HP G62 sound not working

bubkus_jones · 03-07-2014, 11:01 PM

I've been using linux on this laptop for a few years now. Always more "user friendly" distros that automatically set up the hardware.

Now, I've got everything working except for the sound. The laptop is an HP G62-220CA, which is a few years old (Athalon II - P320 Dual Core CPU).

Running

Code:

lsmod | grep 'snd' | column -t

gives me the following

Code:

1 snd_hda_codec_hdmi     36379   1
2 snd_hda_codec_realtek  45115   1
3 snd_hda_intel          37352   4
4 snd_hda_codec          150017  3   snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
5 snd_hwdep              6332    1   snd_hda_codec
6 snd_pcm                77822   3   snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
7 snd_page_alloc         7298    2   snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
8 snd_timer              18718   1   snd_pcm
9 snd                    59029   15  snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_in      9 tel
10 soundcore              5418    1   snd

I've been trying to figure this out on my own, trying solutions other people have posted who had similar problems, but I've been at it for hours and I'm not getting anywhere.

It's not the biggest problem, since this isn't going to be my main media machine (mostly a writing/programming/messing around tool), but, still, it should be working.

Let me know if there's any other info you guys need.

Thanks

Drakeo · 03-08-2014, 07:54 AM

everything seems to be loaded time to use your mixer program alsamixer or your favorite gui.

another thing to do in a terminal aplay -l it will list your default card device first.

One time I worked on a problem like this for a while to find out opening the alsamixer it was muted and the pcm volume was turned all the way down. was also turned all the way down.
remember many gui mixers need you to select the master volume control.

hope this helps.

bubkus_jones · 03-08-2014, 01:54 PM

That's what I thought. None of the mixer programs were working, and after I rebooted, nothing would come from the lsmod command I posted. So, I wiped the system and reinstalled (much more quickly, this time).

I expect that my attempts at monkeying around messed up something that prevented this from solving the issue. It's all working now.

Thanks.

Drakeo · 03-09-2014, 07:03 AM

ok what desktop are you using and do you use a head set with a microphone usb type plugged in when you boot the syststem ?

run the command aplay -l and lets see what we got. your slot 0 will be the default soundcard.

glad to see it is working

bubkus_jones · 03-11-2014, 11:04 PM

i3 and no, just using the built-in audio.

Code:

card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC270 Analog [ALC270 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Now to get my USB wifi dongle working properly (it's an Arch thing, every other distro has no issue with it).