[GA-880GM-UD2H, ATI RS690/780 HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all

[Bill]

No sound.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC3: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC2: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Sat May 4 02:22:56 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-03 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:HDMI failed
Symptom_Card: RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series] - HDA ATI HDMI
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC3: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC2: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: jesus-loves-me 5713 F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [GA-880GM-UD2H, ATI RS690/780 HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F8
dmi.board.name: GA-880GM-UD2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8:bd10/11/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-880GM-UD2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-880GM-UD2H:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-880GM-UD2H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Try adding radeon.audio=1 to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line in /etc/default/grub (inside the quotations)
Then run:
sudo update-grub
Reboot.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

There was also a second bug in the original Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" release, which caused no HDMI audio. This was fixed in the 3.8.0-22.33 kernel update.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

The upstream 3.13 kernel is currently under development. The radeon.audio=1 kernel boot option will no longer be necessary with this kernel. Instead, HDMI audio on ATI/AMD Radeon cards can be enabled and disabled on the fly by typing the following in a terminal window:

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set audio on

or

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set audio off

If your HDMI port is numbered differently (type "xrandr" to check) - you might need to change HDMI-0 in the above command to HDMI-1 or HDMI-2.

The 3.13-rc2 kernel is currently available at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ and instructions on how to install and uninstall it are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]