Comprehensive Sound Problem Solutions Guide

[Rey Templario]

Somebody help please


I have 5 days without sound and this is my thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1841619

Thanks

[FerroPower]

Hi Folks,
I got "IDT 92HD71B7X" sound chip in my Dell 1545 laptop. After all hardworks I got the sound working properly, but when I compare the output quality it just sounded worse quality compare to the sound output from Windows 7.
I got dual boot machine whenever I wish to listen or play any media I have to boot into windows so that I can enjoy the sound.

And I have configured the sound drivers perfectly Alsa detects everything perfect but Alas the sound is NO match compare to the sound output in Windows 7.

Maybe Alsa needs to works more for HDA Intel sound cards eventhough the card is basic it sounds awesome in windows.

[2handband]

I have an m-audio delta 44 and while the outs are working fine, I can't get sound into it. Can someone please advise?

[navin_west]

Thanks a lot mate!!! Really helpful guide!!! cheers mate!!!

[Gaddy]

I followed the guide to the T but got stuck here.
I get this on doing sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel

rishi@rishi-XPS-L501X:/etc$ sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel
[sudo] password for rishi:
FATAL: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/kernel/sound/acore/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd
WARNING: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hwdep (/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/kernel/sound/acore/snd-hwdep.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hda_codec (/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

I'm a complete linux Newbie and have no idea what this means. Please help.

[happyoctober]

trying to get sound card hda-intel working on dell t3500 using unbuntu 11.10
got this error after step 6
sudo ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) --with-cards=hda-intel
make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/include'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/include'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/acore'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic/arch/x86/include -O2 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -fno-reorder-blocks -fno-strength-reduce -finline-limit=2000 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -D__SMP__ -DCONFIG_SMP -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic/include/linux/modversions.h -DKBUILD_BASENAME=memory_wrapper -c -o memory_wrapper.o memory_wrapper.c
cc1: fatal error: /usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic/include/linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [memory_wrapper.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/acore'
make: *** [compile] Error 1
root@jim-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver#

HELP!!

[cmptrwhz]

I have tried everything listed here and my sound isn't working for my speakers, but i can use headphones. I have a hp mini 1035nr. any ideas?

[lkjoel]

Try this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...ngc5SFLMI/edit

[alienlog]

Anyone could help me on my sound problem ?
I have listed all information in this post including screenshots : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...5#post11438495

It's been over a week since the sound stopped working and I've already try everything I found on these forums.
Thank you

[snowdogging]

I can not get audio over HDMI to work. Speakers or headphones work great. After 16 hours of futile research, here I am.

I have an I3-2105 on an ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT board and a hauppage capture card. Running 11.10 with kernel 3.1 (the default kernel got no HDMI sound either)

Other than and updated kernel I have changed the xorg.conf to provide a custom resolution to a Vizio VW32L tv.

Nothing is muted in aslamixer. I noticed that the Monitor Identifier in xorg.conf is HDMI3 and xrandr shows that HDMI device connected. But, the audio devices are HDMI0 AND HDMI1. Where is the one for the physical HDMI3 connection? I guess my main question is how can I map the audio HDMI outs to montior HDMI outs and am i missing an audio device?

CODE FOLLOWS:

aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

lspci -v

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8892
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 52
        Memory at fbd00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

xorg.conf

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Device0"
  Driver      "intel"
  VendorName  "INTEL Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier  "Screen0"
  Device      "Device0"
  Monitor     "HDMI3"
  DefaultDepth  24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth       24
    Modes     "1368x768@60p"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier  "HDMI3"
  HorizSync   14.0 - 70.0
  VertRefresh 24.0 - 62.0
  Option      "DPMS" "true"
  ModeLine    "1368x768@60p"      85.900 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  # fixes tearing
  Option      "Composite"           "Disable"
EndSection

xrandr

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1368 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI3 connected 1368x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 700mm x 390mm
   1368x768@60p   60.0*+
   1280x720       59.9 +   50.0
   1024x768       60.0
   800x600        60.3     56.2
   640x480        60.0
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)