Sound works sometimes on boot - sometimes not

[SoupNazi]

Kubuntu installed from 6.06 i386 cd - kept updated using software update utility included with kubuntu.

When it does not work, the sound card still appears to be detected and configured. No sound output happens, however.

sudo alsamixer allows you to change volume - yet - no sound... not muted in alsamixer either.

I do not see any difference when the sound does work, either...

Sound appears to play in kde... but no sound comes out of speakers...

I do not know how to reproduce this bug other than reboot - I did see some others in the ubuntu forums having same problem, however.

Computer: Dell Inspiron E1505 (laptop)
Sound Card: Intel onboard
lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7149
0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
0000:03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0832
0000:03:01.1 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
0000:03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
0000:03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
0000:03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
0000:0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)

lsmod:
Module Size Used by
fglrx 391756 0
ipv6 286976 20
rfcomm 43604 0
l2cap 28192 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 54084 4 rfcomm,l2cap
iptable_mangle 2976 0
iptable_nat 8228 0
ip_nat 20652 1 iptable_nat
ipt_REJECT 6176 3
ipt_state 2016 2
ip_conntrack 54136 3 iptable_nat,ip_nat,ipt_state
nfnetlink 6808 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
iptable_filter 3104 1
ip_tables 23744 5 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
ppdev 9668 0
speedstep_centrino 8752 1
cpufreq_userspace 6496 2
cpufreq_stats 6688 0
freq_table 4928 2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7752 0
cpufreq_conservative 9000 0
video 16324 0
tc1100_wmi 6884 0
sony_acpi 5580 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11492 0
dev_acpi 11236 0
container 4608 0
button 6704 0
acpi_sbs 20172 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5220 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_core 22848 1 i2c_acpi_ec
michael_mic 2784 2
arc4 2048 2
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 11296 2
nls_utf8 2240 1
ntfs 111728 1
dm_mod 63256 1
md_mod 76052 0
af_packet 24520 4
snd_intel8x0 35772 0
snd_ac97_codec 100224 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec
sbp2 25060 0
parport_pc 37988 0
lp 12356 0
parport 39400 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 10432 0
tsdev 8032 0
sdhci 16096 0
ipw3945 132348 1
mmc_core 31816 1 sdhci
ieee80211 38952 1 ipw3945
ieee80211_crypt 6528 2 ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211
b44 27980 0
ieee80211_1_1_13 39880 0
ieee80211_1_1_13_crypt 7040 1 ieee80211_1_1_13
mii 6176 1 b44
pcspkr 2244 0
serio_raw 7748 0
snd_hda_intel 20468 7
snd_hda_codec 163088 1 snd_hda_intel
psmouse 40004 0
snd_pcm_oss 56448 0
snd_mixer_oss 20544 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 96708 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
hw_random 5716 0
shpchp 49504 0
pci_hotplug 30788 1 shpchp
snd_timer 26884 3 snd_pcm
snd 60004 19 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10784 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11304 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 24700 1
agpgart 36784 2 fglrx,intel_agp
sg 40160 0
sr_mod 17988 0
evdev 10176 2
cdrom 41408 1 sr_mod
ext3 148104 1
jbd 65876 1 ext3
ide_generic 1504 0
ohci1394 37524 0
ieee1394 306520 2 sbp2,ohci1394
uhci_hcd 35408 0
ehci_hcd 36104 0
usbcore 139076 3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
sd_mod 20448 4
generic 5124 0
ata_piix 11364 6
libata 83440 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 145960 5 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 13768 0
processor 26888 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
fan 4836 0
capability 4968 0
commoncap 7328 1 capability
vga16fb 13992 1
vgastate 10208 1 vga16fb
fbcon 43904 72
tileblit 2784 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6464 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

[SoupNazi (soupnazi)]

Ok - I waited for the kde sound server to go idle (default 60 seconds) and then:

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp

This appeared to work as normal, minus any sound output .... Could it be outputting to the headphone port?

ahhh - tested plugging in headphone set while running above command - that in and of itself did not fix it... However, I then opened kmix and played with master volume one more time ... sound came out speakers - not headphone. I will try this again next time i reboot and this does not work.

To recap the workaround I just found:
1) plug in headphone
2) mess with volume level
3) unplug headphone (or not - does not matter - sound is not coming out of headphone anyway)

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please attach (don't comment inline) the output from the following commands:

$ lspci -nv
$ tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat

From a fresh (cold, power down, wait 2 minutes, power back up) boot once you've logged into KDE, please attach the output from:

$ amixer

Then repeat the three steps you've outlined in your previous comment and again attach the output from:

$ amixer

Please clearly label each set of output.

[SoupNazi (soupnazi)]

Will do - I'll have to wait until the problem crops up again - it
doesn't happen regularly... I had some trouble with it initially, and
then not again until last night after recovering from the broken xserver
patch (by updating to the newer patch from later in the day).

Daniel T Chen wrote:
> Please attach (don't comment inline) the output from the following
> commands:
>
> $ lspci -nv
> $ tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
>
> >From a fresh (cold, power down, wait 2 minutes, power back up) boot once
> you've logged into KDE, please attach the output from:
>
> $ amixer
>
> Then repeat the three steps you've outlined in your previous comment and
> again attach the output from:
>
> $ amixer
>
> Please clearly label each set of output.
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: None => linux-source-2.6.15
> Importance: Untriaged => Low
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>

[SoupNazi (soupnazi)]

Daniel,

This did happen again. The same workaround did not work this time.

Attached, please find:

lspci.txt (lspci -nv)
tail-sndstat.txt (tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat)
amixer-before-workaround.txt
amixer-after-unsuccessful-workaround.txt
amixer-after-new-workaround.txt

Steps:

1) bootup
2) The sound was not functioning (amaroK appeared to play but no sound).
3) I did the lspci -nv
4) I did the tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
5) I did the amixer
6) tried the headphone workaround previously mentioned <- did not work
this time (no sound in amaroK still)
7) shutdown and power off
8) powered back on
9) still no sound (no sound from amaroK)
10) tried the headphone workaround again < - still no sound
11) stopped amaroK from playing started stopped - still no sound
12) sudo cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp <- produced white noise
13) started playing in amaroK and sound was produced.
14) ran amixer again to capture the final txt file.

It seems that sound may be somewhat unstable recently?

Daniel T Chen wrote:
> Please attach (don't comment inline) the output from the following
> commands:
>
> $ lspci -nv
> $ tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
>
> >From a fresh (cold, power down, wait 2 minutes, power back up) boot once
> you've logged into KDE, please attach the output from:
>
> $ amixer
>
> Then repeat the three steps you've outlined in your previous comment and
> again attach the output from:
>
> $ amixer
>
> Please clearly label each set of output.
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: None => linux-source-2.6.15
> Importance: Untriaged => Low
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 8 [6%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 8 [6%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 127
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture Mux',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 127
  Front Left: 0 [0%]
  Front Right: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic'
  Item0: 'Mic'

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 127
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Si...

[devnull (sscott-westnet)]

This happens to me too (with ICH7 family chipset).

I also get weird headphone behaviour, where sometimes the headphones refuse to work and sound comes out of the internal speakers no matter what I do.

I suspect that the detection of headphones is somewhat broken, and perhaps the 'no sound' problem is related. Perhaps the sound is directed to the headphone jack, but as line out?

[SoupNazi (soupnazi)]

I also think this might have something to do with battery level... It
seems that both times this happened recently, although the laptop was
plugged into AC, the battery was at a very low level. I'll pay
attention if/when this happens again...

devnull wrote:
> This happens to me too (with ICH7 family chipset).
>
> I also get weird headphone behaviour, where sometimes the headphones
> refuse to work and sound comes out of the internal speakers no matter
> what I do.
>
> I suspect that the detection of headphones is somewhat broken, and
> perhaps the 'no sound' problem is related. Perhaps the sound is directed
> to the headphone jack, but as line out?
>
>

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Lots of v's lspci gives this for the sound:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0366
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
        Region 0: Memory at d8240000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

It is definitely an upstream problem as well. A Gentoo user contacted me asking if I had the same problems as him. As of the most updated Feisty, this still doesn't work properly. I don't like having to reboot to get sound working (sometimes 2 or 3 times).

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Possible fix (worked for me, thanks to gnubien on #alsa):

add this to /etc/modules
options snd-hda-intel model=m2-2

Changes will take effect on reboot. To get it going *now*:

lsof /dev/snd/*

and close every app listed (easiest to do so through the process manager / task manager thing), then do it again to make sure there's no output (meaning all the sound apps are closed). If there's no output:
sudo modprobe -r snd-hda-intel

then
sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel

and sound should be there.

[SoupNazi (soupnazi)]

The possible fix mentioned by maco did NOT work for me:

I have a Dell Inspiron:E1505

Kubuntu Edgy 6.10

Kernel: Linux UBER-laptop 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:28:26 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

KDE: 3.5.6

Sound card:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 233
        Region 0: Memory at dfffc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Link: ASPM Disabled CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed unknown, Width x0
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [130] Unknown (5)

[lolow (ldrouet)]

Same remark than SoupNazi

I have an Alienware 5500M

kernel : Linux alien 2.6.17-11-generic #2 SMP Thu Feb 1 19:52:28 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

ubuntu edgy

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9077
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 50
        Region 0: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Link: ASPM Disabled CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed unknown, Width x0
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [130] Unknown (5)

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

I know what needs to be put in /etc/modules, it's this line:

options snd-hda-intel model=m2-2

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

hit the wrong distro

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

For SoupNazi and lolow, maybe it doesn't work on Edgy, but it works fine for me with Feisty.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

er, that's kernel 2.6.20 is where the fix does work. I don't have an older install to test it on.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Necessary fixes too invasive.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Okay, here's the full details on the one where it does work, then:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0366
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
        Region 0: Memory at d8240000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                Link: ASPM Disabled CommClk- ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed unknown, Width x0

SoupNazi has rev 01, and lolow's "Interrupt" is IRQ 50 (mine is 21). I guess this is sort of a mix of bugs on different Intel sound cards, which all manifest similarly. I'm guessing a similar line in /etc/modules would fix those cards too, I just don't know what to put. I guess you could try different values for that model= part, but I'm going to go see if there's a bugreport upstream at alsa.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

I'm Googling it, and it looks like some are saying that the newer alsa modules have it fixed. You can try compiling the newest alsa driver into your kernel or see if it works with an up-to-date Feisty (I haven't tried changing my /etc/modules back to blank since those options had it working, so I haven't tried to see if newer Feisty works by itself, I just know that it didn't in February).

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

It works perfectly for me on Feisty with nothing regarding sound in my /etc/modules. Anyone else?

[Gor (gor-manoukian)]

New Ubuntu newbie wring,
My problem with sound with fresh 6.10 install (untouched sound settings) -> Detects USB device with correct drivers present but no sound output)
0: Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 (Alsa Mixer)

Reconnecting USB cable or going into hibernate mode adds a generic driver for sound (USB utility problems?)
1: USB Mixer (OSS Mixer)

Sound is now apparent but not tuned with USB sound device, once I change it back to 0 works perfectly but volume sliders are not 100% accurate what I mean by that is they jump up and down, sometime never move,never mutes/unmutes (very annoying) Restarting the computer seems to reset sound settings

Hope someone releases a simple guide to understand configuring sound (backing up the config file for later use) or using another utility for sound or updating Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 driver

[Gor (gor-manoukian)]

New Ubuntu newbie writng,
My problem with sound with fresh 6.10 install (untouched sound settings) -> Detects USB device with correct drivers present but no sound output)
0: Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 (Alsa Mixer)

Reconnecting USB cable or going into hibernate mode adds a generic driver for sound (USB utility problems?)
1: USB Mixer (OSS Mixer)

Sound is now apparent but not tuned with USB sound device, once I change it back to 0 works perfectly but volume sliders are not 100% accurate what I mean by that is they jump up and down, sometime never move,never mutes/unmutes (very annoying) Restarting the computer seems to reset sound settings

Hope someone releases a simple guide to understand configuring sound (backing up the config file for later use) or using another utility for sound or updating Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 driver

[Gor (gor-manoukian)]

New Ubuntu newbie writing,
My problem with sound with fresh 6.10 install (untouched sound settings) -> Detects USB device with correct drivers present but no sound output)
0: Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 (Alsa Mixer)

Reconnecting USB cable or going into hibernate mode adds a generic driver for sound (USB utility problems?)
1: USB Mixer (OSS Mixer)

Sound is now apparent but not tuned with USB sound device, once I change it back to 0 works perfectly but volume sliders are not 100% accurate what I mean by that is they jump up and down, sometime never move,never mutes/unmutes (very annoying) Restarting the computer seems to reset sound settings

Hope someone releases a simple guide to understand configuring sound (backing up the config file for later use) or using another utility for sound or updating Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 driver