I am getting no audio at all on a new install of 12.04 beta.
alsamixer reports error
cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument
New install of 11.10 on the same hardware works fine.
Audio card is
wielanpj@bubble:~$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-utils 1.0.25-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 22 20:45:33 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
Package: alsa-utils 1.0.25-1ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
Card0.Amixer.values: Error: command ['amixer', '-c', '0'] failed with exit code 1: amixer: Mixer hw:0 load error: Invalid argument
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
Package: alsa-driver (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 12/19/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: FA
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: H61M-S2PV
dmi.board.vendor: INTEL Corporation
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Tecohnology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrFA:bd12/19/2011:svnGigabyteTecohnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH61M-S2PV:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnINTELCorporation:rnH61M-S2PV:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTecohnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: H61M-S2PV
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Tecohnology Co., Ltd.
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