No surround sound on Realtek ALC660VD

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I confirm the kernel version

Output of "uname -r" : 2.6.22-14-generic

I have the same problem on SigmaTel STAC9227.

Packages: alsa-driver-1.0.15rc3 ; alsa-lib-1.0.15rc3 ; alsa-utils-1.0.15

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec:

Codec: SigmaTel STAC9227

uname -r:

2.6.22-14-generic

lshw:

        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 02
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel

aplay -l:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

amixer:

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono: Playback 127 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  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',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line In as Output',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic as Output',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 14
  Front Left: Capture 12 [86%] [18.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 12 [86%] [18.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 14
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',2
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 14
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Loopback',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: ...

Same problem here:

shell> cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC883

shell> uname -r
2.6.22-14-generic

I also have the same problem on my Asus F3Sr Laptop.
Model : Realtek ALC660VD

tried various drivers, combinations and ~/modprob.d configurations. No results.

There is a forum that might help some people out, but didn't work for me so far:
http://www.techtalkz.com/ubuntu-linux/67545-realtek-hd-audio-problem-amd64.html

Sound would be a real treat!

Thanks....

I have no sound AT ALL with the asus F7F laptop and Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic

I have tried to fix it by adding at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base the following line :

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-660

I have tried with 3stack, asus, 3stack-660-digout, auto ... without success; I also tried with no luck :
options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack-660

Nothing obviously wrong in dmesg. Mute is not turned on ...

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec gives:

Codec: Realtek ALC660-VD
Codec: Motorola Si3054

The sound setting are the default ones : automatic detection, automatic detection, automatic detection, ALSA, HDA Intel (Alsa mixer). All tests failed.

Do you think I should try Ubuntu 8.4 ?

Thanks for your help.

To solve the problem I had to use :
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo

Quite a difficult guest on an Asus laptop ...

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducable with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Hardy Heron. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the actively developed kernel. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

I had this problem for a long time. I tried a lot of fixes, but I think what solved it was installing PulseAudio. This is the default audio server in Hardy, and I can confirm that Hardy Alpha 6 recognizes my 5.1 setup correctly by default. (Gutsy does not; only stereo functioned correctly before, as described in this bug.)

$ grep Ubuntu /etc/issue
Ubuntu 7.10 \n \l
$ uname -r
2.6.22-14-generic
$ grep Codec /proc/asound/card0/codec*
Codec: Realtek ALC883

I've installed Hardy beta 64b. The problem persists. :-(

$ grep Ubuntu /etc/issue
Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
$ uname -r
2.6.24-12-generic
$ grep Codec /proc/asound/card0/codec*
Codec: Realtek ALC660-VD

Hi Marcelo,

Unfortunately the kernel is currently frozen for Hardy as we're set to release Hardy final in about 2 weeks from now. Only critical bug fixes will be pulled into the kernel at this moment. I'm going to retarget this for the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 kernel. Sorry for the inconvenience but we appreciate your patience. Thanks.

Also please note that while we'll keep this report open against the actively developed kernel, against the Gutsy 2.6.22 kernel this will be closed as it does not qualify for a stable release update - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates . Thanks.

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

Hi. I still cannot use surround sound on my PC.

$ grep Ubuntu /etc/issue
Ubuntu 8.10
$ uname -r
2.6.27-7-generic
$ grep Codec /proc/asound/card0/codec*
Codec: Realtek ALC660-VD

I made the same this thing that are in this post:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=984681

because his and mine motherboard has the same chipset, but nothing, I still don't have 5.1. :-(

I forgot to say that my motherboard is EliteGroup GeForce6100SM-M (V1.0/1.0A)

Is this still an issue for you? Which Ubuntu version do you use? Thank you for telling us!

Marking as confirmed because out there in forums there are problems with this card.

you have to retask pink and blue jacks as output for surround 5.1

Simple mixer control 'Line In as Output',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [off]
 Simple mixer control 'Mic as Output',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [off]