Inaudible sound on Asus EeeTop ET2203

[Jonathan Ernst]

By putting every track of the mixer to it's maximum you can barely hear sounds from the speakers

I tried it with 2.6.32-22-generic and 2.6.32-23-generic (from -proposed)

_Workaround :_

1) wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/misc/hda-verb/hda-verb-0.3.tar.gz
2) tar xzf hda-verb-0.3.tar.gz
3) cd hda-verb-0.3
4) make
5) sudo mv hda-verb /usr/local/bin/
6) Put this line in /etc/rc.local before exit 0 :

/usr/local/bin/hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x15 SET_EAPD_BTLENABLE 2

7) Run :

sudo /usr/local/bin/hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x15 SET_EAPD_BTLENABLE 2

(or reboot)

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00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

Card: HDA Intel
Chip: Realtek ALC887

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic 2.6.32-23.37
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: togo 1493 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfbcf8000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,104383da,00100202'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 10
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 24.523056] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
 [ 28.200017] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
 [ 29.875363] tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Date: Wed Jun 16 15:03:48 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=65922e3a-d7a6-491c-9648-482a1d747e98
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. ET2203T
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=ad0f23d8-60b7-4ee6-b8a1-cc9ea8b76d1d ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CH.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 01/19/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0808
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: ET2203T
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 13
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0808:bd01/19/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pnET2203T:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnET2203T:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct13:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: ET2203T
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

Issue persists with linux-image-2.6.35-3-generic

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Jonathan,

If you could also please test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

Same result with :

2.6.35-999-generic #201006151505 SMP Tue Jun 15 14:08:25 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thanks

[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

Reported upstream and ran alsa-info.sh script : http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0b752dc6192b3db5700d20c34c69f39d915f3b34

[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

Just to be clear, I see that the amixer values attached to this bug show :

Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [on]

The issue persists with :

Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
[...]
  Front Left: Playback 0 [100%] [0dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [100%] [0dB] [on]

[veZuk (vezukru)]

Same problem.

Linux vzk-etop 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Pavel Karkh (pavelkarkh)]

same problem

sound work only OpenBSD & Windows

[verion GmbH (sales-ixsoft)]

Same problem with ASUS Eeetop 1610 (infamous Realtek ALC887).
Mic-In works (from headset or built-in Mic), but speakers or headset won't.
Tried with Ubuntu 10.04 alsa and also updated to alsa 1.0.23 - still no sound.

[kjartani (kjartan-iverstek)]

I managed today to fix the problem with ALC 887 and Eee Top 2203T and sound. Jippi.......

I used the python Hda_analyzer.py to control the soundcard and suddenly the sound was there.....

The script can be found at "http://www.alsa-project.org/hda-analyzer.py"

Thanks for all help....

Regards
Kjartan

[Pavel Karkh (pavelkarkh)]

Please tell me how did you do that actually?

[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

I'm sorry i thought I had posted the workaround I found long time ago...

I updated the bug description to let you know how I "fixed" this bug on the ET2203.

[veZuk (vezukru)]

Jonathan Ernst, thanks for the description of the solution! Sound now works fine.

[andrea manconi (andymnc)]

sound works fine with this work around but shut down.
when you try to turn off the PC, ubuntu shuts down every process and daemon except this one, so it is audible a huge crackle from the speakers
it could be solved?

[veZuk (vezukru)]

In Ubuntu 11.04 is still not fixed.

[Esben Damgaard (ebbe)]

Since kernel.org is a bit broken still, I've uploaded my copy of hda-verb here:
http://hvemder.dk/downloads/hda-verb-0.3.tar.gz

[Phill Moran (phillbo)]

Same fix works for the ET1611PUT 16" AIO - and in Ubuntu 11.10 - any chance this is ever going to get fixed permanently

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jonathan Ernst, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Closing this bug with Won't fix as this kernel / release is no longer supported.
Please feel free to open a new bug report if you're still experiencing this on a newer release (Bionic 18.04.3 / Disco 19.04)
Thanks!