Feisty Sound not working at all on a toshiba a200 satellite has intel HDA

[matheuu]

Have no sound:
Brand new Toshiba Satellite A200 SYSTEM UNIT model No. PSAF0A-04X019
Has an intel HDA card not sure which chip or module.
Bought in Sydney Australia.
Running Feisty. tried Edgy as well.
Have Tried changing the last line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
Should this work? apparently there are a bunch of possible lines to add how do you know which one?

No Luck
and extremely frustrating.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the output requested at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSoundProblems as attachments? Thanks in advance.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Fixed in 1.0.14.

[matheuu (matheuu)]

Um... What does that mean?

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

A newer upstream version supports it.

[matheuu (matheuu)]

I did this :

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.14.tar.bz2
tar -xjf alsa-driver-1.0.14.tar.bz2
cd alsa-driver-1.0.14
./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Now I should have the current drivers. Which I think I already had.

Rebooted and ...nothing ..went to alsamixer there are only 4 sound controls. Master, PMC, Caller I and Off hook. MAster and PMC were at 100% the other two were muted. unmuted them both.

Still no sound. Does this look right? Its the alsamixer details.

┌──────────────────[AlsaMixer v1.0.13 (Press Escape to quit)]──────────────────┐
│ Card: HDA Intel │
│ Chip: Realtek ID 268 │
│ View: [Playback] Capture All │
│ Item: Master [dB gain=0.00, 0.00

[matheuu (matheuu)]

Found this from another fellow. Seems to have a similar situation:

"[alsa-devel] bios update alters hda-intel and alsamixer
Chris Pemberton cjpembo at gmail.com
Wed May 23 06:55:55 CEST 2007

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After updating the bios on a Lenovo notebook, my hda-intel sound "changed"

Before the bios update I used kernel 2.6.20.3, external
alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3 and the attached patch_realtek.c (in-kernel alsa
wouldn't work)

After the bios update I use just the alsa contained in kernel 2.6.20.3.

Before bios update, my mixer contained many items: including master,
front, mic, pcm, etc.

Now it only contains master and pcm.

So, I have a few questions:

How can I determine what items are "supposed" to show up in alsamixer?

Where can I submit my laptop soundcard information to help finalize
support of this model/card?

Thank you"

[mcconkeybe (mcconkeybe)]

I have a Toshiba a205-s4607. Same problem...so frustrating. I have tried everything mentioned in all the forums. Nothing works.

[brightsmile (pr4040)]

I think this is the same bug -- support for "Realtek ID 268":
https://bugs.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/116326/

Subscribe there -- a patch should be coming...

[mcconkeybe (mcconkeybe)]

I'm a beginner. I'm in way over my head with all this command line stuff
trying to get my sound working. My sound card isn't even showing up in the
system anymore. I upgraded to gutsy, but i want to figure out how to revert
back to feisty. Any ideas?

On 6/29/07, brightsmile <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I think this is the same bug -- support for "Realtek ID 268":
>
> https://bugs.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/116326/
>
> Subscribe there -- a patch should be coming...
>
> --
> Feisty Sound not working at all on a toshiba a200 satellite has intel HDA
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120302
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[marcusherou (marcusherou)]

Hi all.
After a nightmare of reading many many posts I fixed my sound issues by just issuing
sudo chmod -R a+rwX /dev/snd/
and
sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
according to the troubleshooting guide at http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TroubleShooting

I think there is something fishy in the feisty setup which do not allow all users to rw these files.

I'm not sure if it works for a toshiba but I had the exact same problems on my new HP 6710b laptop with builtin audio.

Kindly

//Marcus

[Felipe Cardoso Martins (macafe)]

I'm using the Toshiba A205-S4597, and have the some problem in my sound.

I would like help in some things if is needed.

Thank's,

Felipe

[fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice)]

I have just upgraded to gutsy in order to get alsa 1.0.14 and the 2.6.22-10 kernel. Unfortunately, I still have no sound. It looks like the upstream patch does not fix this problem. Attachments to follow.

[fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice)]

I just tried patching and building alsa as specified here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/116326/comments/75

No joy with either internal speakers or headphones. I can change volume as before, and this apparently works. Everything appears to see the card, and attempts to play normally. I just don't get any sound. Note that under windows (Vista) the mixer arrangement for this machine is a bit complicated, with separate controls for the front panel and main speakers. I only see two volume settings under Ubuntu: Master and PCM.

I should also mention that whenever I rmmod and then modprobe snd_hda_intel from the command-line, I get this sort of thing:
[ 23.984000] si3054: cannot initialize. EXT MID = 0000
This message also appears in the boot-up dmesg output.

My laptop is nearly identical to matheuu's.

[matheuu (matheuu)]

Also tried the same procedure as fuzzy...three times... No luck.
Sucks heaps. Don't think I have had a beep out of this thing since April O7... Never thought I was such an understanding, patient kind of fellow? Ah who needs sound anyway? My chick just dropped my 320 gig external hard drive...with all my music on it...

Does anyone have a layman explanation for all these sound issues?

[feistygibbon (feistygibbon)]

Hi

Let me join with the same problem.

Chip:
==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: Realtek ID 268

no luck with the latest alsa drivers beta and stable

I have an Acer Notebook

But beside not be able to play sound, Gutsy ROCKS!!!

keep up the great work

thx

[fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice)]

Hello,

I have managed to get some sound functions working with a custom-patched kernel.org 2.6.23.1. I applied [1] to the patch_realtek.c file, part of the snd_hda_intel driver. The patch is against a different version, so I had to apply it manually in the end. Attached is the file I ended up with.

It appears that 2.6.23.1 includes an earlier version of the same patch, however this did not work for me. The later patch provides sound playback for me, however I haven't managed to get the mic working as yet.

Alsa 1.0.14 does -not- fix the bug for this laptop model (Toshiba A200/L01). There is some talk here[2] about the patch I used being included in 1.0.15-rc1, so that might fix things.

It may be possible to patch a 2.6.22 kernel in the same way as I patched mine.

Benjamin
[1] http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9953178/Realtek_ALC268_support_patch_V1.6
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/116326/comments/187

[Adrian (ruewan)]

I am running gutsy gibbon.

I have a toshiba A205-4777 with a 8086:284b Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03).

The speakers don´t turn off when I plug in the headphones and I do not get any sound from the built in mic. There is no headphone sense option in the also mixer, but there is a off the hook and caller id switch.

[vicomte (cbullow)]

FuzzyBSC ? wait ... 'I know that guy! hehe Hey fuzzy, don't know if you'd remember me, used to attend UQ and remember fondly seeing your sleeping bag under your desk in the oooooold Comp Sci buildings. talking 1996 here I think.

Anyway, I've recently bought this laptop, exact same issue. Had trouble dual booting with Vista so wiped the whole hard drive and installed pure ubuntu. No sound and no wireless and no modem. Sound would be good, the latter two would be brilliant (i move around a lot, havn't had the ability to sign up to any broadband contract hence dialup)

[fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice)]

vicomte: Yeah, I'm still floating around.... :)
http://soundadvice.id.au/blog/

[nicodarious (nicodarious)]

Thought I would add in my two bit's worth. After snooping thru the net for a while, I found some ideas and used them. I don't know if they are all needed, but this is what I did to solve my problem. So here goes!

I own a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4617. This is the output from:

$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec

Codec: Realtek ALC268
Codec: Generic 11c1 Si3054

Ok, so here's what I did:

1) run

$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alias

2) add in the next two line onto the end of the file:

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=268

3) uninstall all you can of alsa files from the package manager (without having to uninstall ubuntu-desktop or any other critical or needed/wanted files)
4) download alsa-driver, alsa-lib, and alsa-utils from www.alsa-project.org.
5) untar them and run the next line in each of the three folders you have created from the command prompt:

$ ./configure && make && sudo make install

After rebooting, I was rewarded with crisp, clean sounds and music! Good luck to you all! I hope this kind of helped your out a bit!

BTW, just want to give a shout-out from Iraq!!!!

SGT Langley, John
aka m0rph3us

[nicodarious (nicodarious)]

Just a little tidbit also, for vicomte:

if you have a 4xxx series wifi card like i do, here it your fix to get wifi up and running:

find and download the file V11.1.1.0_XP_DRIVERS.zip

I think you can find it on the intel website.

unpack it and pull out the NETw4x32.INF file (if you have a 32-bit OS) or the NETw4x64.INF file (if you have a 64-bit OS).

apt-get install ndiswrapper

run this command from the folder there your INF file is:

$ sudo ndiswrapper -i NETw4x32.INF

now run the next line:

$ sudo gedit /etc/modules

and add in at the end of the file:

ndiswrapper

This will ensure that ndiswrapper module gets loaded on every boot. Now, I hope this works for you, as it has me on my two computers! I run an Intel 4965AGN chip on one and an Intel 4229 on the other. I have yet to have a problem with the driver. Good Luck!!!

SGT Langley
aka m0rph3us

[fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice)]

G'day,

Further to my previous success using a custom-patched kernel, I found tonight that installing the backports module under gutsy gives me sound. The package I selected was linux-backports-modules-generic,2.6.22.14.21 which pulled in linux-backports-modules-2.6.22-14,2.6.22-14.10. A quick reboot provides sound without my custom kernel. I'm not sure which module in particular did the trick. I have attached the output of lsmod for anyone who wants to dig through the gory details. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with the situation, now.

Benjamin.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

This bug report was marked "Fix Committed" against the Feisty kernel a while ago and it appears to be resolved in Gutsy after having installed the 'linux-backports-modules' package which has an updated version of ALSA. Can someone verify this bug has been resolved in Feisty and we'll go ahead and mark this bug report as "Fix Released". Thanks in advance.

[fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice)]

Unfortunately, this problem has reappeared for me under Hardy Herron. Installing the backports package has not solved it for me. I haven't looked into why any further as yet.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Thanks Benjamin,

I'm opening opening a new bug task against the "linux" source package which is the spurce package name for the actively developed Ubuntu kernel. However, against linux-source-2.6.20 this will be closed as this does not qualify for a Stable Release Update - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates. Thanks.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice)]

Leann,

I have checked with my wife, who indicates that sound has been working for some time now under Hardy, and on the aforementioned laptop. I'm not quite sure when it came good, but it looks to be a while ago. Sorry about keeping this bug open for so long in the mean-time.

Benjamin.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Thanks for the update. Marking this "Fix Released". matheuu, since you are the original bug reporter, feel free to reopen if this is not the case (ie set the status back to "New"). Thanks.