[Ubuntu 12.04, N10/ICH 7, Green Headphone Out, Front] No sound at all

[Andrew G. Saushkin]

Not working the front audio jack in Ubuntu 12.04 fresh installation. The microphone on the front panel is working without problems. The rear audio output is working. What diagnostic measures should I do to get more information?

If I run the Ubuntu 11.10 with a live USB of flash, the front audio jack works fine.

My hw configuration:

$ sudo lspci -v | grep -A11 -i "audio"
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83d4
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
 Memory at fe9f8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
 Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
 Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
 Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1705 Analog [VT1705 Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ags 2981 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe9f8000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'VIA VT1705'
   Components : 'HDA:11064397,104383d4,00100000'
   Controls : 36
   Simple ctrls : 20
Date: Thu May 10 18:30:32 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Intel failed
Symptom_Card: Встроенное аудио - HDA Intel
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 2981 ags F.... pulseaudio
     PID ACCESS COMMAND
Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [System Product Name, VIA VT1705, Green Headphone Out, Front] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/05/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0401
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5G41T-M LX2/GB
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0401:bd05/05/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5G41T-MLX2/GB:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

I suggest trying the latest kernel module to see if it has been fixed upstream. A lot of issues with VIA codecs were fixed recently: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/UpgradingAlsa/DKMS

[Andrew G. Saushkin (saushkin)]

Dave, thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it did not help me. I successfully installed the DKMS ALSA module but the sound in the front audio output does not appear (

[TuxVinyards (0cs935kb517-k5db-wz6bkyhu4uq)]

This seems to be an upstream kernel bug.

I am having problems myself with this. Not sure if the latest ppa release will fix this. Upstream fix feb13, ubuntu ppa date feb16. Posting this up while the data is on my screen, before I do the reboots and such ...

From:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.2.7

commit 852c3a36c216e351d07ca96e9af30b81fff30ccc
Author: Takashi Iwai <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Feb 13 15:04:06 2012 +0100

    ALSA: hda - Fix initialization of secondary capture source on VT1705

    commit fc1156c0b0f7ad45ec03d919866349eeca2bf18c upstream.

    VT1705 codec has two ADCs where the secondary ADC has no MUX but only
    a fixed connection to the mic pin. This confused the driver and it
    tries always overriding the input-source selection by assumption of
    the existing MUX for the secondary ADC, resulted in resetting the
    input-source at each time PM (including power-saving) occurs.

    The fix is simply to check the existence of MUX for secondary ADCs in
    the initialization code.

    Tested-by: Anisse Astier <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <email address hidden>
   Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <email address hidden>

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.