@Raymond, interesting that you brought up Bug 55541. I had been reading through that and comparing outputs. It seems to me that most of the issues involved was that the DSP was not running or that output was being directed to a non-existent S/PDIF jack.
My issue is similar, in that output ONLY goes to a S/PDIF jack - and I have 2 of those. There is only 1 HP jack located in the front on this system. I don't have speakers that will accept S/PDIF input in order to see if sound data actually goes there. When selecting the HP, even though it looks as though sound is being routed to that jack, there is also nothing coming out. keith@keith-linux:~$ lsmod | grep ca0132 snd_hda_codec_ca0132 57344 1 snd_hda_codec 143360 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller,snd_hda_codec_ca0132 snd 90112 20 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_ca0132 So it looks like the codec is properly selected. keith@keith-linux:~$ dmesg | grep ca0132 [ 8.692299] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING. DSP looks good. keith@keith-linux:~$ dmesg | grep hda [ 8.000135] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 8.000249] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Disabling MSI [ 8.000264] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Handle VGA-switcheroo audio client [ 8.040884] sound hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xb/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line [ 8.040886] sound hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 8.040887] sound hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=2 (0x10/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 8.040887] sound hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0 [ 8.040888] sound hdaudioC0D0: dig-out=0xc/0x0 [ 8.040889] sound hdaudioC0D0: inputs: [ 8.040890] sound hdaudioC0D0: Mic=0x12 [ 8.040891] sound hdaudioC0D0: Line=0x11 And here's where things start getting confused. My system gives me 2 jacks on the front - Mic and headphones, and 5 jacks in the rear for Front/Center/Rear speakers as well as optical and analog S/PDIF . This doesn't seem to correspond with the hdaudioC0D0 data. Shouldn't speaker_outs be > 0, hp_outs < 2, line_outs == 0, and no entry at all for Line? From looking at the diff for patch_ca0132.c, it doesn't look like that fix matches these symptoms. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492430 Title: [Alienware Area-51 R2, Creative CA0132, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 This is a 5.1 surround sound set up. No output from any speaker. Sound settings configuration doesn't show proper options for this card - no channel info except for analog stereo and S/PDIF outputs where I would expect to see information on Front/Rear/Center speaker outputs. Output from aplay -l: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CA0132 Analog [CA0132 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: CA0132 Digital [CA0132 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 lspci output: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset HD Audio Controller (rev 05) Subsystem: Dell Device 064c Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 37 Region 0: Memory at fb310000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel -- 03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1131 Physical Slot: 6 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 38 Region 0: Memory at fb080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Output from alsa-info.sh can be found at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=b64f2a2d9aaaa279d19e6a0967202595956db577 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-lowlatency 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: keith 1905 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: keith 1905 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Sep 4 14:24:12 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-01 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) 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/controlC0: keith 1905 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: keith 1905 F.... pulseaudio Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [Alienware Area-51 R2, Creative CA0132, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/13/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0XJKKD dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA03:bd07/13/2015:svnAlienware:pnAlienwareArea-51R2:pvr:rvnAlienware:rn0XJKKD:rvrA01:cvnAlienware:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Alienware Area-51 R2 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1492430/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp