Comment 15 for bug 195605

Dear Michael,

There is still mo sound out of my box :-(
I have the following (k)ubuntu alsa packages installed:
alsa-base, version 1.0.17
alsa-utils, version 1.0.17
linux-sound-base, version 1.0.17

I added the lines as you described and used /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart.
This did not change the situation.
I also tried the command: alsa reload. This led to the same result. Do you
think it is worth installing the newest version 1.0.18a of the alsa-driver
from the project homepage?

I would be very grateful for any help or good hint.

Frank

2008/12/16 Michael Doube <email address hidden>

> ** Description changed:
>
> The Sony Vaio SZ6 series use snd_hda_intel, which is generally good and
> supported by alsa >= 1.0.15, but the Ubuntu installer does not properly
> detect hardware and configure the driver. The well-known fix to this
> bug is to install the newest available alsa and add to the end of
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base these 3 lines:
>
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> options snd-hda-intel model=vaio
> +
> + Then restart ALSA:
> +
> + ]$ sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
>
> This enables the headphone jack, speaker muting on headphone insertion,
> the internal microphone (and I think the mic jack, though I haven't
> tested it), which otherwise don't work. A bit of a pain when your Mum
> is nagging you to Skype her.
>
> I thought that alsaconf from alsa-utils >= 1.0.15 helped with this
> configuration problem, but it doesn't with alsa-utils-1.0.16. Just
> adding the above 3 lines does it.
>
> I'm pretty sure this affects a broad range of newer Vaios.
>
> Clearly, sound should work properly out of the box - which it almost
> does.
>
> --
> Sound not configured properly on Sony Vaios using snd_hda_intel
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195605
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