Comprehensive Sound Problem Solutions Guide

[mikael_b]

Still no success

My modelnr is: HP dv6389eu

Ok, so I tried to start my computer with the Live CD Ubuntu Hardy... and the sound works!

My question now is if I have to install Hardy and have an unstable Ubuntu version or is it possible to figure out how Hardy made the sound work and apply it to my Gusty installation?

[dezine]

THANK YOU!!!!


This step worked for me,

Getting the ALSA drivers from a *fresh* kernel

[darkazurka]

I tried the steps with installing alsa-base , alsa-utils etc, rebooting, and since it didn't work I blamed ubuntu, and thought about booting in Windows, because if it doesn't support sound than it's like the 'old linux days' when you had to work lots just for the sound to work, and then I find out it's my speaker which has connection problems, and now I blame myself. (which is not a good thing)

[Paingiver]

Still no success

My modelnr is: HP dv6389eu

Ok, so I tried to start my computer with the Live CD Ubuntu Hardy... and the sound works!

My question now is if I have to install Hardy and have an unstable Ubuntu version or is it possible to figure out how Hardy made the sound work and apply it to my Gusty installation?

Whats your chipset?
Look to the alsa website.If it supported then you will sooner and later get it work.

[dwightyorke]

The sound on my laptop was fine until i updated from alsa version 1.0.15 to 1.0.16. Now only my left speaker produces sound while the other one just hisses (both onboard and external from the mic jack). OSS seems to work well though. I have tried all the tips on the first page but the problem persists. Is there anyone who has had this problem or knows what i should do?
Thanks

[bixejo]

Please, help.

alsa 1.0.14 was the last driver that worked for me (more or less, no headphones sound nor speakers mute when plugging headphones jack). Trying to solve this, and after trying more than one dozen of non-solutions I found across these forums and all over the Internet, I upgraded to 1.0.16. Result: no sound at all.

Now I'm trying to revert to 1.0.14 but it's impossible. I reinstalled all the stuff suggested in LordRaiden's post but any time I try to load snd-hda-intel I get the following:

FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg output related to snd-hda-intel follows (just a few, are a lot):

[ 279.954931] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_add
[ 279.954940] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add
[ 279.955014] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_new
[ 279.955018] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_new

And similar errors related to modules snd_rawmidi, snd_seq_midi, and snd_seq_dummy.

Other modules that look to load correctly:

$ lsmdo | grep snd
snd_pcm_oss 47776 0
snd_mixer_oss 20352 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 92296 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 13584 1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_oss 39040 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10240 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 63744 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28168 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 10772 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd 71240 7 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 10272 1 snd

My sound card/audio devices, as reported by lspci -v:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff00
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at f8300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device aa08
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device aa08
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at c7eec000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

Seems that 8281H (ICH8 family) is not listed in http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/, but alsa 1.0.14 at least managed to make sound through speakers, which I find now a dream!

Isn't there any chance to revert this driver upgrade but making a complete Gutsy reinstall? Please, help. My feeling is that any time I try to take one step forward in fixing things in my installation I actually take five steps backwards. This is my fourth attempt to giving up with Windows in five years.

Thank you in advance,

[randydueck@mts.net]

Nice try, but the only way to solve all linux sound problems is to

a) be an experienced linux user and understand the plethora of shawdy, incohesive sound architectures that characterize ALL current Linux distros
OR
b) scour the internet forums for days on end trying various promising solutions, and most likely end up waiting and waiting for a reply to your desperate post about "I'm the only one with this problem"

In fact, I'm beginning to believe these are the options for getting almost anything done in Linux.
Neither of these options really appeals to me when my guitar is plugged in beside me and waiting.

[jebasan]

Ok,

I'm having problem with my sound card (intel) in my pavilion 6629ca.
here is my codes and what i've done:

when i entered the code:

aplay -l

here what i got:

luiz@jebasan666:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

then i entered:

lspci -v

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30cc
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at f8600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

When i use the code:

luiz@jebasan666:~$ sudo modprobe snd-intel82801H

I got
FATAL: Module snd_intel82801H not found.

after this Failure i did:

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

and i got:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting alsa-base instead of alsa
E: Couldn't find package utils

then..:

sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

i got:

luiz@jebasan666:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-sound-base is already the newest version.
alsa-base is already the newest version.
alsa-utils is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

after compilatio (no error message)

1- i got dashes all over my screen,
2- i got this error:
luiz@jebasan666:/usr/src$ sudo ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname --r) --with-card=intel82801H
sudo: ./configure: command not found

and that's what i have in those dir:
luiz@jebasan666:/usr/src$ ls linux-headers-2.6.22-14
arch Documentation include Kbuild Makefile scripts usr
block drivers init kernel mm security
crypto fs ipc lib net sound
luiz@jebasan666:/usr/src$ ls linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic/
arch Documentation include Kbuild Makefile net sound
block drivers init kernel mm scripts usr
crypto fs ipc lib Module.symvers security

I need help

Thanks in advance!

[DXM31]

I had sound then it went away
So I came here
This is my sound card
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at d0440000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
I tried the intel hda driver everything looked good until
dale@dale-laptop:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:204: no soundcards found...

When I hit the speaker icon on the tool bar I get

The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu.

On the live cd the sound works. When I loaded Ubuntu it worked(using surround volume)
any suggestions.
Thanks

[erginemr]

I had sound then it went away
So I came here
This is my sound card
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at d0440000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
I tried the intel hda driver everything looked good until
dale@dale-laptop:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:204: no soundcards found...

When I hit the speaker icon on the tool bar I get

The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu.

On the live cd the sound works. When I loaded Ubuntu it worked(using surround volume)
any suggestions.
Thanks

Please try this:
http://linuxtechie.wordpress.com/200...work-in-gutsy/