Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble

[Frank Carmickle <frank@carmickle.com>]

Looks like both cards are intact. If the onboard one still passes audio, is still a question. The mixer controls are quite complicated, so I'm having trouble understanding where the audio is routed and or if it is muted.

I'm going to guess from looking at this, that there isn't a problem with the hardware. Take another look at alsamixer for card0.


--FC


> On Mar 29, 2023, at 14:33, K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote:
> 
> Okay,
> First are the results of lspci -k
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 21)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register
> Kernel driver in use: iosf_mbi_pci
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium 
> Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 21)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller
> Kernel driver in use: i915
> Kernel modules: i915
> 00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SATA Controller (rev 21)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SATA Controller
> Kernel driver in use: ahci
> Kernel modules: ahci
> 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series USB xHCI Controller (rev 21)
> Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
> 00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium 
> Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 21)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine
> Kernel driver in use: mei_txe
> Kernel modules: mei_txe
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller (rev 21)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller
> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
> Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #1 (rev 21)
> Kernel driver in use: pcieport
> Kernel modules: shpchp
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #2 (rev 21)
> Kernel driver in use: pcieport
> Kernel modules: shpchp
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #3 (rev 21)
> Kernel driver in use: pcieport
> Kernel modules: shpchp
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU (rev 21)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU
> Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
> Kernel modules: lpc_ich
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx SMBus Controller (rev 21)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor 
> x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx SMBus Controller
> Kernel modules: i2c_i801
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 (rev 81)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
> Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
> Kernel modules: iwlwifi
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
> RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
> Controller
> Kernel driver in use: r8169
> Kernel modules: r8169
> 
> ** Now the contents of asound.state
> Ubuntu didn't recognize sudo do, so I did sudo su, to be root:
> state.PCH {
> control.1 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Headphone Playback Volume'
>  value.0 87
>  value.1 87
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 87'
>   dbmin -6525
>   dbmax 0
>   dbvalue.0 0
>   dbvalue.1 0
>  }
> }
> control.2 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
>  value.0 true
>  value.1 true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 2
>  }
> }
> control.3 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Headphone Playback Volume'
>  index 1
>  value.0 87
>  value.1 87
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 87'
>   dbmin -6525
>   dbmax 0
>   dbvalue.0 0
>   dbvalue.1 0
>  }
> }
> control.4 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
>  index 1
>  value.0 true
>  value.1 true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 2
>  }
> }
> control.5 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Loopback Mixing'
>  value Enabled
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type ENUMERATED
>   count 1
>   item.0 Disabled
>   item.1 Enabled
>  }
> }
> control.6 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Mic Playback Volume'
>  value.0 20
>  value.1 20
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 31'
>   dbmin -3450
>   dbmax 1200
>   dbvalue.0 -450
>   dbvalue.1 -450
>  }
> }
> control.7 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Mic Playback Switch'
>  value.0 true
>  value.1 true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 2
>  }
> }
> control.8 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Capture Volume'
>  value.0 63
>  value.1 63
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 63'
>   dbmin -1725
>   dbmax 3000
>   dbvalue.0 3000
>   dbvalue.1 3000
>  }
> }
> control.9 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Capture Switch'
>  value.0 true
>  value.1 true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 2
>  }
> }
> control.10 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Mic Boost Volume'
>  value.0 3
>  value.1 3
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 3'
>   dbmin 0
>   dbmax 3600
>   dbvalue.0 3600
>   dbvalue.1 3600
>  }
> }
> control.11 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
>  index 16
>  value 
> '0fff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type IEC958
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.12 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
>  index 16
>  value 
> '0f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type IEC958
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.13 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
>  index 16
>  value 
> '0482000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type IEC958
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.14 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
>  index 16
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.15 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.16 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Master Playback Volume'
>  value 87
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 1
>   range '0 - 87'
>   dbmin -6525
>   dbmax 0
>   dbvalue.0 0
>  }
> }
> control.17 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Master Playback Switch'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.18 {
>  iface CARD
>  name 'Mic Jack'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.19 {
>  iface CARD
>  name 'Headphone Front Jack'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.20 {
>  iface CARD
>  name 'Front Headphone Surround Jack'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.21 {
>  iface CARD
>  name 'SPDIF Phantom Jack'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.22 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Beep Playback Volume'
>  value.0 31
>  value.1 31
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 31'
>   dbmin -3450
>   dbmax 1200
>   dbvalue.0 1200
>   dbvalue.1 1200
>  }
> }
> control.23 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Beep Playback Switch'
>  value.0 false
>  value.1 false
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 2
>  }
> }
> control.24 {
>  iface PCM
>  name 'Playback Channel Map'
>  value.0 0
>  value.1 0
>  value.2 0
>  value.3 0
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type INTEGER
>   count 4
>   range '0 - 36'
>  }
> }
> control.25 {
>  iface PCM
>  name 'Capture Channel Map'
>  value.0 3
>  value.1 4
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 36'
>  }
> }
> control.26 {
>  iface PCM
>  device 1
>  name 'Playback Channel Map'
>  value.0 0
>  value.1 0
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 36'
>  }
> }
> control.27 {
>  iface CARD
>  name 'HDMI/DP,pcm=3 Jack'
>  value false
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.28 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
>  value 
> '0fff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type IEC958
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.29 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
>  value 
> '0f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type IEC958
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.30 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
>  value 
> '0400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type IEC958
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.31 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
>  value false
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.32 {
>  iface PCM
>  device 3
>  name ELD
>  value ''
>  comment {
>   access 'read volatile'
>   type BYTES
>   count 0
>  }
> }
> control.33 {
>  iface PCM
>  device 3
>  name 'Playback Channel Map'
>  value.0 0
>  value.1 0
>  value.2 0
>  value.3 0
>  value.4 0
>  value.5 0
>  value.6 0
>  value.7 0
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 8
>   range '0 - 36'
>  }
> }
> control.34 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'PCM Playback Volume'
>  value.0 255
>  value.1 255
>  comment {
>   access 'read write user'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 255'
>   tlv '0000000100000008ffffec1400000014'
>   dbmin -5100
>   dbmax 0
>   dbvalue.0 0
>   dbvalue.1 0
>  }
> }
> }
> state.Device {
> control.1 {
>  iface PCM
>  name 'Playback Channel Map'
>  value.0 3
>  value.1 4
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 36'
>  }
> }
> control.2 {
>  iface PCM
>  name 'Capture Channel Map'
>  value 0
>  comment {
>   access read
>   type INTEGER
>   count 1
>   range '0 - 36'
>  }
> }
> control.3 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Mic Playback Switch'
>  value false
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.4 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Mic Playback Volume'
>  value 16
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 1
>   range '0 - 31'
>   dbmin -9999999
>   dbmax 800
>   dbvalue.0 -700
>  }
> }
> control.5 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Speaker Playback Switch'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.6 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Speaker Playback Volume'
>  value.0 37
>  value.1 37
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 2
>   range '0 - 37'
>   dbmin -9999999
>   dbmax 0
>   dbvalue.0 0
>   dbvalue.1 0
>  }
> }
> control.7 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Mic Capture Switch'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> control.8 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Mic Capture Volume'
>  value 20
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type INTEGER
>   count 1
>   range '0 - 35'
>   dbmin -1200
>   dbmax 2300
>   dbvalue.0 800
>  }
> }
> control.9 {
>  iface MIXER
>  name 'Auto Gain Control'
>  value true
>  comment {
>   access 'read write'
>   type BOOLEAN
>   count 1
>  }
> }
> }
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Frank Carmickle" <frank@carmickle.com>
> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>
> Cc: "Debian Accessibility Team" <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble
> 
> 
> Glenn,
> 
> Send us the output of
> 
> lspci -k
> 
> As root do
> 
> alsactl store
> 
> and send us the contents of
> 
> /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
> 
> This should show all the known audio controls.
> 
> Best,
> --FC
> 
>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 00:20, K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jude,
>> Here's an update.
>> After stumbling around with alsamixer, it finally booted into the GUI and
>> Orca talks.
>> This is, however, through the USB external card.
>> So on the desktop, I looked at system preferences, hardware, and sound, it
>> only showed the USB soundcard, as a choice of devices.
>> So although alsamixer sees it in the CLI, the GUI does not even see it.
>> So until I find a way to have the desktop see the internal sound chip, I'm
>> stuck with the external soundcard.
>> Glenn
>