[Asus M3A78, VIA VT1708B 8-Ch, Pink Mic, Rear] Pulseaudio fails to detect card

[Adam Horvath]

No sound

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:2.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: adam 6635 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Sat Oct 20 16:39:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=hu_HU
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_Jack: Pink Mic, Rear
Title: [System Product Name, VIA VT1708B 8-Ch, Pink Mic, Rear] Pulseaudio fails to detect card
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0901
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M3A78
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0901:bd12/26/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM3A78:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

 post the pulseaudio log

pulseaudi 2.0 require it jack sense on all jacks

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log

control.43 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Rear Mic Jack'
  value false
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

do your computer chassis have a hda compliant front audio panel ?

chech bios setup since Misc = NO_PRESENCE mean that there is no jack detection circuit in front audio panel

Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Headphone Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Headphone Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Independent HP", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="Front Headphone Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x1b, nsteps=0x1b, stepsize=0x06, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x1b 0x1b]
  Pincap 0x0000001c: OUT HP Detect
  Pin Default 0x0221411f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0xf
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power states: D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x16* 0x25
Node 0x1e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Control: name="Front Mic Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00002334: IN OUT Detect
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 100
  Pin Default 0x02a19138: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x8
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x21: IN VREF_50
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Power states: D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x27

control.38 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Line Out Front Jack'
  value false
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.39 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Line Out Surround Jack'
  value true
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.40 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Line Out CLFE Jack'
  value false
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.41 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Line Out Side Jack'
  value true
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.42 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Front Headphone Phantom Jack'
  value true
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.43 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Rear Mic Jack'
  value false
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.44 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Front Mic Phantom Jack'
  value true
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.45 {
  iface CARD
  name 'Line Jack'
  value false
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.46 {
  iface CARD
  name 'CD Phantom Jack'
  value true
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }
 control.47 {
  iface CARD
  name 'HDMI Phantom Jack'
  value true
  comment {
   access read
   type BOOLEAN
   count 1
  }
 }

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

[ 0.308459] pci0000:00: >Requesting ACPI _OSC control (0x1d)
[ 0.308462] pci0000:00: >ACPI _OSC request failed (AE_NOT_FOUND), returned control mask: 0x1d
[ 0.308463] ACPI _OSC control for PCIe not granted, disabling ASPM

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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