snd-hda-intel sound - Ubuntu 64bit - Jaunty - It worked!

**davidfdr** · April 28th, 2009

Hello,

I found a lot of guys with same problem.

After reading some threads here, I did the following things to make my sound works OK:

Laptop Model:
Gateway P-6831FX
Core2duo Xtreme 3ghz
4gb RAM
8800mGTS
Sound: IDT 92DT71B8X
lspci -v:

Code:

...

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0690
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2294
	Memory at f4600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
...

1 - put following lines on /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Code:

options snd-hda-intel model=hp-m4 enable=1 index=0
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

Note that my notebook is an Gateway, BUT i'm using model hd-m4 (HP DV laptops) because apears to have the same chipset (IDT 92DT71B8X)

The list of the supported models you can find on following place:
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentat...dio-Models.txt

Code:

STAC92HD71B*
============
  ref		Reference board
  dell-m4-1	Dell desktops
  dell-m4-2	Dell desktops
  dell-m4-3	Dell desktops
  hp-m4		HP dv laptops

I've tried with some Gateway listed models, but none of them worked, so, i'll continue to use the hp-m4 model.

A strange thing happend after all configurations. I needed to put/remove the headphone jacket to turn on the laptop speakers. I think that is maybe because the model hp-m4 isn't complete compatible.

So, I hope it help.

best regards.

David

**SeanBlader** · April 28th, 2009

I had begun to think that it wasn't going to ever get sound. I'd go through threads and think that I didn't want to try stuff because I didn't think it would work. Then I saw this one, and I just knew somewhere that the right line to the alsa-base.conf file would fix it, and in that list was the answer for my Adamo:

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-eq

Now to fix some of the actual sounds themselves since I actually have audio. Thanks for the link David.

**quickyfant** · April 28th, 2009

Hi!

I had already thrown in the towel! I had tried every new tip, nothing! Thank you so much David, IT WORKED! Thanks!!

**The Mad Mule** · April 28th, 2009

So it works, but we have to plug something into the headphone port, and pull it out to have the speakers start working?

**babin** · April 28th, 2009

Hi
I gauss I have a same problem.
I have a Gateway T-6161 and I have Ubuntu 9.4 64bit on it.
You know, its speakers work well but I don't hear sound in headphone. I edit alsa-base like your said, but it still doesn't work. I test other model but it still doesn't work.

here is my Playback list

Code:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

**davidfdr** · April 28th, 2009

Originally Posted by babin

Hi
I gauss I have a same problem.
I have a Gateway T-6161 and I have Ubuntu 9.4 64bit on it.
You know, its speakers work well but I don't hear sound in headphone. I edit alsa-base like your said, but it still doesn't work. I test other model but it still doesn't work.

here is my Playback list

Code:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Other thing that I hear the could work is pull the kernel option "irqpoll" on grub.

You may try that.

Go to /boot/grub/menu.lst
Fine the line kopt..
Put irqpoll on the end of the line.

I´ve found a thread on launchpad saying that.