[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#679056: alsa-base: No sound or controls because Alsa configures mixer incorrectly; alsamixer will not display the soundcard. Solved by adding "options snd_hda_intel model=auto" to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

[Shawn]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.25+2
Severity: important


   * What led up to the situation? Installation of Squeeze XFCE or Gnome.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)? Added "options snd_hda_intel model=auto" to /etc/modprobe.d
/alsa-base.conf (per bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/alsa-driver/+bug/910141 )

   * What was the outcome of this action? Mixer controls are configured
correctly; can open alsamixer; get sound.

   * What outcome did you expect instead? Sound card to be recognized and
configured correctly without spending 3 days troubleshooting and searching for
a way to configure it ;)



-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  libasound2:amd 1.0.25-3       shared library for ALSA applications
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
 0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16
 1 [HDMI           ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
                      HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdffc000 irq 19
 2 [USB            ]: USB-Audio - E-MU 0404 | USB
                      E-MU Systems, Inc. E-MU 0404 | USB at usb-0000:00:13.2-6, high speed
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       60 Jun 25 18:16 by-id
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      100 Jun 25 18:16 by-path
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  8 Jun 25 18:16 controlC0
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Jun 25 18:16 controlC1
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Jun 25 18:16 controlC2
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  7 Jun 25 18:16 hwC0D0
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Jun 25 18:16 hwC1D0
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Jun 25 18:16 midiC2D0
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  6 Jun 25 18:16 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  5 Jun 25 18:16 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  4 Jun 25 18:16 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  3 Jun 25 18:16 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  2 Jun 25 18:16 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  9 Jun 25 18:16 pcmC1D3p
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 15 Jun 25 18:23 pcmC2D0c
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Jun 25 18:23 pcmC2D0p
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Jun 25 18:16 pcmC2D1p
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  1 Jun 25 18:16 seq
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Jun 25 18:16 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  kmod    8-2
ii  procps  1:3.3.3-2
ii  udev    175-3.1

Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
ii  alsa-utils  1.0.25-3

Versions of packages alsa-base suggests:
pn  alsa-oss    <none>
pn  oss-compat  <none>

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6              2.13-33
ii  multiarch-support  2.13-33

Versions of packages libasound2 suggests:
pn  libasound2-plugins  <none>

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf changed:
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-emu10k1-synth ; : ; }
options snd-pcsp index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd_hda_intel model=auto


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