Intrepid Ibex no sound on new install

[Nigel Henry]

On Thursday 27 November 2008 03:11, Doug McAllister wrote:
> New Ubuntu 8.10 install with NO sound whatsoever!
>
> will at wlm:~$ sudo hwinfo --sound
> 15: PCI 11.5: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
>   [Created at pci.310]
>   UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1106_3059
>   Unique ID: Ssy1.ZasLFjFiMAB
>   SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.5
>   SysFS BusID: 0000:00:11.5
>   Hardware Class: sound
>   Model: "VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller"
>   Vendor: pci 0x1106 "VIA Technologies, Inc."
>   Device: pci 0x3059 "VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller"
>   SubVendor: pci 0x16f3 "Jetway Information Co., Ltd."
>   SubDevice: pci 0x4170
>   Revision: 0x60
>   Driver: "VIA 82xx Audio"
>   Driver Modules: "snd_via82xx"
>   I/O Ports: 0xe500-0xe5ff (rw)
>   IRQ: 22 (1601 events)
>   Module Alias: "pci:v00001106d00003059sv000016F3sd00004170bc04sc01i00"
>   Driver Info #0:
>     Driver Status: snd_via82xx is active
>     Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_via82xx"
>   Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
> will at wlm:~$ lsmod |grep snd
> snd_via82xx            32536  3
> gameport               19468  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_ac97_codec        111652  1 snd_via82xx
> ac97_bus                9856  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss            46848  0
> snd_mixer_oss          22784  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                83204  3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_page_alloc         16136  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> snd_mpu401_uart        15360  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_seq_dummy          10884  0
> snd_seq_oss            38528  0
> snd_seq_midi           14336  0
> snd_rawmidi            29824  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event     15232  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq                57776  6
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer              29960  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device         15116  5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd                    63268  17
> snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uar
>t,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore        
>      15328  1 snd
> will at wlm:~$

Hi Doug.

First thing. Your mail has arrived in my inbox, perhaps 30mins ago, and shows 
as Thursday 03:11:18. May be worth checking your time, and date settings, 
unless there has been a terrible delay with your post arriving on the list.

Anyway, back to your sound problems.

Which make, and model of Laptop/PC.

It's worth first opening alsamixer as user on Gnomes terminal. As Ubuntu comes 
with Pulseaudio installed, you will no doubt see only one slider. Close 
alsamixer using the ESC key, and reopen it as follows, which will show all 
sliders for your soundcard, as long as the card has been detected when 
booting up.

alsamixer -D hw:0

Some stuff may be muted (the M key toggles mute/unmute), and some sliders like 
Master, PCM, Front, CD, may need to be pushed up, if they exist.

Perhaps you could also post a bit of output, as below.

cat /proc/asound/cards

It's probably worth checking in /etc/group, and make sure that your user name 
is in the audio group.

All the best.

Nigel.