No sound in any software.

mads-b · 2010-09-05 16:45:34

Good evening.

Half a month ago I discovered to my dismay that the laptop no longer was producing any sound. I've troubleshooted this entire week, and I think I'm ready to ask around on the forum. I've tried pretty much everything to my knowledge only to get disappointed afterwards.

I've reinstalled alsa, I've compiled the packages myself, I've checked logfiles (no errors), and the mixer reports that the card is active, working, and playing at the highest volume possible.

The computer in question is a laptop, and I've tested the speakers in win7, and they work like a charm.

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
nls_cp437               4525  1 
vfat                    8176  1 
fat                    42960  1 vfat
aes_i586                6892  1 
aes_generic            25846  1 aes_i586
ipv6                  239277  27 
coretemp                4665  0 
fuse                   54698  9 
nvidia              10070693  50 
snd_seq_oss            26128  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      4496  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42680  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4653  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            33758  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14910  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi    13547  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   198775  1 
arc4                    1070  2 
ecb                     1589  2 
snd_hda_intel          19436  7 
snd_hda_codec          70155  3 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
joydev                  7503  0 
snd_hwdep               4924  1 snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo               53488  0 
mmc_block               7634  2 
cpufreq_powersave        658  0 
snd_pcm                58880  5 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
iwlagn                244259  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        6971  0 
videodev               39124  1 uvcvideo
snd_timer              15583  4 snd_seq,snd_pcm
video                  15889  0 
acpi_cpufreq            5157  1 
freq_table              1999  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
iwlcore               104224  1 iwlagn
mperf                    979  1 acpi_cpufreq
iTCO_wdt                8677  0 
tg3                   115656  0 
sdhci_pci               5774  0 
sdhci                  14341  1 sdhci_pci
rtc_cmos                7746  0 
intel_agp              24087  0 
snd                    45172  22 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
mmc_core               47268  2 mmc_block,sdhci
psmouse                51529  0 
output                  1448  1 video
wmi                     5962  0 
i2c_i801                7426  0 
libphy                 14543  1 tg3
rtc_core               11831  1 rtc_cmos
agpgart                23520  2 nvidia,intel_agp
jmb38x_ms               6830  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1433  1 iTCO_wdt
led_class               1843  1 sdhci
v4l1_compat            13562  2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore               5025  1 snd
i2c_core               15599  3 nvidia,videodev,i2c_i801
rtc_lib                 1494  1 rtc_core
memstick                5278  1 jmb38x_ms
battery                 7879  0 
button                  3746  0 
thermal                 9786  0 
ac                      2329  0 
pcspkr                  1359  0 
serio_raw               3566  0 
sg                     20932  0 
processor              25126  3 acpi_cpufreq
evdev                   6820  15 
snd_page_alloc          5981  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mac80211              167958  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211              124335  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
rfkill                 12854  1 cfg80211
ext3                  110740  1 
jbd                    39247  1 ext3
mbcache                 4290  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               19251  0 
ehci_hcd               32860  0 
usbcore               121705  4 uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
sr_mod                 13313  0 
cdrom                  31410  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 26768  6 
ahci                   17813  0 
libahci                16174  6 ahci
libata                140707  2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod              105888  4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata

Lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)
06:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
06:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec

Codec: Realtek ALC888
Codec: LSI ID 1040
Codec: Nvidia MCP77/78 HDMI

I'm out of ideas. I can't recall changing anything either, the day the sound died..

kgas · 2010-09-05 18:25:52

have you tried to reconfigure with alsaconf? try with legacy drivers first.

codycarey · 2010-09-05 18:26:50

What is your speaker setup? Which soundcard are you trying to use? Have you tried changing the default sound device?

mads-b · 2010-09-05 19:35:37

No legacy cards found.

Alredy tried alsaconf three times, and it apparently completes perfectly, but still no change.

codycarey: "Speaker setup" is the laptop embedded speaker. All information about the hardware is pretty concisely specified in the first post.

I've not tried changing the default sound device, as the two choices is HDMI sound or the nVidia chip.

I've never touched these settings, and they worked perfectly out of the box when I installed arch a year ago, but alas, it has ceased working by itself.

codycarey · 2010-09-05 20:36:23

If you have 'aplay' installed I suggest using 'aplay -l' to list all of the available devices. Take the card and device numbers you want to use and plug them into 'aplay' with the -D option and attempt to play a sound file.

Card 0, device 0:
aplay -D hw:0,0 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

Card 1, device 0:
aplay -D hw:1,0 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

So on and so forth to check that your hardware is working. If it is then you can take that device and set it as your default in your .asoundrc.

mads-b · 2010-09-09 08:23:38

codycarey wrote:

If you have 'aplay' installed I suggest using 'aplay -l' to list all of the available devices. Take the card and device numbers you want to use and plug them into 'aplay' with
So on and so forth to check that your hardware is working. If it is then you can take that device and set it as your default in your .asoundrc.

No sound from either of my three channels. Didn't bother to check the HDMI-connector as I rarely use it..

[mads@blackBox ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[mads@blackBox ~]$ aplay -D hw:0,0 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
aplay: set_params:1059: Channels count non available
[mads@blackBox ~]$ aplay -D hw:0,1 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
aplay: set_params:1059: Channels count non available

Channels count non available?

mads-b · 2010-09-09 09:57:43

Nevermind. Problem solved by appending the following to modprobe.conf:

option snd-hda-intel model=auto

At last my two week struggle has come to an end.

archman-cro · 2010-09-09 12:18:28

Why not marking the thread as [Solved] then?

celilo · 2010-09-16 23:18:19

mads-b wrote:

Nevermind. Problem solved by appending the following to modprobe.conf:
option snd-hda-intel model=auto
At last my two week struggle has come to an end.

Thanks. I was having the same proble. I had to change my modprobe.conf as follows:

#options snd-hda-intel model=STAC9220/9221
option snd-hda-intel model=auto

It was no longer recognizing the specific card id.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-09-05 16:45:34

No sound in any software.

#2 2010-09-05 18:25:52

Re: No sound in any software.

#3 2010-09-05 18:26:50

Re: No sound in any software.

#4 2010-09-05 19:35:37

Re: No sound in any software.

#5 2010-09-05 20:36:23

Re: No sound in any software.

#6 2010-09-09 08:23:38

Re: No sound in any software.

#7 2010-09-09 09:57:43

Re: No sound in any software.

#8 2010-09-09 12:18:28

Re: No sound in any software.

#9 2010-09-16 23:18:19

Re: No sound in any software.

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