No sound output on Compaq 510

[shekhar.sathaye]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

I am using Compaq 510 laptop with Ubuntu 9.04. When I play any mp3 file (I have downloaded required plug ins) no sound is heard but file is being played in Rhythmbox. How to fix this problem?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
Package: rhythmbox 0.12.0-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

you don't get sound only with rhyhtmbox or totem and other players behave the same? This could be a pulseaudio or alsa issue.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.

[Abu Azzam (ordinarydot)]

Hi. Actually it happens to me. Same laptop compaq 510. No sound at all. Not only on rythmbox but totem and other media player. How can i get the fix? Thanks.

[Abu Azzam (ordinarydot)]

some info about this laptop (Compaq 510)

Card: HDA Intel
Chip: IDT 92HD75B2X5

[Abu Azzam (ordinarydot)]

solved by upgrading alsa to the newest version 1.0.21
what status do i need to put into this bug? completed?

[shababhsiddique (shababhsiddique)]

sound works fine in ubuntu 8.10 too.....problem only in jaunty

[shababhsiddique (shababhsiddique)]

solution to problem (as the problem is only with jaunty .. both intrepid and karmic workd fine i think a sol i enough to close the bug)-

To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows :

cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.18rc3.

To avoid problems during the upgrade of Alsa-utils, we need to stop it with the following command :

sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop
We must then install the necessary tools to compile along with the kernel headers :

sudo apt-get -y install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext xmlto libasound2-dev
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` libncursesw5-dev

Then, we go in our personal folder and download alsa-driver, alsa-lib and alsa-utils :

cd ~
rm -rf ~/alsa* ~/.pulse*
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.20.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.20.tar.bz2

After that, we create a new folder for the compilation and installation of the 3 files. Then, we move the 3 tar files that we just downloaded in this folder :

sudo rm -rf /usr/src/alsa
sudo mkdir -p /usr/src/alsa
cd /usr/src/alsa
sudo cp ~/alsa* .

Unpack the 3 tar files :

sudo tar xjf alsa-driver*
sudo tar xjf alsa-lib*
sudo tar xjf alsa-utils*

We compile and install alsa-driver :

cd alsa-driver*
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

We compile and install alsa-lib :

cd ../alsa-lib*
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

We compile and install alsa-utils :

cd ../alsa-utils*
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Then, we remove the 3 tar files in our personal folder that are not anymore necessary :

rm -f ~/alsa-driver*
rm -f ~/alsa-lib*
rm -f ~/alsa-utils*

Then, just restart your computer and your alsa version should be 1.0.20!

You can verify that you have now indeed have this version of alsa :

cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
Compiled on May 9 2009 for kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (SMP).

Just to be sure everything is well configured, execute this command :

sudo alsaconf

[shekhar.sathaye (shekhar-sathaye)]

Well the problem has been solved. I was using Logitech USB speakers. When I
chose output as 'analog stereo output' instead of 'digital stereo output',
sound output was OK.

Thanks a lot.

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:04 PM, shababhsiddique
<email address hidden>wrote:

> solution to problem (as the problem is only with jaunty .. both intrepid
> and karmic workd fine i think a sol i enough to close the bug)-
>
> To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows
> :
>
> cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.18rc3.
>
> To avoid problems during the upgrade of Alsa-utils, we need to stop it
> with the following command :
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop
> We must then install the necessary tools to compile along with the kernel
> headers :
>
> sudo apt-get -y install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext xmlto
> libasound2-dev
> sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` libncursesw5-dev
>
> Then, we go in our personal folder and download alsa-driver, alsa-lib
> and alsa-utils :
>
> cd ~
> rm -rf ~/alsa* ~/.pulse*
> wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2
> wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.20.tar.bz2
> wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.20.tar.bz2
>
> After that, we create a new folder for the compilation and installation
> of the 3 files. Then, we move the 3 tar files that we just downloaded in
> this folder :
>
> sudo rm -rf /usr/src/alsa
> sudo mkdir -p /usr/src/alsa
> cd /usr/src/alsa
> sudo cp ~/alsa* .
>
> Unpack the 3 tar files :
>
> sudo tar xjf alsa-driver*
> sudo tar xjf alsa-lib*
> sudo tar xjf alsa-utils*
>
> We compile and install alsa-driver :
>
> cd alsa-driver*
> sudo ./configure
> sudo make
> sudo make install
>
> We compile and install alsa-lib :
>
> cd ../alsa-lib*
> sudo ./configure
> sudo make
> sudo make install
>
> We compile and install alsa-utils :
>
> cd ../alsa-utils*
> sudo ./configure
> sudo make
> sudo make install
>
> Then, we remove the 3 tar files in our personal folder that are not
> anymore necessary :
>
> rm -f ~/alsa-driver*
> rm -f ~/alsa-lib*
> rm -f ~/alsa-utils*
>
> Then, just restart your computer and your alsa version should be 1.0.20!
>
> You can verify that you have now indeed have this version of alsa :
>
> cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
> Compiled on May 9 2009 for kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (SMP).
>
> Just to be sure everything is well configured, execute this command :
>
> sudo alsaconf
>
>
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Fix Committed
>
> --
> No sound output on Compaq 510
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414770
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: rhythmbox
>
> I am using Compaq 510 laptop with Ubuntu 9.04. When I play any mp3 file (I
> have downloaded required plug ins) no sound is heard but file is being
> played in Rhythmbox. How to fix this problem?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
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