No Sound on Laptop

nitin chandra nitinchandra1 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 19 18:25:31 UTC 2021


Thank you Ralf,

As suggested by you, pasting the output of the respective commands,
and 'trying' to keep in mind the preformatted point-of-action. I am
getting 'Plain text mode' while pasting in gmail. Below are the output
of the commands suggested by you.

$ lsmod | grep snd

snd_sof_pci_intel_apl    16384  0
snd_sof_intel_hda_common    98304  1 snd_sof_pci_intel_apl
soundwire_intel        40960  1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof_intel_hda      20480  1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof_pci            20480  2 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_sof_pci_intel_apl
snd_sof_xtensa_dsp     16384  1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof               135168  2 snd_sof_pci,snd_sof_intel_hda_common
ledtrig_audio          16384  1 snd_sof
snd_soc_skl           163840  0
snd_soc_hdac_hda       24576  2 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_skl
snd_hda_ext_core       32768  4
snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_intel_hda
snd_soc_sst_ipc        20480  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_sst_dsp        32768  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     61440  1
snd_soc_acpi_intel_match    49152  3
snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_apl
snd_soc_acpi           16384  3
snd_soc_acpi_intel_match,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_core          290816  5
soundwire_intel,snd_sof,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_soc_skl
snd_compress           28672  1 snd_soc_core
ac97_bus               16384  1 snd_soc_core
snd_pcm_dmaengine      16384  1 snd_soc_core
snd_hda_intel          53248  1
snd_intel_dspcfg       28672  3
snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_skl
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     20480  2 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_intel_dspcfg
snd_hda_codec         147456  3
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_hdac_hda
snd_hda_core           94208  8
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_codec,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_intel_hda
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               118784  11
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,soundwire_intel,snd_sof,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_soc_skl,snd_hda_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine
snd_seq_midi           20480  0
snd_seq_midi_event     16384  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            36864  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                73728  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         16384  3 snd_seq,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer              40960  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    94208  13
snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi
soundcore              16384  1 snd


$ lspci -nn |grep -i audio
00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation
Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio [8086:3198]
(rev 06)

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && {
/sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe
--quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
#
# Workaround at bug #499695 (reverted in Ubuntu see LP #319505)
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS
&& { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist
snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS
&& { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ;
/sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
#
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi
; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist
snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS
&& { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
options snd-usb-ua101 index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=-2

$ cat ~/.asoundrc
cat: /home/nitin/.asoundrc: No such file or directory


So I could not copy the actual 'alsamixer' output, so copy pasting
your output and editing with my values.

$ alsamixer
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
AlsaMixer v1.2.4
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Card: HDA Intel PCH

                      F1:  Help               │
│ Chip: Intel Geminilake HDMI

                           F2:  System information │
│ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture  F5: All

                        F6:  Select sound card  │
│ Item: S/PDIF

                                      Esc: Exit               │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                           │
│
         ┌──┐     ┌──┐     ┌──┐     ┌──┐     ┌──┐
                                                │
│
         │OO│      │OO│     │OO│     │OO│     │OO│
                                                 │
│
         └──┘     └──┘     └──┘     └──┘     └──┘
                                                │
│

                                                 │
│
       S/PDIF   S/PDIF 1  S/PDIF 2  S/PDIF 3  S/PDIF 4
                                                   │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
│

                                                │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Pl Note : Arrow key to increase volume are not increasing the volume.




On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 at 15:35, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:48:27 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> >so i fear i have to trash your hope, it seems that the card uses the
> >"sof" ESSX 8336 audio codec and that there are not all bits in the
> >kernel and alsa for this card yet:
> >
> >https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/issues/2955
>
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:11:09 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> >if you can afford it i'd perhaps use a small USB audio dongle for the
> >moment until there are new kernel and alsa versions that support this
> >card ...
>
> IIUC HDMI audio output might work. Does the Laptop provide a HDMI
> output?
>
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