ubuntu 12.04 sound problem

[HarounChildericEggeberth]

Thanks for your work adityeah! This edit solved a similar problem I had with audio choppiness coming from a built-in Intel soundcard.

@mattgeb84: to edit the alsa-base.conf file, go to Terminal and type:

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

This opens an editor that will let you edit the file (even though it is read-only). Add the line to the very end of the file and save your changes. I had to restart my computer for the edit to take effect. Remember to undo the change if it fails or has no effect!

[Erdnalex]

I had the same problem and this fixed it for me, thanks !

[rooski15]

Fixed my sound! Thank you!
However, and on a totally unrelated note, my sound in virtualbox still has the same problem that my entire system had before the fix. Hmm.

[mechsin]

Solved!

Here's what I did:

added this line at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:

options snd-hda-intel model=generic

That was all. I think I had tried it earlier too but somehow it was not working. Maybe I had tried too much.

But I think the problem was indeed that it was trying to use the ALC888 as ALC662 and that was not happening.

Thanks for the responses. Now I can stick to Ubuntu and try to get friendly with Unity

I second this solution although my problem was not as sever as having no sound. My music would just skip/stutter at random intervals. I added the line to the alas-base.conf rebooted and everything seems to work fine now. At least after 30 minutes of testing.
I have a Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard.

[era506]

Solved!

Here's what I did:

added this line at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:

options snd-hda-intel model=generic

That was all. I think I had tried it earlier too but somehow it was not working. Maybe I had tried too much.

But I think the problem was indeed that it was trying to use the ALC888 as ALC662 and that was not happening.

Thanks for the responses. Now I can stick to Ubuntu and try to get friendly with Unity

THANK YOU! This was driving me crazy! Sound doesn't skip now and I didn't even have to reboot! Just edit the file and play something

P.D. I have an Intel DZ77GA-70K motherboard, I know the sound is Realtek but no idea which model Anyway, it works now

[DareBear666]

Hi Adityeah,

Thanks so much! +1

This had been bothering me for 3 months or so and I had not sat down to resolve it seriously. Today I got ready to invest some time on it but this fix worked right away. Again, thanks!

Solved!

Here's what I did:

added this line at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:

options snd-hda-intel model=generic

That was all. I think I had tried it earlier too but somehow it was not working. Maybe I had tried too much.

But I think the problem was indeed that it was trying to use the ALC888 as ALC662 and that was not happening.

Thanks for the responses. Now I can stick to Ubuntu and try to get friendly with Unity

[anto27373]

thanks, adding that line fixed my infrequent stuttering sound problem as well !!

[era506]

THANK YOU! This was driving me crazy! Sound doesn't skip now and I didn't even have to reboot! Just edit the file and play something

P.D. I have an Intel DZ77GA-70K motherboard, I know the sound is Realtek but no idea which model Anyway, it works now

Well this worked until I tried my headphones and I got sound on both, headphones and speakers...
I remembered that I saw an update a while ago that said something about Intel HDA sound so I removed that line from /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and so far sound doesn't skip and plugging in my headphones "mutes" the speakers as expected

EDIT: it seems I jumped into conclusions too quickly... I'm still getting skipped sound from time to time... I'll guess I'll just turn the speakers off while my headphones are plugged in then...

[pmansfield]

Adding that line worked for me as well, thanks!

[Routhinator]

I'm adding myself to the list that this has fixed issues for.

I want to add a few points about this.

- This did not affect me until an update came down about a month ago. I have never had sound problems with any previous Ubuntu version.

- Reinstalling 12.04 off the CD and refusing updates fixes the issue, however the issue returns as soon as updates are done.

- This issue is related to video skipping and flash video problems that have been popping up in the forums, on AskUbuntu, and around the internet. I have been trying to fix this issue for weeks, and went down flash troubleshooting paths and the like, with no success.

- Removing PulseAudio in favour of ALSA also fixed the issue for me, however this was not a 'preffered' solution in my eyes as it is a system change and not a true fix. This does seem to indicated that although the fix is to change an ALSA setting, the problem actually seems to lie with a misunderstanding between ALSA and Pulse, as ALSA works just fine without Pulse involved in the equation.