Mandriva
alsa-driver package

No sound with Intel HDA ICH8 (chip SigmaTel ID 7698) in Hardy

Bug #207068 reported by Dimitris Kalamaras on 2008-03-26

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to
	alsa-driver (Mandriva)	Unknown	Medium	mandriva #41385
	linux (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned
Nominated for Hardy by Dimitris Kalamaras

Bug Description

Binary package hint: alsa-base

Hi,

I've just installed Hardy beta and apt-get upgraded to the latest updates.
Everything seems ok (3D, webcam, etc), but there is no sound output.
The mixer applet seems to be working. All sound and video applications report no problem and work flawlessly, nevertheless I don't hear anything. I checked alsamixer, Master and PCM volumes are maxed, not muted. Also, I tried changing device by the relevant menu on mixer applet. It gives me the following choices:
HDA intel (alsa mixer),
SigmaTel ID 7698 (OSS Mixer) and
Playback: ALSA PCM on front:0 (HDA Generic) via DMA (PulseAudio).

None of the above worked.

I had the same problem on Gutsy. I know there is a similar bug report (#131133), with a link to http://tinyurl.com/35kbbn containing some advices, but none of them worked for me before.

My laptop is of a local brand in Greece.

Alsamixer reports this Chip: SigmaTel ID 7698 on Card: HDA Intel

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch)

apt-cache policy alsa-base
alsa-base:
Installed: 1.0.16-0ubuntu4

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Dimitris Kalamaras (dimitris-kalamaras) wrote on 2008-03-26:

forgot the lspci -nn output:

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b (rev 03)]

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Jan-Erik (janerikmg) wrote on 2008-05-22:

I have the same problem, with my Turbo X laptop. If i find something i will let you know.

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Dimitris Kalamaras (dimitris-kalamaras) wrote on 2008-05-23:

Nothing here yet.

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xLekOx (mail-xlekox) wrote on 2008-06-20:

Posible solution on Mandriva's bugzilla: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41385

Not work here :(

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Jan-Erik (janerikmg) wrote on 2008-06-24:

Dimitris,
Did you try the solution posted by xLekOx ?
--Jan-Erik

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Dimitris Kalamaras (dimitris-kalamaras) wrote on 2008-06-24:

sorry, Jan-Erik, can' t be of any help any more. :(
I gave away that laptop a month ago.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2008-09-10

Changed in alsa-driver:
status:	Unknown → In Progress

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logari81 (logari81) wrote on 2008-09-18:

As I hadn't found this bug report before, I opened a new one:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/269859

it should be reported now as duplicate

I ll also try the mandriva-solution.

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Dimitris Kalamaras (dimitris-kalamaras) wrote on 2008-09-18:

In the Mandriva bug report,

https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41385

Tomasz Kobiela reports that a kernel upgrade solved his sound problem. I presume he mean 2.6.27. Can anybody confirm?

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote on 2008-09-20:

Marking against linux since it seems the default kernel driver is in use, not the alsa-source package.

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William F Pearson (wfpearson) wrote on 2008-10-17:

#10

I might be affected by this same bug. I don't have sound through the laptop speakers, but the headphone jack works fine.

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logari81 (logari81) wrote on 2008-10-18:

#11

If you are not sure about your hw, you could run:

wget http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa/raw-file/tip/alsa-info.sh -O alsa-info.sh

followed by:

bash alsa-info.sh

and post here the link you will get after running the program started by the last command.

Daniel T Chen (crimsun) on 2008-12-05

Changed in linux:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote on 2009-01-09:

#12

Since Dimitris, the original bug reporter no longer has the hardware to test, I'm closing this report. If anyone is still experiencing issues, please test the latest pre-release of Jaunty and if the issue still exists open a new bug report - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies . Thanks.

Changed in linux:
status:	Incomplete → Won't Fix

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-01-21

Changed in alsa-driver:
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-03-16

Changed in alsa-driver:
status:	Fix Released → Confirmed

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simran (smarwa) wrote on 2011-02-07:

#13

Hi guys
I dont know if this is the right post. I have the same problem as was mentioned above. I get sound through my headphone jack but not speakers. My alsa-info is below. please help.

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0405d0351aeb457a3a2d3b13ff5e45918b432a6e