Audio Stopped Working

snowweb · 07-29-2011, 10:48 PM

I'd been running Ubuntu 10.10 with audio working fine (except for some crackles which I still get!) for about 8 months, when suddenly, earlier this year it stopped working.

I've tried following this post https://help.ubuntu.com/community/So...otingProcedure and step 3 told me to run the following command and post the output:

Code:

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh; chmod +x ./alsa-info.sh; ./alsa-info.sh

I did that and have posted the information provided by it below.

I tried the remainder of the steps and noticed that also in step 3, it says that all the driver versions should be identical. As you can see below, mine aren't. Unfortunately, they don't say how to correct this if this is the case!

Quote:

!!ALSA Version
!!------------
Driver version: 1.0.23
Library version: 1.0.24.1
Utilities version: 1.0.24.2

Probably most other information you might need from me is in the report posted below.

I've already tried:

Code:

add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get --reinstall install alsa-base alsa-utils; killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse*

The laptop is an Advent 9115. It's about 3 years old.

Thanks for your help guys.

Output below:

Quote:

!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.60
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Wed Jul 27 10:06:01 UTC 2011

!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"

!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer: DIXONSXP
Product Name: DIXONSXP
Product Version:

!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release: 2.6.35-30-generic
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686
Processor: unknown
SMP Enabled: Yes

!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version: 1.0.23
Library version: 1.0.24.1
Utilities version: 1.0.24.2

!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

snd_hda_intel

!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

Pulseaudio:
Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
Running - Yes

ESound Daemon:
Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd)
Running - No

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

0 [SIS966 ]: HDA-Intel - HDA SIS966
HDA SIS966 at 0xb0100000 irq 18

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:0f.0 Audio device: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller

!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's
!!--------------------------------------------------------

00:0f.0 0403: 1039:7502
Subsystem: 1019:5a00

!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
!!--------------------------------

snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2
snd-intel8x0m: index=-2
snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2
snd-usb-audio: index=-2
snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2
snd-usb-ua101: index=-2
snd-usb-us122l: index=-2
snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2
snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
snd-pcsp: index=-2
snd-usb-audio: index=-2

!!Loaded sound module options
!!--------------------------

!!Module: snd_hda_intel
bdl_pos_adj : 32,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
beep_mode : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y
enable_msi : -1
id : (null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(n ull),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(nul l),(null),(null),(null)
index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
model : (null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(n ull),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(nul l),(null),(null),(null)
patch : (null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(n ull),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(nul l),(null),(null),(null)
position_fix : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
power_save : 0
power_save_controller : Y
probe_mask : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
probe_only : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
single_cmd : N

!!HDA-Intel Codec information
!!---------------------------
--startcollapse--

Codec: Realtek ALC662 rev1
Address: 0
Function Id: 0x1
Vendor Id: 0x10ec0662
Subsystem Id: 0x10190000
Revision Id: 0x100101
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
GPIO: io=2, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=1, wake=0
IO[0]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
IO[1]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x1d: Stereo Amp-Out
Control: name="Speaker Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
Device: name="ALC662 rev1 Analog", type="Audio", device=0
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
Converter: stream=0, channel=0
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x1d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
Converter: stream=0, channel=0
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x04 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x1d: Stereo Amp-Out
Control: name="Headphone Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x40 0x40]
Converter: stream=0, channel=0
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x05 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x06 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x211: Stereo Digital
Converter: stream=0, channel=0
Digital:
Digital category: 0x0
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0x1e]: 16 20 24 32
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x07 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x08 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10011b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x09, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x89 0x89]
Converter: stream=0, channel=0
SDI-Select: 0
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0x6]: 16 20
formats [0x1]: PCM
Connection: 1
0x23
Node 0x09 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10011b: Stereo Amp-In
Control: name="Capture Switch", index=0, device=0
Control: name="Capture Volume", index=0, device=0
Device: name="ALC662 rev1 Analog", type="Audio", device=0
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x09, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x1c 0x1c]
Converter: stream=0, channel=0
SDI-Select: 0
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0x6]: 16 20
formats [0x1]: PCM
Connection: 1
0x22
Node 0x0a [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x0b [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Control: name="Mic Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
Control: name="Mic Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
Control: name="Front Mic Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=1, ofs=0
Control: name="Front Mic Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=1, ofs=0
Control: name="Beep Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=5, ofs=0
Control: name="Beep Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=5, ofs=0
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x1f 0x1f] [0x1f 0x1f] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x1e 0x1e] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 9
0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16
Node 0x0c [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Control: name="Speaker Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x02 0x0b
Node 0x0d [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x03 0x0b
Node 0x0e [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Control: name="Headphone Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x04 0x0b
Node 0x0f [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x10 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x11 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x12 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x13 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x14 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x0001003c: IN OUT HP EAPD Detect
EAPD 0x2: EAPD
Pin Default 0x99130110: [Fixed] Speaker at Int ATAPI
Conn = ATAPI, Color = Unknown
DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x00:
Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
Connection: 1
0x0c
Node 0x15 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x00010034: IN OUT EAPD Detect
EAPD 0x2: EAPD
Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
Connection: 1
0x0d
Node 0x16 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x00000034: IN OUT Detect
Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
Connection: 1
0x0e
Node 0x17 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x18 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Control: name="Mic Boost", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x03 0x03]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Pincap 0x00001734: IN OUT Detect
Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
Pin Default 0x01a19820: [Jack] Mic at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0
Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
Unsolicited: tag=08, enabled=1
Connection: 1
0x0e
Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Control: name="Front Mic Boost", index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x03 0x03]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Pincap 0x0000173c: IN OUT HP Detect
Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
Pin Default 0x99a3092f: [Fixed] Mic at Int ATAPI
Conn = ATAPI, Color = Unknown
DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0xf
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
Connection: 2
0x0c* 0x0e
Node 0x1a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Pincap 0x00000034: IN OUT Detect
Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
Connection: 1
0x0d
Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x0000173c: IN OUT HP Detect
Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
Pin Default 0x0121401f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0xf
Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP VREF_HIZ
Unsolicited: tag=04, enabled=1
Connection: 2
0x0c 0x0e*
Node 0x1c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400001: Stereo
Pincap 0x00000020: IN
Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400000: Mono
Pincap 0x00000020: IN
Pin Default 0x40158a15: [N/A] Speaker at Ext N/A
Conn = Optical, Color = Purple
DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x5
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x1e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400300: Mono Digital
Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 1
0x06
Node 0x1f [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x20 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00040: Mono
Processing caps: benign=0, ncoeff=12
Node 0x21 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x22 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 10
0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x0b
Node 0x23 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 10
0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x0b
Node 0x24 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x25 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x26 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
--endcollapse--

!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-----------------

crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 Jul 27 17:24 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 Jul 27 17:24 /dev/snd/hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Jul 27 18:00 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Jul 27 18:01 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Jul 27 17:24 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Jul 27 17:24 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Jul 27 17:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 180 Jul 27 17:24 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 27 17:24 pci-0000:00:0f.0 -> ../controlC0

!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!------------

APLAY

socket(): Address family not supported by protocol
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SIS966 [HDA SIS966], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

socket(): Address family not supported by protocol
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SIS966 [HDA SIS966], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

!!Amixer output
!!-------------

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [SIS966]

Card hw:0 'SIS966'/'HDA SIS966 at 0xb0100000 irq 18'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC662 rev1'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0662,10190000,00100101'
Controls : 18
Simple ctrls : 11
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 3 [100%]
Front Right: 3 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 3 [100%]
Front Right: 3 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 30 [97%] [10.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 30 [97%] [10.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch penum
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 31
Front Left: Capture 28 [90%] [28.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 28 [90%] [28.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
Capabilities: cvolume penum
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 120
Front Left: Capture 115 [96%] [27.50dB]
Front Right: Capture 115 [96%] [27.50dB]

!!Alsactl output
!!-------------

--startcollapse--
state.SIS966 {
control.1 {
iface MIXER
name 'Speaker Playback Volume'
value.0 64
value.1 64
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 64'
dbmin -6400
dbmax 0
dbvalue.0 0
dbvalue.1 0
}
}
control.2 {
iface MIXER
name 'Speaker Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 2
}
}
control.3 {
iface MIXER
name 'Headphone Playback Volume'
value.0 64
value.1 64
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 64'
dbmin -6400
dbmax 0
dbvalue.0 0
dbvalue.1 0
}
}
control.4 {
iface MIXER
name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 2
}
}
control.5 {
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Volume'
value.0 31
value.1 31
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 31'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 1200
dbvalue.0 1200
dbvalue.1 1200
}
}
control.6 {
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 2
}
}
control.7 {
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Playback Volume'
value.0 31
value.1 31
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 31'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 1200
dbvalue.0 1200
dbvalue.1 1200
}
}
control.8 {
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 2
}
}
control.9 {
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Boost'
value.0 3
value.1 3
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 3'
dbmin 0
dbmax 3000
dbvalue.0 3000
dbvalue.1 3000
}
}
control.10 {
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Boost'
value.0 3
value.1 3
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 3'
dbmin 0
dbmax 3000
dbvalue.0 3000
dbvalue.1 3000
}
}
control.11 {
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 2
}
}
control.12 {
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Volume'
value.0 28
value.1 28
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 31'
dbmin -1350
dbmax 3300
dbvalue.0 2850
dbvalue.1 2850
}
}
control.13 {
iface MIXER
name 'Beep Playback Volume'
value.0 30
value.1 30
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 31'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 1200
dbvalue.0 1050
dbvalue.1 1050
}
}
control.14 {
iface MIXER
name 'Beep Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 2
}
}
control.15 {
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Volume'
value 64
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 1
range '0 - 64'
dbmin -6400
dbmax 0
dbvalue.0 0
}
}
control.16 {
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Switch'
value true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
}
}
control.17 {
iface MIXER
name 'PCM Playback Volume'
value.0 255
value.1 255
comment {
access 'read write user'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 255'
tlv '0000000100000008ffffec1400000014'
dbmin -5100
dbmax 0
dbvalue.0 0
dbvalue.1 0
}
}
control.18 {
iface MIXER
name 'Digital Capture Volume'
value.0 115
value.1 115
comment {
access 'read write user'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 120'
tlv '0000000100000008fffff44800000032'
dbmin -3000
dbmax 3000
dbvalue.0 2750
dbvalue.1 2750
}
}
}
--endcollapse--

!!All Loaded Modules
!!------------------

Module
snd_seq_dummy
iptable_filter
ipt_MASQUERADE
iptable_nat
nf_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4
ip_tables
x_tables
bridge
stp
rfcomm
binfmt_misc
sco
bnep
l2cap
sis
drm
sisfb
crc_ccitt
parport_pc
ppdev
nfsd
exportfs
nfs
lockd
fscache
nfs_acl
auth_rpcgss
sunrpc
snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec
snd_hwdep
snd_pcm
snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq
joydev
snd_timer
snd_seq_device
snd
gspca_zc3xx
gspca_main
btusb
psmouse
soundcore
video
videodev
v4l1_compat
shpchp
serio_raw
snd_page_alloc
bluetooth
output
sis_agp
agpgart
lp
parport
usbhid
hid
raid10
raid456
async_raid6_recov
async_pq
usb_storage
raid6_pq
async_xor
xor
async_memcpy
async_tx
raid1
sata_sis
raid0
sis190
multipath
mii
linear

!!Sysfs Files
!!-----------

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_pin_configs:
0x14 0x99130110
0x15 0x411111f0
0x16 0x411111f0
0x18 0x01a19820
0x19 0x99a3092f
0x1a 0x411111f0
0x1b 0x0121401f
0x1c 0x411111f0
0x1d 0x40158a15
0x1e 0x411111f0

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/driver_pin_configs:

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/user_pin_configs:

/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/init_verbs:

!!ALSA/HDA dmesg
!!------------------

[ 18.628613] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 18.628625] HDA Intel 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 18.628701] HDA Intel 0000:00:0f.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 18.758460] hda_codec: ALC662 rev1: BIOS auto-probing.
[ 20.426054] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
--
[ 33.356975] pci 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 4x mode
[ 46.469343] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 48.020219] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0

impert · 07-30-2011, 04:25 PM

Quote:

I'd been running Ubuntu 10.10 with audio working fine (except for some crackles which I still get!) for about 8 months, when suddenly, earlier this year it stopped working.

How did it stop? If it stopped while it was playing something, and if you weren't doing something at the time, then it could well be a hardware problem: dead sound card, for instance.
If not, try following the steps in this guide. I've always found it effective.
If you're lazy and optimistic you might try running

Code:

alsactl init

before following the steps in the link above.

snowweb · 07-30-2011, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by impert

How did it stop? If it stopped while it was playing something, and if you weren't doing something at the time, then it could well be a hardware problem: dead sound card, for instance.
If not, try following the steps in this guide. I've always found it effective.
If you're lazy and optimistic you might try running

Code:

alsactl init

before following the steps in the link above.

Thanks Impert. I ran the command and got the following output:

Code:

alsactl init
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC662 rev1" "HDA:10ec0662,10190000,00100101" "0x1019" "0x5a00"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method

I think before I go any further, I should explain what I've done since my previous post!

I found another troubleshooting guide here, which I started to follow. I ran the first suggested command, which was:

Code:

ubuntu-bug audio

but it tells me that PulseAudio has crashed and asks if I want to report it, to which I responded, "Yes". It then informed me that the package was not genuine and could not be reported!

I tried reinstalling PulseAudio and noticed that in doing so, it seemed to be using some unstable sources. I don't think I would have authorized those knowingly. I deselected the offending sources, then ran:

Code:

apt-get remove --auto-remove pulseaudio
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get install --auto-remove pulseaudio

to the last command, I recieved the following output:

Code:

root@peter-accent-ubuntu:~# apt-get install --auto-remove pulseaudio
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
pulseaudio : Depends: libpulse0 (= 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21.1) but 1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu1~10.10~ricotz1 is to be installed
Recommends: pulseaudio-module-x11 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: pulseaudio-esound-compat but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

The problem now, is that I'm left without PulseAudio unless I can figure out what to do about the issue above and how to do it! :-)

Thanks again.

snowweb · 07-30-2011, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by impert

How did it stop?

Sorry, forgot to answer this.

I don't know. I don't use it all the time. I just noticed it wasn't working one time when I tried to use it and never worked since. I'm suspecting that it was broken by an update or installation of software.

snowweb · 07-31-2011, 02:50 AM

I seem to have fixed the dependency problem and successfully (I think) re-installed PulseAudio.

I did:

Code:

apt-get install libpulse0=1:0.9.22-0ubuntu1 pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio

This seems to have forced it to use the correct version of libpulse0 and also install the two recommended packages at the same time as pulseaudio.

However, when I ran "ubuntu-bug audio" as suggested by earlier tutorial, it still informed me that PulseAudio seems to have crashed, asked if I wanted to report this (I answered yes) and then informed me that it couldn't do that because it was not a "genuine Ubuntu package"!

However, when it was downloaded, according to apt-get, it was downloaded from

http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main

I also ran and obtained the following:

Code:

# alsactl init
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC662 rev1" "HDA:10ec0662,10190000,00100101" "0x1019" "0x5a00"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method