[Asus U50F, Intel IbexPeak HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound hdmi output

[Aleksander (Sasza) Kijek]

I am running ubuntu raring ringtail 13.04(development branch). With the kernel upgrade, from 3.8.0-17 to 3.8.0-18 I have lost the option of choosing to play the sound through hdmi output, running ubuntu with the previous kernel solves the problem. speaker-test does not work with the hdmi output also.

linux-image-extra-3.8.0-18-generic:
  Installed: 3.8.0-18.28
  Candidate: 3.8.0-18.28
  Version table:
 *** 3.8.0-18.28 0
        500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

linux-image-3.8.0-18-generic:
  Installed: 3.8.0-18.28
  Candidate: 3.8.0-18.28
  Version table:
 *** 3.8.0-18.28 0
        500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
linux-image-3.8.0-18-lowlatency:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.8.0-18.12
  Version table:
     3.8.0-18.12 0
        500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-18.28-generic 3.8.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sasza 2600 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Wed Apr 17 08:24:33 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-21 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130221.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:MID successful
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel MID
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sasza 2600 F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [hostname, Intel IbexPeak HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: U50F.202
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: U50F
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrU50F.202:bd11/27/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU50F:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU50F:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: U50F
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

[Aleksander (Sasza) Kijek (saszasasha)]

I have indicated in the box that I think it is more of a kernel problem but it changed to alsa-driver by itself, do not want to do any mess so I will leave it as it is and hope You folk can help.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Your HDMI device usually show up as "HDMI / Displayport 3", right? If so, for speaker-test you should specify

"speaker-test -D hdmi:0,2 -c 2 -t wav "

Will that work, appear to work but give silent output, or give an error message (and if so, what error message)?

[Aleksander (Sasza) Kijek (saszasasha)]

It does show up as "HDMI / Displayport 3" when on 3.8.0-17 kernel and the speaker-test works then even without specifing the exact device. I did the speaker-test on the 3.8.0-18 with your exact specs and it gave out this error:

speaker-test 1.0.25

Playback device is hdmi:0,2
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Playback open error: -19,No such device

I tried with changing hdmi:0,2 with different numbers than 2 but then it is just 'invalid argument'

although through 'aplay -L' I get:

default
    Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
sysdefault:CARD=MID
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, Conexant Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=MID,DEV=1
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=MID,DEV=2
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=MID,DEV=1
    HDA Intel MID, Conexant Digital
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=MID,DEV=3
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 0
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=MID,DEV=7
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 1
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=MID,DEV=8
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 2
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=MID,DEV=1
    HDA Intel MID, Conexant Digital
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=MID,DEV=3
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 0
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=MID,DEV=7
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 1
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=MID,DEV=8
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 2
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=MID,DEV=1
    HDA Intel MID, Conexant Digital
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=MID,DEV=3
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=MID,DEV=7
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 1
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=MID,DEV=8
    HDA Intel MID, HDMI 2
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=MID,DEV=0
    HDA Intel MID, CONEXANT Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=MID,DEV=1
    HDA Intel MID, Conexant Digital
    Hardware device with all software co...

[Aleksander (Sasza) Kijek (saszasasha)]

I just did an upgrade to 3.8.0-19 kernel and the problem persists, no hdmi output in sound settings, speaker-test not working for hdmi.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.