ATTENTION HP dvX laptop owners with speaker sound issues ...

[nallen00]

Hello everyone. Long time stalker, first time poster.

Firstly, big thanks to jstalnak for putting in the initial footwork on this issue. Following his instructions, I ran into the same errors outlined earlier by Binary Bandit, and since he never actually describes what the "patch" is or where to find it, I did a little searching on my own and ended up with the following solution:

• Open the terminal and run the following command (this will fix the "patch" issue described by Binary Bandit):

#> sudo apt-get install build-essential

• Locate the latest alsa snapshot HERE (file should end with *.tar.gz);
• Download the archive;
  
  • Right-click the archive and select "Extract Here" (this will create a folder named "alsa-driver" or "alsa-driver-unstable" depending on the version you downloaded)...
  • Right-click this folder and select "Open in Terminal" (if you don't see this option, install "nautilus-open-terminal" from the Synaptic Package Manager)...
  
  
• In the terminal, simply follow the commands outlined by jstalnak (replacing "vim" with "gedit" as highlighted):

#> ./configure --enable-dynamic-minors
#> make
#> sudo make install-modules
#> sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
[add 'options snd_hda_intel model=hp-dv5' sans quotes to the bottom of the file, even if you have a dv4, etc.]
#> sudo reboot

Sound is now working 100% on my dv5-1235dx using the 17-May-2009 unstable snapshot, internal mic included. I tried dep01's solution, but had to crank the volume to hear anything, and was still missing system sounds. I appreciate his help, but this didn't seem to actually fix the problem, and it only takes a couple minutes longer to perform a proper driver install.

Thanks again everyone. Hope this helps...

[DNAtsol1]

thanks nallen00 & jstalnak!

I had the same compiling problem noted by MRPAPERSHEAD. This solution worked for me on a HP dv5. I now can get on with completing my exit from VISTA!

Thanks everyone on the boards and the ALSA dev team for keeping on this issue.

[MrPapersHead]

Thank you so much everyone for all of your help and advice. I have sound again =). Now to deal with the battery not displaying.

[uhappo]

Thank you so much everyone for all of your help and advice. I have sound again =). Now to deal with the battery not displaying.

So what did you do? ALSA upgrade, or just adding proper lines to conf?

[MrPapersHead]

So what did you do? ALSA upgrade, or just adding proper lines to conf?

Actually wiped the drive completely and reinstalled 8.10. Sounds card was once again recognized, but not on and working. Appended the lines to the conf file and got sound....but it sounded really grainy, almost midi quality.

Updated to 9.04 and then did the ALSA upgrade using the code string nallen00 listed. No errors appeared, and sounds is great now. =).

Probably an over-dramatic reaction to get it to work, but I needed a small amount of drive space for Vista so HP tech would actually help me with the battery issue.

[tigars]

Nothing of the previous worked for me but I found the solution through this: http://www.box.net/shared/454ic17as0 to see far http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1013750.html.

There is still one problem, my headphones don't work so I have to activate them. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/363870.

I have HP DV6 1124, AMD Athlon X2 64 with Jaunty.

[ricardog7]

Hello everyone. Long time stalker, first time poster.

Firstly, big thanks to jstalnak for putting in the initial footwork on this issue. Following his instructions, I ran into the same errors outlined earlier by Binary Bandit, and since he never actually describes what the "patch" is or where to find it, I did a little searching on my own and ended up with the following solution:

• Open the terminal and run the following command (this will fix the "patch" issue described by Binary Bandit):

#> sudo apt-get install build-essential

• Locate the latest alsa snapshot HERE (file should end with *.tar.gz);
• Download the archive;
  
  • Right-click the archive and select "Extract Here" (this will create a folder named "alsa-driver" or "alsa-driver-unstable" depending on the version you downloaded)...
  • Right-click this folder and select "Open in Terminal" (if you don't see this option, install "nautilus-open-terminal" from the Synaptic Package Manager)...
  
  
• In the terminal, simply follow the commands outlined by jstalnak (replacing "vim" with "gedit" as highlighted):

#> ./configure --enable-dynamic-minors
#> make
#> sudo make install-modules
#> sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
[add 'options snd_hda_intel model=hp-dv5' sans quotes to the bottom of the file, even if you have a dv4, etc.]
#> sudo reboot

Sound is now working 100% on my dv5-1235dx using the 17-May-2009 unstable snapshot, internal mic included. I tried dep01's solution, but had to crank the volume to hear anything, and was still missing system sounds. I appreciate his help, but this didn't seem to actually fix the problem, and it only takes a couple minutes longer to perform a proper driver install.

Thanks again everyone. Hope this helps...

Hi guys

I'm new in ubuntu. I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 in a HP DV5-1235dx laptop.

When I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop my sound didnt work so I fixed it adding this lines to my alsa-base file.

options snd-pcsp index=-2
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=hp-m4
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

This fixed my sound problem but my microphone still didn't work. Recently I was looking for a solution to the mic issue and tried the solution above. The result: NO mic and... NO SOUND .

When I go into System -> Preferences -> Sound... Default Mixer Tracks Section I got "Playback: Null Outuput (Pulse Audio Mixer)".

The alsa snapshot that I used to fix the problem was this, then repeated the process using the 17-May-2009 unstable snapshot as mentioned above but the problem persists.

So, now I dont care about the mic issue, I just want to get my audio back LOL. Is there any way to rollback the process I did and get my original driver? or what can I do to get my audio back?? I just dont want to re-install ubuntu again.

Any suggestions???

Thank you very much.

[nallen00]

I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 in a HP DV5-1235dx laptop...

The steps outlined in my previous post should work, but I'm guessing that you already have at least one conflicting "solution" in place. Sooo...let's try starting with a clean slate:

• Open the Synaptic Package Manager, select "Multimedia" in the left pane, and mark "alsa-base" for complete removal. Apply and reboot;
• Open a terminal and run the following command (this will replace the above package, and related packages, with their defaults):

  #> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

• Reboot and try again.

Hope this helps. Tried it myself for giggles, and again, sound is working flawlessly

[ertayone]

Hey guys,

Today after restarting my computer I did the usual fix and this happened:

~/hda-verb-0.3$ sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x0f SET_CONNECT_SEL 1
open: No such file or directory

I checked my /dev/snd/ directory and sure enough, there aren't any hw files. Should I reinstall ALSA or something?

[schievelbein]

Thanks to everyone working on this issue.
I have a DV7-2043.
I have followed the instructions listed here and have the sound working..SORTA.
When I play a file, the music is coming out of what sounds like the bade speaker on the bottom and not the main speakers. Everything sounds real muffled and I have to have everything in the ALSAmixer cranked up to maximum to even hear anything. Additionally, it sounds like everything is echoing. Any suggestions?

Hello everyone. Long time stalker, first time poster.

Firstly, big thanks to jstalnak for putting in the initial footwork on this issue. Following his instructions, I ran into the same errors outlined earlier by Binary Bandit, and since he never actually describes what the "patch" is or where to find it, I did a little searching on my own and ended up with the following solution:

• Open the terminal and run the following command (this will fix the "patch" issue described by Binary Bandit):

#> sudo apt-get install build-essential

• Locate the latest alsa snapshot HERE (file should end with *.tar.gz);
• Download the archive;
  
  • Right-click the archive and select "Extract Here" (this will create a folder named "alsa-driver" or "alsa-driver-unstable" depending on the version you downloaded)...
  • Right-click this folder and select "Open in Terminal" (if you don't see this option, install "nautilus-open-terminal" from the Synaptic Package Manager)...
  
  
• In the terminal, simply follow the commands outlined by jstalnak (replacing "vim" with "gedit" as highlighted):

#> ./configure --enable-dynamic-minors
#> make
#> sudo make install-modules
#> sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
[add 'options snd_hda_intel model=hp-dv5' sans quotes to the bottom of the file, even if you have a dv4, etc.]
#> sudo reboot

Sound is now working 100% on my dv5-1235dx using the 17-May-2009 unstable snapshot, internal mic included. I tried dep01's solution, but had to crank the volume to hear anything, and was still missing system sounds. I appreciate his help, but this didn't seem to actually fix the problem, and it only takes a couple minutes longer to perform a proper driver install.

Thanks again everyone. Hope this helps...