After updates, sound disappeared

[Il_Gattusso]

Binary package hint: apport

Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit - kernel 2.6.31
After distribution upgrade from ubuntu 9.04 I noticed the system beep was replaced by a system sound.
After some other minor upgrades this system sound has disappeared.
From the sound control panel you can choose and ear it but the system doesn't use it so:
no sound from terminal, no sound from firefox, no sound from thunderbird.
Into the gconf-editor system beep is enabled both in metacity and compiz settings.
All the other sounds work as in the previous version.

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

Hello, and thank you for reporting this problem. To start off, system beeps in gnome has been replaced by system sounds on purpose. If I remember correctly, it has to do with some changes in the kernel inadvertantly causing many system beeps.

As for your sound trouble, could you please specify what sound card you are using. Also, could you please install the 'linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic' package and reboot. Keep in mind that you may have to unmute devices afterwards. Please let us know how that goes for you.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

You can reenable sound effects in System -> Preferences -> Audio. We won't enable them by default, though.

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

Moving this over to alsa-driver to deal with the rest of this bug report.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

This bug report's description is utterly confusing. Are you saying that sound is completely inaudible or that only system sounds are not working? If the former, please use "apport-collect -p alsa-base 493127" in Applications > Accessories > Terminal. If the latter, this definitely isn't a driver issue.

[Il_Gattusso (giuseppe-mini)]

Hello, I installed the linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic as
you requested but the system beep doesn't work the same.
The beep in the alsamixer is enabled and the volume is 100%
The sound card is integrated in the M/B and the chip is ALC662 Rev.1.
I repeat again: the driver is correct and I haven't any problem with the
other sounds. Only the system beep doesn't work

Best regards
GM

WeatherGod ha scritto:
> Hello, and thank you for reporting this problem. To start off, system
> beeps in gnome has been replaced by system sounds on purpose. If I
> remember correctly, it has to do with some changes in the kernel
> inadvertantly causing many system beeps.
>
> As for your sound trouble, could you please specify what sound card you
> are using. Also, could you please install the 'linux-backports-modules-
> alsa-karmic-generic' package and reboot. Keep in mind that you may have
> to unmute devices afterwards. Please let us know how that goes for you.
>
> ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

Did you follow the instructions of Martin Pitt to re-enable the system beeps?

[Il_Gattusso (giuseppe-mini)]

yes of course...

WeatherGod ha scritto:
> Did you follow the instructions of Martin Pitt to re-enable the system
> beeps?
>
>

[Il_Gattusso (giuseppe-mini)]

Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: pino 5705 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xdf7f8000 irq 27'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC662 rev1'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0662,18493662,00100101'
   Controls : 36
   Simple ctrls : 19
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027.1)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare video

[Grondr (grondr)]

The OP just directed my attention to this bug, which -might- be a duplicate of bug #486154; interested parties might want to take a look at it. (Robert Schroll and I have spent the last three weeks characterizing the multiple problems with the Karmic system bell in that report; I think there are multiple bugs, and he's contributed a couple of workarounds which help but aren't a complete solution. If we're really talking about the same set of problems, I'd recommend marking this bug a dup of bug #486154 and continuing the discussion there.)

[Il_Gattusso (giuseppe-mini)]

This bug is really a duplicate of the 486154 one.
Thank you to Grondr for a better description of the problem.
The discussion will continue on the 486154 bug.