No sound on Vaio VPCF11Z1E

[Mathieu Laurent]

Test Ubuntu on new Vaio

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vn-f-series/vpcf11z1e-bi

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxCommand: gst_pipeline_test -t 2 'audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink'
CheckboxDescription:
 Click the Test button to play a sound on the automatically detected playback device.

 Do you hear a sound?
CheckboxTest: playback_auto
Date: Sat Feb 13 16:39:31 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: python-gst0.10 0.10.17-1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gst0.10-python
Tags: checkbox-bug
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Mathieu Laurent (mla)]

In Windows Device Manager, I see :

NVIDIA High Definition Audio

[Mathieu Laurent (mla)]

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ID 275

[Mathieu Laurent (mla)]

My sound card on Sony Vaio VPCF11Z1E laptop works !

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

With the new linux kernel 2.6.33:

Linux 2.6.33-020633-generic #020633 SMP Thu Feb 25 10:10:03 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

From http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.33/

[Mathieu Laurent (mla)]

fixed with : linux-backports-modules-alsa-lucid-generic