[NFORCE - NVidia CK804, playback] No sound at all

[Scott Macias]

When I open Rhythmbox I get message:

Couldn't start playback
Failed to create GStreamer element; check your installation

When I open Totem I get message:
Totem could not startup.
Some necessary plug-ins are missing. Make sure that the program is correctly installed.

I get sounds from speakers when I click on buttons with the mouse.

I do get sound from videos in Firefox

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chasemal 3672 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Wed Jan 15 15:24:58 2014
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:CK804 successful
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - NVidia CK804
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chasemal 3672 F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [NFORCE - NVidia CK804, playback] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-15 (31 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/02/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: LP UT NF4 Expert
dmi.board.vendor: DFI Corp,LTD
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd11/02/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnDFICorp,LTD:rnLPUTNF4Expert:rvr1.0:cvn:ct3:cvr:

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

How many audio jacks at rear panels ?

you have to change "Channel Mode" to 4ch

Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch' '8ch'
  Item0: '2ch'

Default sink name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-surround-40
Default source name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-stereo

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-lib.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/conf/cards/NFORCE.conf;hb=HEAD

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

do the following works ?

speaker-test -c 4 -t wav -DSurround40:0

speaker-test -c 6 -t wav -DSurround51:0

speaker-test -c 8 -t wav -DSurround71:0

[Scott Macias (slmacias)]

@ Raymond

I have a total of 6 audio Jacks and I use 1 for Stereo. Analog output settings are Analog Surround 4.0 Output.

Don't Know what to do with this:
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch' '8ch'
  Item0: '2ch'

Default sink name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-surround-40
Default source name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-stereo

Message 2:

chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ lib.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/conf/cards/NFORCE.conf;hb=HEAD
lib.git: command not found

Please see pulseverbose.log

Thanks

[Scott Macias (slmacias)]

@ Reymond, per your last post:

I do get sound from mouse clicks when I do the test in Sound Configuration. I also get sound from the clicks and messages from Rhythmbox.

chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ speaker-test -c 4 -t wav -DSurround40:0

speaker-test 1.0.27.1

Playback device is Surround40:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 4 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM Surround40:0
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ speaker-test -c 6 -t wav -DSurround51:0

speaker-test 1.0.27.1

Playback device is Surround51:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM Surround51:0
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ speaker-test -c 8 -t wav -DSurround71:0

speaker-test 1.0.27.1

Playback device is Surround71:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM Surround71:0
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$

[Scott Macias (slmacias)]

I have been getting a red triangle with an exclamation mark and I click it I get this message. Ubuntu 13.10

Failed to download repository information
Check your Internet connection.
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

try

speaker-test -c 4 -t wav -Dsurround40:0

speaker-test -c 6 -t wav -Dsurround51:0

speaker-test -c 8 -t wav -Dsurround71:0

speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -Dfront:0

[Scott Macias (slmacias)]

chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ speaker-test -c 4 -t wav -Dsurround40:0

speaker-test 1.0.27.1

Playback device is surround40:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 4 channels
WAV file(s)
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy

chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ speaker-test -c 6 -t wav -Dsurround51:0

speaker-test 1.0.27.1

Playback device is surround51:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy

chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ speaker-test -c 8 -t wav -Dsurround71:0

speaker-test 1.0.27.1

Playback device is surround71:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
WAV file(s)
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy

chasemal@chasemal-desktop:~$ speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -Dfront:0

speaker-test 1.0.27.1

Playback device is front:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

fuser -u /dev/snd/*

why "device or resource busy" when using speaker-test ?

did pulseaudio release the device when no application connected ?

To turn timer-based scheduling off add tsched=0 in /etc/pulse/default.pa:

/etc/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?id=4235a31784f59c9be5ff71534743c055091f9735

do you mean your motherboard has green, black, orange and grey jack for 7.1 , pink mic and blue jack at rear panel

I don't understand why there is channel mode control if there are enough jack for 7.1

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

MX16 AUX Input /Back-Surround Output Volume

Register 16H controls the volume of auxiliary input and back surround output.

Does this mean your motherboard does not have aux input ?

if yes, the volume control should be changed from "Aux" to "Side"

[Scott Macias (slmacias)]

What do I do with that Link?
Yes, my MB has green, black, orange and grey jack for 7.1 , pink mic and blue jack at rear panel.

I looked for volume control and I got "Fatal Error: Unable to connect to PulseAudio: OK"
I don't have volume control

Where do I change from "Aux" to "Side"?

I think that it all started when I installed and uninstalled Rygel. rygel - a collection of DLNA/UPnP AV services. When I uninstalled Rygel it must have erased Pulse Audio.

How do I reinstall all the PulsAudio and GStreamer components?

Thanks

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

some controls are redundant when there are 6 jacks at rear panel

this must be independent since no need to retask any jack

Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'
  Item0: 'Shared'

http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsview.aspx?langid=1&pfid=31&level=5&conn=4&prodid=59

[Scott Macias (slmacias)]

Raymond,

Where do I find Simple mixer control? what are the comands in Terminal to configure it?

I think that it all started when I installed and uninstalled Rygel. rygel - a collection of DLNA/UPnP AV services. When I uninstalled Rygel it must have erased Pulse Audio.

How do I reinstall all the PulsAudio and GStreamer components?

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

take a look at alc850 datasheet

MX6A Data Flow Control
This register is used to control various parts of the ALC850 multi-channel functions.

Table 36. MX6A Data Flow Control

Bit 10 AUX IN/Back Surround Output Control
             0: Pin 14 is AUX-IN-L, pin-15 is AUX-IN-R (default)
            1: Pin 14 is Back-Surround-Out-L, pin-15 is Back-Surround-Out-R

!!AC97 Codec information
!!---------------------------
0-0/0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0

0:6a = 8000

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

you have to follow up with Takashi Iwai and Andrew Boettcher about using aux as back surround if your motherboard has 6 jacks

rename "aux playback volume" to "Side playback Volume"

http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2008-February/006129.html

[Scott Macias (slmacias)]

I tried to reinstall Alsa and Pulse audio and it does not work.

I tried to perform an update and I get these errors:
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/main amd64 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/universe amd64 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]

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