aplay -l shows that my snd-ice1712 PCI sound card driver
is not being loaded. I have /etc/modules list the driver
but it's not doing anything. Thus, I have no sound.
I suspect somehow Lubuntu no longer has the driver.
Where does Lubuntu store the PCI sound card drivers ?
I can not find them in:
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-23/sound/pci/ice1712/Makefile
or
/lib/modules/3.16.0-33-generic/kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/
3 object files here: snd-ice1712.ko, snd-ice1724.ko
snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx.ko
The command
alsactl_init is also missing.
But first, I'd like to find out where my sound card driver is.
Any ideas ?

Hi...

Out of curiosity, what does lsmod and dmesg show? Also what does lspci show...

Thanks!

I have a PCI sound card that I use. It is actived in
the BIOS.
Normally, it is card 0
aplay -l should show it as:
card 0 M2496 M Audio Audiophile 24/96
device 0: ICE1712 multi [ ICE1712 multi ]

This PCI sound card uses the envy24control as mixer.

The motherboard has a sound circuit ( AC something ) which
I never use.

I have a multi OS system.
Sound worked fine on Lubuntu. It still works fine on Debian.
But I made the BAD mistake of installing the Konqueror web
browser on Lubuntu. It snuk in the Pulse Audio system which killed my
sound. I used apt-get remove on Konqueror and Synaptic
to remove Pulse Audio. Somehow, something failed.
No sound. I suspect something left from Pulse is
screwing things up somehow.
If necessary, I will whipe Lubuntu and reinstall.
This Pulse Audio is a curse.

./utils_alsa-info.sh
tells me there is a failure
between the Loaded Alsa Modules and the Soundcards
recognized by ALSA. My PCI soundcard is not recognized
by ALSA. That's how it looks to me.

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

0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfe7f8000 irq 45
1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe8fc000 irq 46

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

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio $
05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Mu$

lspci -nnk

05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712
[Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller [1412:1712] (rev 02)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies Inc. M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496

dmesg

11.810126] snd_ice1712 0000:05:01.0: cannot find the slot for index 0
(range 0-1), error: -16
[ 11.810133] snd_ice1712: probe of 0000:05:01.0 failed with error -16

more dmesg which may or may not be important

[ 11.548851] systemd-udevd[326]: starting version 208
[ 11.705614] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 11.717465] parport_pc 00:03: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 11.717568] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3
[PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]
[ 11.745954] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 11.755877] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x00000828-0x0000082f conflicts
with OpRegion 0x00000800-0x0000084f (\PMRG) (20140424/utaddress-258)
[ 11.755885] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you
should use it instead of the native driver
[ 11.755889] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x00000530-0x0000053f conflicts
with OpRegion 0x00000500-0x0000053f (\GPS0) (20140424/utaddress-258)
[ 11.755893] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you
should use it instead of the native driver
[ 11.755895] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x00000500-0x0000052f conflicts
with OpRegion 0x00000500-0x0000053f (\GPS0) (20140424/utaddress-258)
[ 11.755898] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you
should use it instead of the native driver
[ 11.755900] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 11.790441] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 11.790550] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle VGA-switcheroo audio client
[ 11.790578] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 11.807153] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input4
[ 11.810126] snd_ice1712 0000:05:01.0: cannot find the slot for index 0
(range 0-1), error: -16
[ 11.810133] snd_ice1712: probe of 0000:05:01.0 failed with error -16
[ 11.818410] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 11.825455] sound hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig: line_outs=4
(0x1c/0x19/0x22/0x23/0x0) type:line
[ 11.825459] sound hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 11.825462] sound hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x1d/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 11.825464] sound hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 11.825466] sound hdaudioC0D0: dig-out=0x20/0x21
[ 11.825468] sound hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
[ 11.825470] sound hdaudioC0D0: Rear Mic=0x1a
[ 11.825473] sound hdaudioC0D0: Front Mic=0x1e
[ 11.825475] sound hdaudioC0D0: Line=0x1b
[ 11.825477] sound hdaudioC0D0: CD=0x1f
[ 11.828063] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 11.833465] input: HDA Intel Rear Mic as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input5
[ 11.833639] input: HDA Intel Front Mic as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
[ 11.833733] input: HDA Intel Line as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 11.833827] input: HDA Intel Line Out Front as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 11.833915] input: HDA Intel Line Out Surround as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 11.833999] input: HDA Intel Line Out CLFE as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 11.834103] input: HDA Intel Line Out Side as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 11.834205] input: HDA Intel Front Headphone as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12

lsmod

ed@ed-System-Product-Name:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_hrtimer 12648 1
bnep 18829 2
rfcomm 58045 0
bluetooth 390981 10 bnep,rfcomm
6lowpan_iphc 18262 1 bluetooth
radeon 1328573 2
ppdev 17391 0
snd_hda_codec_via 23156 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 62849 1 snd_hda_codec_via
lp 17395 0
coretemp 13201 0
snd_ice1712 68941 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 46395 1
snd_cs8427 14127 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 13163 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ak4xxx_adda 18296 2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_hda_intel 29244 1
snd_i2c 13834 2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427
snd_mpu401_uart 13865 1 snd_ice1712
snd_hda_controller 29944 1 snd_hda_intel
serio_raw 13210 0
ttm 85173 1 radeon
snd_ac97_codec 109944 1 snd_ice1712
snd_hda_codec 120356 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_codec$
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
drm_kms_helper 55051 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_pcm 91280 6 snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_$
lpc_ich 16877 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 25722 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
drm 255383 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
snd_seq 56638 3 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
i2c_algo_bit 13190 1 radeon
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
parport_pc 32021 1
snd_timer 28579 3 snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq
parport 40795 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
snd 66629 20 snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,sn$
shpchp 32136 0
asus_atk0110 18203 0
mac_hid 13059 0
soundcore 14604 2 snd,snd_hda_codec
hid_generic 12503 0
firewire_ohci 35392 0
firewire_core 61785 1 firewire_ohci
usbhid 46993 0
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
hid 95989 2 hid_generic,usbhid
pata_acpi 12901 0
r8169 61415 0
mii 13654 1 r8169
pata_jmicron 12679 0
floppy 59740 0
ed@ed-System-Product-Name:~$

It's all my fault. I should never have touched Konquorer.
That Pulse Audio is a curse !
Thank you for your help.

Hi...

Ouch! Yes, to the point, as you've mentioned, your card isn't even being recognized.

While a reinstall might be necessary, do the instructions here help at all? Be careful, not all the steps may apply to you or be beneficial!

I'm afraid I don't know enough about Linux code or command line work to go further in detail with you or to provide exact instructions.

Regards...

Well, I guess I will never know where Lubuntu hides its
PCI sound card drivers. So I decided to scrap the OS, format
the partition and install Lubuntu 14.10 and see what happens.
It's not a solution, just an act of desperation.
But let's call it a solution just to make it look good.

But a solution has not been achieved.

After some quick poking around on Google, I found this. If the drivers are not located there, here is the Google link I used, perhaps you might find a page that will help you.

Regards...