[W65_67SF, VIA VT1802, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all on most restarts

Bug #1628153 reported by Tony Flury
20
This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Abhirup Pal

Bug Description

On the vast majority of restarts of Ubuntu 16.04 I get no internal sound at all.

There are no reported issues in system settings on the only sound card I have. The volume is not muted.

On an estimated 1 in 10 restart, the sound works, and both the test sounds get played and other applications work fine.

There is no reported errors or messages on the restarts when the sound has failed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: tony 16160 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: tony 16160 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tony 16160 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Sep 27 15:56:02 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-29 (334 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: tony 16160 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: tony 16160 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tony 16160 F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [W65_67SF, VIA VT1802, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-13 (45 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.03.03
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: W65_67SF
dmi.board.vendor: Notebook
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Notebook
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.03.03:bd04/01/2014:svnNotebook:pnW65_67SF:pvrNotApplicable:rvnNotebook:rnW65_67SF:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNotebook:ct9:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: W65_67SF
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Notebook

Revision history for this message
Tony Flury (anthony-flury) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in alsa-driver (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

Do you mean restart from suspend?

When answered please set status back to "confirmed".

Changed in alsa-driver (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Tony Flury (anthony-flury) wrote :

I rarely suspended so I can't comment on that aspect. I know that sound fails often when when I restart from already logged in, or restart from windows.
Whenever I boot into Windows I always did a full Linux shutdown, so subsequent Ubuntu restart is effectively a cold start.

Changed in alsa-driver (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in alsa-driver (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Scott Palmer (skewty) wrote :

I am getting similar behaviour on 17.10. If I unplug my line out and plug it in again it works fine. In Windows 10 this unplug and replug is not required (the jack is fine).

Running:
 $ amixer -c0 contents
so I can compare the non working state with the working state, the following differences exist:

Non Working:
numid=43,iface=CARD,name='Line Out Front Jack'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
  : values=off
numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=on

Working:
numid=43,iface=CARD,name='Line Out Front Jack'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
  : values=on
numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Switch'
  ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
  : values=off

Changed in alsa-driver (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Abhirup Pal (monalisarai)
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.