Re: popping laptop speakers

[Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta <olafrv@gmail.com>]

On 27/01/10 09:29, Nima Azarbayjany wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've got an annoying problem with my laptop which is a Pavilion dv5.  
> I have the latest kernel 2.6.32.
>
> The problem is that at reboot the speakers make a loud noise which I 
> fear may damage hardware.  This problem existed with somewhat older 
> kernels and it was worse.  There used to be sounds generated also at 
> suspend.  I don't know whether this should be reported as a bug and if 
> so where it should go.  I thought here is the most relevant place so I 
> posted to this list.  I have attached the output of lspci and lsmod to 
> this email but I don't know how to get you more data (such as probably 
> logs).  I know this is not enough.  So please help me.
Try this:

options snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv5 enable_msi=1

At the end of your /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot.

Let me know if it works.

> These threads show that already so many people are having such a problem:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/23984
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/352540/+activity
>
> lspci:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory 
> Controller Hub (rev 07)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI 
> Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB 
> UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB 
> UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 
> EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio 
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express 
> Port 1 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express 
> Port 2 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express 
> Port 3 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express 
> Port 4 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express 
> Port 5 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express 
> Port 6 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB 
> UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB 
> UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB 
> UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB 
> UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 
> EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller 
> (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI 
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller 
> (rev 03)
> 00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 
> Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 
> 9200M GS] (rev a1)
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN 
> [Shiloh] Network Connection
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> 06:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host 
> Controller
> 06:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host 
> Controller
> 06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host 
> Controller
> 06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
> 06:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
>
>
>
> lsmod:
> Module                  Size  Used by
> nvidia               8783671  41    ppdev                   4058  
> 0     lp                      5570  0     parport                
> 22554  2 ppdev,lp
> sco                     5837  2        bridge                 32851  
> 0        stp                      996  1 bridge 
> bnep                    7376  2        rfcomm                 25063  
> 4        l2cap                  21677  16 bnep,rfcomm
> crc16                   1027  1 l2cap      acpi_cpufreq            
> 4907  0            cpufreq_userspace       1444  0            
> cpufreq_conservative     4018  0           cpufreq_powersave        
> 602  0            cpufreq_stats           1940  0            
> kvm_intel              32446  0            kvm                   
> 179533  1 kvm_intel  fuse                   43554  1            
> loop                    9721  0            firewire_sbp2           
> 9575  0            snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi     2567  1           
> snd_hda_codec_idt      35245  1            snd_hda_intel          
> 15263  2            snd_hda_codec          45998  3 
> snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
> snd_hwdep               4054  1 
> snd_hda_codec                                      
> snd_pcm_oss            28479  
> 0                                                    
> snd_mixer_oss          10461  1 
> snd_pcm_oss                                        
> snd_pcm                47350  3 
> snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss            
> snd_seq_midi            3480  
> 0                                                    
> arc4                     974  
> 2                                                    
> snd_rawmidi            12313  1 
> snd_seq_midi                                       
> snd_seq_midi_event      3684  1 
> snd_seq_midi                                       
> snd_seq                35303  2 
> snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event                    
> snd_timer              12258  2 
> snd_pcm,snd_seq                                    
> snd_seq_device          3673  3 
> snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq                   
> ecb                     1405  
> 2                                                    
> snd                    33551  15 
> snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device 
>
> soundcore               3450  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc          4977  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> psmouse                44409  0
> serio_raw               2916  0
> iwlagn                 62199  0
> iwlcore                67306  1 iwlagn
> uvcvideo               45194  0
> videodev               25445  1 uvcvideo
> mac80211              121381  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
> v4l1_compat            10250  2 uvcvideo,videodev
> i2c_i801                6442  0
> btusb                   7997  2
> jmb38x_ms               5502  0
> cfg80211               86910  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
> evdev                   5609  22
> bluetooth              36259  9 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap,btusb
> i2c_core               12612  3 nvidia,videodev,i2c_i801
> memstick                4348  1 jmb38x_ms
> rfkill                 10196  3 cfg80211,bluetooth
> pcspkr                  1207  0
> battery                 3782  0
> wmi                     3575  0
> processor              25803  3 acpi_cpufreq
> ac                      1640  0
> ext3                   93828  5
> jbd                    31965  1 ext3
> mbcache                 3762  1 ext3
> sg                     15932  0
> sr_mod                 10770  0
> cdrom                  26487  1 sr_mod
> sd_mod                 25717  7
> crc_t10dif              1012  1 sd_mod
> usbhid                 26784  0
> hid                    50545  1 usbhid
> uhci_hcd               15953  0
> ahci                   26446  6
> firewire_ohci          16477  0
> video                  14605  0
> output                  1204  1 video
> intel_agp              20145  0
> agpgart                19516  2 nvidia,intel_agp
> button                  3598  0
> libata                113728  1 ahci
> firewire_core          30915  2 firewire_sbp2,firewire_ohci
> crc_itu_t               1035  1 firewire_core
> scsi_mod              101073  5 firewire_sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
> sdhci_pci               4493  0
> sdhci                  12079  1 sdhci_pci
> mmc_core               38095  1 sdhci
> led_class               1757  2 iwlcore,sdhci
> ehci_hcd               27230  0
> r8169                  24568  0
> mii                     2714  1 r8169
> usbcore                97930  6 uvcvideo,btusb,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
> nls_base                4541  1 usbcore
> thermal                 9206  0
> fan                     2586  0
> thermal_sys             9378  4 processor,video,thermal,fan

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