No Sounds after upgrade to 9.10 from 9.04

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apport-collect -p alsa-base 484571

Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: andrew 1685 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'ICH5'/'Intel ICH5 with ALC655 at irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC655 rev 0'
   Components : 'AC97a:414c4760'
   Controls : 41
   Simple ctrls : 26
CheckboxSubmission: 4b5cf763d3ead444aa2b6e2fb38577fd
CheckboxSystem: 8742834cf77f95c3ca6abb2b0a844d61
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

Please mute both IEC958 and External Amplifier.

I don't know how to mute individual things.
I have normal 5.1 surround speakers attached (designed for a computer).

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Andrew <email address hidden> wrote:
> I don't know how to mute individual things.
> I have normal 5.1 surround speakers attached (designed for a computer).

amixer -Dhw:0 set 'IEC958' mute && amixer -Dhw:0 set 'External Amplifier' mute

Here is the output of the command you gave me:

$ amixer -Dhw:0 set 'IEC958' mute && amixer -Dhw:0 set 'External Amplifier' mute
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
$

It doesn't seem to work.
If I listen close to the speakers, I can here some sound with static over it (like it is being overdriven, but it is quiet).

Any other ideas?

Can you unmute 'External Amplifier' again? Some codecs have odd quirks...

$ amixer -Dhw:0 set 'External Amplifier' unmute
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

Sound is still staticy... but slightly louder now. Still not as loud as it should be, and still lots of static, like it is being overdriven.

Any luck using PULSE_NO_SIMD=1 ? You can export it in ~/.bashrc (then logout
and login) or pass it explicitly to pulseaudio on the command line.

On Nov 23, 2009 6:50 AM, "Andrew" <email address hidden> wrote:

$ amixer -Dhw:0 set 'External Amplifier' unmute

Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch
pswitch-joined Playback channe...
 Mono: Playback [on]

Sound is still staticy... but slightly louder now. Still not as loud as
it should be, and still lots of static, like it is being overdriven.

-- No Sounds after upgrade to 9.10 from 9.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484571 You received t...

No luck with PULSE_NO_SIMD=1

The sound is still very quiet and fuzzy.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you Daniel for being so helpful...

Hi Andrew,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 484571

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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I no longer have the hardware or installation associated with this. I gave
up and got new hardware and installed Windows 7 and Red Hat/Fedora.

--

~Andrew
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we
do." -Confucius

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Jeremy Foshee
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it
> recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the
> latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and
> attach updated debug information to this report.
>
> apport-collect -p linux 484571
>
> Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be
> great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue.
> Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've
> tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag.
> This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag
> located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the
> 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> [This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you
> inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]
>
>
> ** Tags added: kernel-sound
>
> ** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs
>
> ** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing
>
> ** Tags added: kj-triage
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> No Sounds after upgrade to 9.10 from 9.04
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484571
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Sound does not work globally. No Login/startup sounds, no sounds from web
> pages, nothing.
>
> My sound worked perfectly in 9.04. Following the upgrade, no sounds.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> CheckboxCommand: gst_pipeline_test -t 2 'audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 !
> audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink'
> CheckboxDescription:
> Click the Test button to play a sound on the automatically detected
> playback device.
>
> Do you hear a sound?
> CheckboxTest: playback_auto
> Date: Tue Nov 17 20:39:52 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Package: python-gst0.10 0.10.17-1
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> SourcePackage: gst0.10-python
> Tags: checkbox-bug
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
> XsessionErrors:
> (gnome-settings-daemon:1772): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error:
> assertion `src != NULL' failed
> (nautilus:1876): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion
> `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
> (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1904): GLib-CRITICAL **:
> g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
> (gnome-panel:1875): Gtk-WARNIN...

Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D4p: adam 1357 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: adam 1357 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 10'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 34
   Simple ctrls : 23
CheckboxSubmission: cf8d7ff27af65827cf188b03bf09dcb3
CheckboxSystem: 090f50ffa15f2babaae2e4e2bf775960
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.60-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare