[Realtek ALC889] "Speaker" mixer volume reset to 0 on boot

[Christian Juner]

On every boot sound is inaudible due to the "Speaker" volume (configurable in alsamixer) being reset to 0. I am not sure whether this is pulseaudio's or ALSA's fault. When I raise the volume on the "Speaker" control, stereo playback works fine.

This system is upgraded from Karmic, where if I remember correctly, this "Speaker" mixer did not exist - this may be related to the bug.

I also assume this might be related to Bug #410446, although I have not yet investigated that.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion:
 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.22.1.
 Compiled on Apr 29 2010 for kernel 2.6.32-22-generic (SMP).
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: firstadmin 1821 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdb300000 irq 31'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP78 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0889,10250145,00100004 HDA:11c11040,10250145,00100200 HDA:10de0006,10de0101,00100000'
   Controls : 32
   Simple ctrls : 17
Date: Fri May 14 14:25:25 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [Realtek ALC889] Playback problem
dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.05
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Aspire 8930
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: PSMBOU-1234567
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd08/07/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire8930:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnAspire8930:rvrPSMBOU-1234567:cvnAcer:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 8930
dmi.product.version: V1.05
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Jordan Redman (osu-redman66)]

I also have the same problem.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

In GNOME sound preferences, do you have an "Analog Speakers" choice in the Connector dropdown menu of the Output tab? Does choosing that option resolve the symptom?

[Jordan Redman (osu-redman66)]

That fixed the problem for me, Thanks.

[Christian Juner (christian-juner)]

I cannot tell what caused the problem but I do not experience it anymore.

[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.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.