[HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Speaker, Internal] Background noise or low volume

[Millan.SIS]

My laptop internal speaker volume is extremely low.
So low that i have to put my ears close to the speakers to hear something.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic-pae 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: millan 2752 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: millan 2752 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd4100000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1X5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c1448,00100402'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 9
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xd4020000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 6
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Tue Jul 31 19:45:53 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Intel successful
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel
Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_Type: High background noise, or volume is too low
Title: [HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Speaker, Internal] Background noise or low volume
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.29
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1448
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 65.38
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.29:bd11/07/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6NotebookPC:pvr048E100000242B10000020000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1448:rvr65.38:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 048E100000242B10000020000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[psamuel (persaudsamuel)]

Este bug tambien afecta a la laptop de un compañero, alguna solucion?

[Ali Kone (askiadeveloper)]

This bug is also affecting me for
HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Speaker, Internal

I tried updating the alsa-base.config adding model hp-dv5 and hp.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo

post the output of alsa -info.sh

active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo>
 sinks:
  alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo/#1: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
 sources:
  alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor/#1: Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
  alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo/#2: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
 ports:
  analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000, available: unknown)
   properties:

  analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, available: unknown)
   properties:

  analog-input-microphone-internal: Internal Microphone (priority 8900, available: unknown)
   properties:

  analog-input-microphone: Microphone (priority 8700, available: no)
   properties:

  analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, available: unknown)
   properties:

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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