[GA-78LMT-S2P, Realtek ALC887-VD, Green Headphone Out, Front] No sound at all

[Snail]

New install on new hardware, only a few days old. Have never heard any sound on it at all. :(

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: snail 16741 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: snail 16741 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: snail 16741 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887-VD'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302'
   Controls : 39
   Simple ctrls : 20
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfdffc000 irq 42'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 6
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Wed Jul 11 22:47:41 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SB failed
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 16741 16741 16741 snail F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: snail F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: snail F...m pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [GA-78LMT-S2P, Realtek ALC887-VD, Green Headphone Out, Front] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/20/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.name: GA-78LMT-S2P
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd03/20/2012:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-78LMT-S2P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-78LMT-S2P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-78LMT-S2P
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Snail (snail-f)]

If anyone does have suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it. :) I have everything unmuted, have checked pulseaudio, alsa settings, uninstalled and reinstalled alsa and pulseaudio packages, and read the top 20 results for a billion google searches. :(

[Rick NIcoletti (1-u0untu-x)]

Same problem here. Any luck with this?

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

ports:
  analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown)
   properties:

  analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, available: unknown)
   properties:

 active port: <analog-output-headphones>

do you mean pulseaudio won't work when your front audio panel support Jack detect ?

line out has higher priority than headpone

[Snail (snail-f)]

No...

So, on my desktop which was new at the time, I could not get any speaker or headphone to produce sound through the built-in audio hardware, whether I used the front jack or back jack, plugged in a variety of speakers and headphones, etc. Pulseaudio could detect the hardware it seems, but I was not able to produce sound.

At the suggestion of a friend who has used Linux for much longer than me, I eventually worked around the problem by buying a $10 USB audio adaptor, which works, and promptly forgot to continue digging into this issue. :P

It would be nice if I could find a real solution, though.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
 Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:a002]

the pci ssid of many gigabyte motherboard with different hda codecs are same 1458:a002

the driver should check the hda codec instead of using pci ssid

add cd pin

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c?id=8f2392142346f2754c8292a94cc62a157ed1e093

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c?id=b2c53e206967d01fd4fb6dd525f89ae738beb2e6

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c?id=cb55974cb461ff9c9c0675b2a8361d387212b64f

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/log/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c?qt=grep&q=gigabyte

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

seem affected by this patch which was applied to alc892

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c?id=b2c53e206967d01fd4fb6dd525f89ae738beb2e6

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-015851.htm

make sure your computer chassis have hda front audio panel which support jack detection