VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) had sound in 10.04, not 10.10

[valkyr]

Will test the upstream kernel...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.33
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: Adapter [Nokia Wireless Audio Adapter], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 2: CX8811 [Conexant CX8811], device 0: CX88 Digital [CX88 Digital]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2: james 1668 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: james 1668 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Adapter'/'Nokia Wireless Audio Adapter at usb-0000:00:10.4-3.1.3, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB0a12:1004'
   Controls : 0
   Simple ctrls : 0
Card1.Amixer.values:

Card2.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:2 'CX8811'/'Conexant CX8811 at 0xf9000000'
   Mixer name : 'CX88'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 3
   Simple ctrls : 2
Date: Thu Oct 21 22:29:02 2010
Frequency: This has only happened once.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=91b0fc3a-1497-48c1-92a5-afffe37f48f5
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=21480595-8b0c-49d3-903b-05a172d6499a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 10/30/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0304
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M2V-MX SE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0304:bd10/30/2007:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2V-MXSE:rvrRevx.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[valkyr (locki)]

Present upstream too.

[valkyr (locki)]

Strangely this is related to bug#536699. Changing, in the BIOS, the graphics aperture size from 128MB to 256MB as suggested in that bug's comments solves both that issue and this.

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

I haven't got such option to increase graphics aperture size in BIOS.

Do you have any other ideas?

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Similar problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/668691

[danieru (samuraidanieru)]

ack! same problem here. Don't know if it's useful, but here's output from lspci -v for the device on my system:

80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10)
 Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7253
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 Memory at fd00000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
 Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

Since I have no sound on the system, this is a pretty big problem. Hope it gets some more attention so it can get fixed:-)

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/InstallingLinuxAlsaDriverModules while using an Ubuntu kernel, then follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo.

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

This bug also affect to me.
I have the same sound card VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 20).

This bug appear on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.

In random time (eg. after restart, after hibernation), the sound appears.

Here you have logs when sound is not working.

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

here you have alsa info when sound works perfectly.

On latest Fedora sound works without problem.

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

After compare this two outputs, I noticed that in working sound case, the "via", "drm" and "agpgart" modules is loaded.

Also the order of modules load is different.

[Bjorn Helgaas (bjorn-helgaas)]

Bug #662299 includes several problems with similar symptoms and the same workaround (booting with "pci=use_crs").

Booting with "pci=use_crs" may be a workaround for this bug as well. If it is, please attach a complete dmesg log here so we can make the kernel work even without the "pci=use_crs" option.

[Bjorn Helgaas (bjorn-helgaas)]

valkyr's report was on an ASUSTeK M2V-MX SE. That problem should be fixed by this commit, which appeared upstream in v3.1:

  http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=29cf7a30f8a0

I can't tell what systems the other reporters have, so it's possible we need similar whitelist entries for them. If so, please attach the dmesg log here.