[HP 2133, Analog Devices AD1984A] No sound from speakers, headphones work

[Andreas Zapf]

When I play back audio, I get only sound from headphones, not from the built-in speakers. I'm sure that speakers aren't muted; see the attached screenshot of my desktop's audio output control panel (its meter shows activity, so audio playback seems to pass).
Also, I have been able to get sound with LUbuntu 14.04 (I'm on XUbuntu but I had the same problem with the Ubuntu Live DVD).

Thanks for looking into this
Andreas Zapf

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.54-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: andreas 1803 F.... pulseaudio
                      andreas 2881 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: andreas 1803 F...m pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Jul 5 01:01:50 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:VT82xx failed
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTestStderr: F a i l u r e t o r e s u m e : I n v a l i d a r g u m e n t
Symptom_Card: VT8237A/VT8251 HDA Controller - HDA VIA VT82xx
Symptom_Jack: Green Speaker, Internal
Symptom_Type: Only some of outputs are working
Title: [HP 2133, Analog Devices AD1984A, Green Speaker, Internal] Playback problem
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/11/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68VGU Ver. F.06
dmi.board.name: 3030
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 07.17
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU8360DWM
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68VGUVer.F.06:bd11/11/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP2133:pvrF.06:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3030:rvrKBCVersion07.17:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP 2133
dmi.product.version: F.06
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Are you trying to get sound out of speakers and headphones at the same time? If so, you could probably achieve that by disabling automute in alsamixer:

Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Enabled'

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

[ 254.082627] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 272.016126] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x6:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016158] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x1:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016165] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x6:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016179] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x1:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016200] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x6:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016221] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x500500:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016241] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x2:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016263] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x2120:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016286] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x2:0x0, last cmd=0x424011
[ 272.016305] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: spurious response 0x2120:0x0, last cmd=0x424011

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

seem disable double address cycle

27.226528] hda-intel 0000:80:01.0: Using VIACOMBO position fix
[ 27.226619] snd_hda_intel 0000:80:01.0: PCI: Disallowing DAC for device

[Andreas Zapf (andreaszapf)]

@Daniel: Thanks for the quick response! Speakers are silent regardless whether headphones are plugged in. In alsamixer, I can see that speakers get muted when I plug in headphones (and unmuted when I unplug them). This is exactly what I want (of course, the speakers should sound when unmuted).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[WalterHangartner (walter-hangartner)]

I had exactly the same problem with Lubuntu 14.10 and HP2133. I was able to workaround by using program HDAJackRetask of package also-tools (including GUI).
I used as settings see attachment, and then got sound on speakers.

The interesting thing is, that even after removing this settings, the sound works perfectly now.
So in fact no confguration files have changed and now it works.

[WalterHangartner (walter-hangartner)]

EDIT

I think that my post #7 was a wrong conclusion.

I was now able to get sound by following procedure described in

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1265611

[mausmaus (maurizio-maurizi)]

Exactly same sound problems on HP 2133.