No sound

[David Baucum]

On my Dell 1420N I can only get sound by plugging in my headphones.
lspci reports the following:
david@kinitos:~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1693 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe9fc000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9228'
   Components : 'HDA:83847616,102801f3,00100201 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls : 29
   Simple ctrls : 19
CheckboxCommand: alsa_record_playback
CheckboxTest: alsa_record_playback_alternates
Date: Mon Oct 26 22:53:20 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Tags: checkbox-bug
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1707): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1707): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1814): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1835): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1332 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: david 1332 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe9fc000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9228'
   Components : 'HDA:83847616,102801f3,00100201 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 18
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

---
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.22.1.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: david 3909 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe9fc000 irq 32'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9228'
   Components : 'HDA:83847616,102801f3,00100201 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 18
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-020634rc1-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom reproducible after installing
linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic and rebooting?

[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

No. Sound still only works if I plug in my headphones.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

Hi DavidBaucum,

Please, if you are still having issues, test with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p alsa-base 461631

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds .

Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.

Please let us know your results.

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[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: david 2481 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe9fc000 irq 30'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9228'
   Components : 'HDA:83847616,102801f3,00100201 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 18
CheckboxSubmission: ae75cbe72d5d070e012b63b363d4be91
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2496): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:2603): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:2600): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -4 and height 24
 (gnome-panel:2600): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window

[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

This attached apport is on 9.10, not 10.04 Beta. I didn't realize running that command would attach the information to this bug automatically.
I'll do another apport once I've finished downloading 10.04 Beta.

[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

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[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

These logs are running Ubuntu 10.04 with all the latest updates. I still have no sound. I'll test the upstream kernel next.

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[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

This final apport run is with the .34-rc1 kernel. Please let me know what further testing I can provide.

[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

This bug is still present in Natty Beta 1.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

This bug should be fixed in the upstream 3.11 kernel as well as the upstream 3.10.4 kernel. The relevant commit in the 3.10.4 kernel is:

commit 0d9230a39086b5f183fda1091eb078a67be01f05
Author: Takashi Iwai
Date: Fri Jul 19 08:02:25 2013 +0200

    ALSA: hda - Remove NO_PRESENCE bit override for Dell 1420n Laptop

    commit f3e351eef3a7fd1e36a3e18d4f2f069b00deb23c upstream.

    The quirk for Dell laptops with STAC9228 overrides the pin default
    config of NID 0x0f to the value with AC_DEFCFG_MISC_NO_PRESENCE bit
    on. I'm not quite sure why this was done so, but can guess that this
    was introduced for avoiding this to be muted by another headphone
    plug. Now, after transition to the generic parser, this workaround
    rather causes a problem (notably as unexpected speaker mutes) because
    the pin is seen as if it's always plugged in.

    Since the generic parser can handle multiple headphone plugging
    gracefully, we can get rid of this override now.

    Reported-and-tested-by: Eric Shattow
    Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

This laptop is running Raring alpha releases. When can I expect the new kernel that fixes thus to hit so that I can confirm close this bug?

[David Baucum (maxolasersquad)]

The 3.11 kernle hit Ubuntu 13.10 a couple days ago, but it was causing all sorts of weirdness, like my sound devices where disappearing. I updated today and I was just back to no playing. On a hunch I ran alsamixer. All the settings looked fine, but just playing around I turned off "Auto-Mute Mod" and now sound is working just fine.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

You have to find out whether your internal is analog mic 0x0c or digital mic 0x013

Node 0x0c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo
  Pincap 0x00001737: IN OUT Detect Trigger ImpSense
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
  Pin Default 0x90a79130: [Fixed] Mic at Int N/A
    Conn = Analog, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Connection: 1
     0x03

Node 0x0e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo
  Pincap 0x00001737: IN OUT Detect Trigger ImpSense
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
  Pin Default 0x02a79130: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
    Conn = Analog, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  Unsolicited: tag=03, enabled=1
  Connection: 1
     0x04
Node 0x13 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400001: Stereo
  Pincap 0x00000020: IN
  Pin Default 0x90a60040: [Fixed] Mic at Int N/A
    Conn = Digital, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0x4, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN

[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.]