solution for this since searching for it did not help very much.
I have an Asus M4A78 Pro mainboard with VIA1708S onboard soundchip (analog 5.1 output). The sound works kind of, but as soon as I have multiple sources only one of them will work. For example, if I have amarok running, dragonplayer will not give any sound. If I am listening to sound on youtube, amarok wont work. The only thing that always works like charm is vlc. And I dont have any clue why that is.

Do you have any idea what I could do to make this work flawlessly?

Thanks in advance!

1. Name your Ubuntu revision
9.10
2. Kernel revision
2.6.31-17-generic 64bit
3. Alsa revision
1.0.22.1
4. Upgrade script revision
5. A bit of background what you've done resp. done before
I cant think of anything I havent tried yet. I installed, deinstalled pulseaudio, I tried different versions of alsa (newest snapshot included) etc...

**soundcheck** · January 19th, 2010

Originally Posted by Ichbinich

Thanks for your upgrade script, after some work I finally got the update to alsa 1.0.22...

But I still have a weird problem and I would really appreciate if you have a solution for this since searching for it did not help very much.
I have an Asus M4A78 Pro mainboard with VIA1708S onboard soundchip (analog 5.1 output). The sound works kind of, but as soon as I have multiple sources only one of them will work. For example, if I have amarok running, dragonplayer will not give any sound. If I am listening to sound on youtube, amarok wont work. The only thing that always works like charm is vlc. And I dont have any clue why that is.

Do you have any idea what I could do to make this work flawlessly?

Thanks in advance!

1. Name your Ubuntu revision
9.10
2. Kernel revision
2.6.31-17-generic 64bit
3. Alsa revision
1.0.22.1
4. Upgrade script revision
5. A bit of background what you've done resp. done before
I cant think of anything I havent tried yet. I installed, deinstalled pulseaudio, I tried different versions of alsa (newest snapshot included) etc...

Your question goes beyond the scope of this thread.
On the first glance this has nothing to do with the upgrade.

Perhaps you open up another thread.

**soundcheck** · January 19th, 2010

Originally Posted by kalhua

Hello and thanks for taking the time to write a script that even a novice like me can follow. I have just installed Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 and am having problems with the sound output. I carefully followed your guide and I still have no sound. I believe it is because the driver is not loading. When I look in sound preferences the is no listing with (alsa) in the description which I have seen on many of the post I have read. The problem is I dont know why. I have seen reference to pulse audio messing things up but I dont know how to determine that. My setup is a Acer Revo 3610, it is for the purpose of running XBMC. I have tried installing the live version of XBMC and following numerous guides/advice with no resolution to my problem. If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.

Update: I can hear audio in XBMC but can get pcm through hdmi also the audio is distorted when playing mp3's......

So - Alsa is working in general that is fine.

You are bringing up an interesting subject I need to look into. HDMI audio via graphic cards.

Can you please contribute an alsa-info.sh output! ( Instructions are in the first post of this thread)

**ratcheer** · January 19th, 2010

I just ran the 1.0.22.1 upgrade script and all steps ran with no apparent problems. However, my ALSA driver is now showing that it is version 1.0.21 (it was previously 1.0.20, so it is a step in the right direction. The other parts do show as version 1.0.22. Do I still need to fix something?

I am attaching the output of the alsa-info script.

Thanks for a great script. Yesterday, I had downloaded the latest ALSA from the ALSA Wiki, but as I got into reading the installation instructions, I became thoroughly lost. I could not have done it without your script.

Thank you,
Tim

PS - I can play media files with vlc, but I am no longer getting sound from YouTube (Flash) video

1. Name your Ubuntu revision - 9.10
2. Kernel revision - 2.6.31-17-generic
3. Alsa revision - mixed:
Driver version: 1.0.21
Library version: 1.0.22
Utilities version: 1.0.22
4. Upgrade script revision - 1.0.22.1
5. A bit of background what you've done resp. done before -
Everything was working well until I decided I just had to upgrade ALSA from 1.0.20 to 1.0.22.1. I have not changed anything since running the ALSA upgrade script. I am trying to wait for knowledgeable help.