Realtek ALC883 Sound Card not working

[vikrang]

I am not able to get any sound when I try the Live CD of Ubuntu or any Linux distro for that matter...My Desktop speakers work only with WIN ..... Is there any driver which has to be downloaded ?

Pl assist !

[TBABill]

http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentat...dio-Models.txt

ALC882/883/885/888/889
======================
3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
arima Arima W820Di1
targa Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8
asus-a7j ASUS A7J
asus-a7m ASUS A7M
macpro MacPro support
mb5 Macbook 5,1
macmini3 Macmini 3,1
mba21 Macbook Air 2,1
mbp3 Macbook Pro rev3
imac24 iMac 24'' with jack detection
imac91 iMac 9,1
w2jc ASUS W2JC
3stack-2ch-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O (ALC883)
alc883-6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O (ALC883)
3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810
acer-aspire-4930g Acer Aspire 4930G
acer-aspire-6530g Acer Aspire 6530G
acer-aspire-7730g Acer Aspire 7730G
acer-aspire-8930g Acer Aspire 8930G
medion Medion Laptops
targa-dig Targa/MSI
targa-2ch-dig Targa/MSI with 2-channel
targa-8ch-dig Targa/MSI with 8-channel (MSI GX620)
laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E
lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763
lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
lenovo-sky Lenovo Sky
haier-w66 Haier W66
3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
6stack-dell Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
mitac Mitac 8252D
clevo-m540r Clevo M540R (6ch + digital)
clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series
fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
fujitsu-xa3530 Fujitsu AMILO XA3530
3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
intel-alc889a Intel IbexPeak with ALC889A
intel-x58 Intel DX58 with ALC889
asus-p5q ASUS P5Q-EM boards
mb31 MacBook 3,1
sony-vaio-tt Sony VAIO TT
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

Without knowing anything about your machine, this will be very generic. The info above that I quoted is from that link. It is a list of different options for your ALC883 chipset. What you can do is find something in that list closest to your machine and try the following:

1. Open /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf by doing

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

2. Add this line to the end of the list and place # in front of the current last line of that file (so it will be ignored)

options snd-hda-intel model=xxxxxx

3. I used "xxxxxx" because that is what you will replace in that line with each attempt from the quoted info above. For example, if you had an Acer you could start your first try with "options snd-hda-intel model=acer" and try different ones until you get the one that works.

4. Each time you try one, save the file and restart. If it works, great, if not, move to the next closest. Try them all even if your brand is different than the one listed.

Good luck!

[vikrang]

OMG !!! That involves quite some work!

Actually the Realtek ALC883 came onboard with GIGABYTE Mother Board -- Intel Dual Core 2.5 Mhz ..(Socket 775 I -guess not sure)

Can I eliminate the branded ones listed above since mine is an assembled PC?

[TBABill]

It's not terribly difficult, but yes it takes some time for sure. You could eliminate whatever you want, but you could also find that one that is =dell, for example, may work for yours even though it is not branded. There is also the "auto" option at the end of the list and it's pretty much just trial and error. Sorry I can't give more specific info, but each machine is different and the possibilities are any on that list.

[lidex]

Use the alsa-info-script to provide detailed information.
Run this command in a terminal:

wget http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh -O alsa-info.sh && bash alsa-info.sh

Choose the upload option and provide a link for the output.
[Terminal="Applications->Accessories->Terminal"]

[vikrang]

Thanks ...I am still sort of struggling with this driver...lidex I will also post the result of the command u have given...Meanwhile if the results below would be of any help in sorting out the problem , pl do let me know

lspci -v | grep -i audio

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)



cat /dev/sndstat

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
HDA Intel at 0xe1280000 irq 16

Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
31: system timer

Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

tail /var/log/messages

Apr 21 08:58:42 localhost kernel: [ 2241.532203] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input10
Apr 21 08:59:15 localhost kernel: [ 2275.264712] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
Apr 21 08:59:16 localhost kernel: [ 2275.433817] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Apr 21 08:59:16 localhost kernel: [ 2275.501917] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input11
Apr 21 09:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 2327.028708] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
Apr 21 09:00:36 localhost kernel: [ 2355.797634] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Apr 21 09:00:36 localhost kernel: [ 2355.860200] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input12
Apr 21 09:02:04 localhost kernel: [ 2444.269148] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
Apr 21 09:02:48 localhost kernel: [ 2487.500728] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Apr 21 09:02:48 localhost kernel: [ 2487.564200] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input1

[mastablasta]

the card seems to be recognise, but i am not sure why it is disabled. alsda info script should say more on what is happening.

not sure if you know but to run commands you can copy & paste them into the terminal.

[vikrang]

Lidex , Here you go , this is the output I got

root@ubuntu:~# wget http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh -O alsa-info.sh && bash alsa-info.sh
--14:50:02-- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
=> `alsa-info.sh'
Resolving www.alsa-project.org... 77.48.224.243
Connecting to www.alsa-project.org|77.48.224.243|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-...s/alsa-info.sh [following]
--14:50:03-- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-...s/alsa-info.sh
=> `alsa-info.sh'
Resolving git.alsa-project.org... 77.48.224.243
Reusing existing connection to www.alsa-project.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]

[ <=> ] 27,247 27.16K/s

14:50:07 (27.13 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [27247]

ALSA Information Script v 0.4.60
--------------------------------

This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic
information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware.

dmesg
lspci
lsmod
aplay
amixer
alsactl
/proc/asound/
/sys/class/sound/
~/.asoundrc (etc.)

See 'alsa-info.sh --help' for command line options.

Automatically upload ALSA information to www.alsa-project.org? [y/N] : y
Uploading information to www.alsa-project.org ... Done!

Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0f...19b54dbcb60bb1

Please inform the person helping you.

[Yellow Pasque]

You're running an old version of Ubuntu (8.04) that's about to go EOL. What version was on the LiveCD you tried?

[lidex]

I'd advise backing up your data and wiping your old install. Next install lucid or maverick and if no audio then the likely entry in alsa-base.conf:

options snd-hda-intel model=clevo-m540r