[solved]no sound after install

[drum]

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 options snd-hda-intel model=auto

to the bottom of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (this is the method suggested by slackware)

was a tip from cwwgateway in an other topic that did the tric for me, everything works fine now

[cwwgateway]

I'm glad it worked . If anyone's curious, the page is here: http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:hardware:audio_and_snd-hda-intel.

Edit: Ubuntu has a long list of options here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043568.

[hushpuppy]

This also worked for me

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$ inxi -A
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.24

$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC269

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

cwwgateway.thanks++

[cwwgateway]

I wonder if this works for the other people who have been having audio problems? So far we've come up with three different solutions, the one here, one here: http://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=92#p873, and one here: http://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22&p=177&hilit=modprobe#p176.

[zerozero]

at least for this similar cards is always one of the options we should consider

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zerozero@solydk ~ $ inxi -Ax
Audio:     Card: Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.0-9.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64


sometimes the problem is going to find the right combination: generic and auto look like the most common but for example wizard had to change to a specific laptop model model=asus-laptop

[Schoelje]

@zerozero/cwwgateway
Could you collect these solutions with the specific hardware in a separate thread?

I think this is something to include in the next Device Driver Manager.

[zerozero]

sure Schoelje
last shift this afternoon and then one all week holidays (i'll catch up in a lot)

[cwwgateway]

Would you like some of the data from Ubuntu in the thread? Maybe a link would be good; they have a very large database of options.

Edit: I don't know if I ever posted this, but here's my sound card info:

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christopher@chris-laptop-kde ~ $ inxi -Ax
Audio:     Card Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver snd_hda_intel BusID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.24


[wizard97_4]

I tried model=auto and it also works for me, I've always used model=asus-laptop by habit as it's recommended for my laptop model (French list here: http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/audio_intel_hda).
auto seems to be better than generic

[stelios]

For the audio_intel_hda there is this link
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index. ... _Intel_HDA

and most importantly, this one
http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-ker ... xt;hb=HEAD

I have the infamous ALC892 chip and thanks to those links, it works fine now. I used the ALC880 settings to set model name ( in particular "model=3stack-digout"), but that depends on your exact hardware configuration, meaning the exact number and type of output/input jacks. It is also important to run alsamixer in the terminal after changing the model name ( and rebooting) and increase the volume of the outputs/inputs you are using ( usually they are set to zero by default, resulting in no sound)

The setting model=auto reads the BIOS setup while model=generic is , well, a generic configuration that may or may not work. From my experience, setting the correct model name works the best, followed by model=auto and then model=generic if the previous two options fail.

[cwwgateway]

I tried model=auto and it also works for me, I've always used model=asus-laptop by habit as it's recommended for my laptop model (French list here: http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/audio_intel_hda).
auto seems to be better than generic

What is your sound card (output of inxi -Ax)? I'm making a database of solutions right now, so it would help to have everybody's sound cards logged.

[Schoelje]

What is your sound card (output of inxi -Ax)? I'm making a database of solutions right now, so it would help to have everybody's sound cards logged.

That would greatly help me to build a solution in DDM!

[gandalf]

in my system with MB Asus p8h77-m (onboard audio device Realtek ALC887) sound works whit the line "options snd-hda-intel model=generic" or the line "options snd-hda-intel model=auto" in etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

[Mr. B]

Ok, on my laptop with SolydK i had to add the options snd-hda-intel model=auto line to let the soundcard work properly because the sound was coming through the speakers of the laptop and my headphones at the same time.
I knew exactly what to do and what to add to the alsa-base.conf file because this wasn't the first time i encountered this issue.
Problem was solved with 3 minutes.

But however i have SolydX on the netbook and never had any problems since the last 4 years on that little machine and it's soundcard, so i was a bit surprized when i got no sound at all with SolydX.
So i went on playing around with the sound setting but still no result. After reading this topic i did the same as with the laptop alsa-base.conf and added options snd-hda-intel model=auto to it. That did the trick and got the sound working.

Still i find it a bit strange because i've been using various Debian based, even Debian Squeeze + Wheezy (testing) and other distro's on the Acer netbook without problems. The sound always worked ootb.

Of course i'm still enjoying SolydX/K but it makes me ponder on what it might be that the sound or soundcards don't work properly ootb.

The laptop is a Medion Akoya MD96640 from 2008 and the soundcard is:

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Audio:     Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller driver snd_hda_intel BusID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.24


The netbook is a Acer Aspire One 150 ZG5 and has this soundcard:

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Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver snd_hda_intel BusID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.24


[fbr]

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Audio:     Card: Intel Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24

My only issue is the speakers do not mute when I plug in earphone jacks.

[Mr. B]

hi fbr,

Not even with adding snd-hda-intel model=auto to the alsa-base.conf file and rebooting after saving the file?

[cwwgateway]

Mr. B, I believe the problem many users are having relates to the default model=generic setting in alsa-base.conf. When the decision was made (with the first ISO release), there were relatively few testers and IIRC zerozero's audio only worked with model=generic. Subsequently people have have been having problems with audio. I believe most distros either leave it blank (which may default to model=auto or something similar, but this is just a guess) or use model=auto. I believe Schoelje may add sound cards to DDM, but currently it requires manual intervention. I don't know what the default setting on the next ISO will be, though.

I'll add your sound card to the database now (well really in a couple of minutes, but almost now).

[zerozero]

i would just add here that i'm seeing also a few reports of sound problems in the latest lmde respin (actually nothing new really, we had in the past problems with pulse/alsa and lately reports with settings in alsa-base.conf)
maybe this is an inherited issue.

[Mr. B]

Mr. B, I believe the problem many users are having relates to the default model=generic setting in alsa-base.conf. When the decision was made (with the first ISO release), there were relatively few testers and IIRC zerozero's audio only worked with model=generic. Subsequently people have have been having problems with audio. I believe most distros either leave it blank (which may default to model=auto or something similar, but this is just a guess) or use model=auto. I believe Schoelje may add sound cards to DDM, but currently it requires manual intervention. I don't know what the default setting on the next ISO will be, though.

I'll add your sound card to the database now (well really in a couple of minutes, but almost now).

Thanks for the explanation cwwgateway and for adding the cards to the database. I appreciate it a lot.

As i kinda said, it's no problem for me to dive into things and add a line to a file. In fact i've been doing that on and off since 2008 with the laptop on some distro's but you know... i kinda love it and it shows you the power of Linux to fix such a small thing as with the soundcards for example. I know it doesn't always work and there are many different soundcards out there but i'm glad some of us can solve the problem and enjoy the distro they use.

By the way... Do we have a emoticon/smiley with a 'I love SolydX/K' sign holding up somewhere? I could use one right now.

[Mr. B]

i would just add here that i'm seeing also a few reports of sound problems in the latest lmde respin (actually nothing new really, we had in the past problems with pulse/alsa and lately reports with settings in alsa-base.conf)
maybe this is an inherited issue.

True, i've seen some of the reports too. I don't know for sure that this might be a inherited issue because the latest lmde respins worked fine and played nice with the soundcards on my end.

But i have to say that this issue has been going on and off since 2008 when i was a Ubuntu user up to the point when Unity popped up. One cycle all was fine and with the other cycle i had to configure the alsa-base.conf file. This also affected the ubuntu based Mint editions. The last one that had the same problem was Mint 13 but somehow it got fixed due a update i guess before i actually switched back to lmde.