Fix sound on nVidia GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M chipset (Asus F5N, Acer Aspire 4250)

Thank you for reporting this bug. However I think the developers need a little bit more information before they can fix it.
Please attach the output of the following commands:
uname -a
dmesg
cat /proc/asound/cards

Thanks

Hello Sense,

Thank you for your prompt reply! As per your request, attached is the command output produced on the same machine running first 7.10 and then 8.04. Hope this helps.

Thank you for your data. The kernel you're using in 8.04 isn't the latest. Could you please try and log again when you're system is fully updated?
(by the way, your data will be far more readable when you place the different commands in different attachments. It isn't bad to add so many attachments. ;)

Please wait a few hours with upgrading. The package is being compiled and uploaded to the repositories. You can follow it's status here: <https://edge.launchpad.net/+builds/palmer>

1. Restored original /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
2. Updated to latest kernel
3. Redoing log as per your request.

$uname -a
Linux mars 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Sat Mar 8 01:30:36 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# cat /proc/asound/cards
cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory

dmesg command output is attached.

Installed recent updates, thank you. The audio device is now there but there is no sound. Once again,

$uname -a
Linux mars 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Mon Mar 10 14:33:08 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Using kernel version 2.6.24-12.20

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                      HDA NVidia at 0xfd778000 irq 20

dmesg log is attached.

Thank you for your information. I think this report contains enough information for the developer to decide what's the problem or what information (s)he still needs.

 http://pastebin.ca/942514
I believe I have the same problem. Sound is terrible.
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-12-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Mar 13 00:49:29 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Asus A-1

TsingHua TongFang k400(GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M ) works fine in ubuntu if alsa-base be edited like this:

[code]sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base[/code]

[code]# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; : ; }
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb saa7134-alsa ; : ; }

# Load snd-seq for devices that don't have hardware midi;
# Ubuntu #26283, #43682, #56005; works around Ubuntu #34831 for
# non-Creative Labs PCI hardware
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options snd-bt87x index=-2
options cx88-alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
#options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388

options snd_hda_intel model=lenovo-nb0763
#options snd_hda_intel model=laptop
#options snd_hda_intel model=auto
#options snd_hda_intel model=haier-w66

#options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-automute
#options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1[/code]

the k400's hardware informations are as follows

00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00: de 10 5c 05 06 00 b0 00 a1 00 03 04 00 00 80 00
10: 00 00 00 b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 91 19 25 56
30: 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 02 05

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#?
Codec: Realtek ALC883
Address: 0
Vendor Id: 0x10ec0883
Subsystem Id: 0x19918605
Revision Id: 0x100002
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-...

Thank you for your replies and information. However, a lot has changed since most of you replied. Can you please check again if this issue still exists when your system is fully up to date?
If you've still got the problem, please attach the output of 'sudo dmidecode' and this script: http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa/raw-file/tip/alsa-info.sh in separate files to this bug report.
It could be that you're not all having the same problem. So can you also please tell again exactly what's the problem?
Thanks in advance.

Still have following problem.
Sound is very, very faint. Can barely hear it even with speakers turned on full. Sound also appears to be of poor quality but can't really tell.
Incoming sound is also very faint. Speak into expensive microphone and get very poor, very faint recorded sound.
Have entered all updates as of Sunday May 4 12:05 EST USA, including new kernel.
ASUS G1S
susan@ubuntu:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC861VD Analog [ALC861VD Analog]
  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

Your ALSA information is located at http://pastebin.ca/1007094
Should add that all sounds -- even login -- follow same pattern. Sound was OK on Windows partition before I removed it several weeks ago.

I have recorded a short selection of me dictating. As you can hear, the sound is faint, and of poor quality. I also wonder if both channels are working, but I can't tell on my machine.

New 2.6.27-* kernel included with Intrepid Aplha5 now enables sound right out of the box. However, the sound level is low, and the mike produces poor quality sound which is also faint to the point of being virtually non existing.

This is a kernel bug, not an alsa-driver bug.

The bug still exists in Intrepid Release candidate. Any plans to move to another kernel version? Applications like Ekiga cannot be used until the bug is fixed.

This bug was filed against a series that is no longer supported and so is being marked as Won't Fix. If this issue still exists in a supported series, please file a new bug.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Fair enough. The only problem with this kind of attitude is that no hardware is likely to be Ubuntu certified. I've seen an HP laptop bearing Ubuntu Certified logo 2 years ago. Not any longer. And for the good reason. The fact that pre-installed (or older) system works just fine does not mean it will continue to work after upgrade. In fact, I can see more and more regressions with every new release. And then the hardware is no longer supported. What's even worse, is that in most cases hardware issues are kernel related so it is not Ubuntu's fault but is perceived so. Not sure how to address this. Anyhow, many thanks to those trying their best to resolve the sound issue for the past 3 years, keep up the good work.