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Coume

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No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

Hello,

I am installing Arch on my new laptop and usually, the wifi is the difficult part but for the last few days, it is the sound that gives me grief

$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss            35584  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9344  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                58336  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          9364  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            45440  0 
snd_mixer_oss          18944  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_intel         531252  0 
snd_pcm                82952  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              24720  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         11792  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              10632  1 snd_hda_intel
snd                    65224  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore               9632  1 snd

$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

[b]/etc/rc.conf[/b]
MODULES=(!snd_pcsp !snd_intel8x0m acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave snd_hda_intel)

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound 
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop
#options snd-hda-intel model=laptop enable=1 index=0

I am really puzzled and I can't see what I'm missing
Any help will be more than welcome!

Thanks
Ludo

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

ive got a similar chipset, these are my things:

lsmod | grep snd

snd_pcsp                9164  0 
snd_hda_codec_si3054     4468  1 
snd_seq_oss            29888  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      5972  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48176  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6080  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_codec_realtek   189784  1 
snd_hda_intel          25384  1 
snd_hda_codec          60340  3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6904  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            38112  0 
snd_pcm                67992  5 snd_pcsp,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19260  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8092  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14388  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    51460  15 snd_pcsp,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               6080  1 snd

cat /etc/rc.conf | grep MODULES

MODULES=(!rt73 rt73usb 8139cp 8139too sdhci sdhci_pci mii snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore fuse vboxdrv acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand)

lspci | grep Audio

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

and last but not least. i have not set anything under /etc/modprobe.d/ concerning sound

Coume

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From: UK

Registered: 2008-02-10

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

Thanks Eldragon

ive got a similar chipset, these are my things:
cat /etc/rc.conf | grep MODULES

MODULES=(!rt73 rt73usb 8139cp 8139too sdhci sdhci_pci mii snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore fuse vboxdrv acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand)

lspci | grep Audio

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

and last but not least. i have not set anything under /etc/modprobe.d/ concerning sound

I've just tried to load the same snd** modules and remove the setting in my modprobe.d but I am still unable to get any sound out of my speakers/headphone socket...

Anyone else having an idea?

Thanks
Ludo

R00KIE

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Registered: 2008-09-14

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

Check this http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=68591 its a problem with headphones not working but I believe the solution to your problem is similar. In fact it's the solution to most alsa+hda codec problems.

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Coume

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

Thanks Rookie,

Ok got it sorted
I have a Realtek ALC268 and there is a specific Toshiba setting...

Here are my working config:

bash-3.2# cat /etc/rc.conf | grep MODULES=
MODULES=(!snd_pcsp !snd_intel8x0m acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave snd-hda-intel arch32)
bash-3.2# cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound 
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba

leprosys

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Registered: 2009-02-23

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

I had the same problem, but the solution:

Only adds to your modules:
!snd_pcsp
And remove other snd modules.

MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave fuse !snd_pcsp)

In /etc/modprobe.d/sound :

# Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 model=hp-dv5

Reboot and that's it.

Thuvius

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Registered: 2009-04-03

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

In /etc/modprobe.d/sound :
Code:

# Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 model=hp-dv5

and

# gpasswd -a USERNAME audio

finally did it for me! Thank you leprosys, I've missed sound in arch!:)

darose

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Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 158

Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

I'm still having this problem.  Can anyone lend a hand?

I had read somewhere that there was a regression bug introduced in the hda intel ALSA driver in 2.6.28, which was fixed in alsa 1.0.19 (which is supposed to be in kernel 2.6.29) so I've been pinning myself to the last 2.6.27 kernel, since it's the last one that has working sound for me.

But I just tried out the 2.5.29 kernel from testing, and it doesn't seem to fix the problem - still no sound!

My laptop is a Dell Precision M4400, which uses the snd-hda-intel module (using the IDT92HD71B* chipset).  I've tried loading the sound module using all of the possible the model names listed for my chipset (ref, dell-m4-1, dell-m4-2, dell-m4-3) but none of them work.

Arrrrggggghhhh!  Can anyone please help?  This bug is absolutely maddening, and I need sound on this laptop.

TIA,

DR

defrysk

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

I lost sound too after a fresh install and upgrading to testing, my quick fix was to install oss4.

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corpo00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)ration 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

Last edited by defrysk (2009-04-07 12:30:06)

resadent

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Registered: 2008-05-17

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

Just add this to your rc.conf
MODULES=(... !pcspkr !snd_pcsp)

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

resadent, you are right
with only adding those lines everything will work just fine...

pendor

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From: Tucumán - Argentina

Registered: 2008-09-24

Posts: 130

Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

Tried all the solutions posted above to no avail.
The problem was solved (by chance?) when toying with alsamixer, I tried unmuting Headphones and ... Voila! problem solved!
BTW, sound was working flawlessly (with Headphones item muted) until last kernel upgrade. And I don't use headphones in this system, only Edifier external speakers (2.1).
Sound hardware: onboard Nvidia MCP55 (modules loaded for Intel_hda)

peligom

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Registered: 2009-02-15

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

thanks all it's working

vacant

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Registered: 2004-11-05

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Re: No sound with my Intel HDA (and yes, everything is unmuted :) )

Just an extra thing to try for anyone coming across this thread:

I had no sound through laptop speakers, but sound through the headphone socket.

Solution: there is a "speaker mute" on my HP 6735s that hardware-mutes the speakers but not the headphones. It is toggled on/off by holding down the "fn" key and tapping "f9" (which has the speaker mute symbol on it).