The ALC256 does not have a mixer nid at 0x0b, and there's no
loopback path (the output pins are directly connected to the DACs).

This commit fixes an "num_steps = 0 for NID=0xb (ctl = Beep Playback Volume)"
error (and as a result, problems with amixer/alsamixer).

If there's pcbeep functionality, it certainly isn't controlled by setting an
amp on 0x0b, so disable beep functionality (at least for now).

Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1446517
Signed-off-by: David Henningsson <david.hennings...@canonical.com>
---
 sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
index 231d0e4..03975d03 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
@@ -5664,6 +5664,7 @@ static int patch_alc269(struct hda_codec *codec)
                break;
        case 0x10ec0256:
                spec->codec_variant = ALC269_TYPE_ALC256;
+               spec->gen.mixer_nid = 0; /* ALC256 does not have any loopback 
mixer path */
                break;
        }
 
@@ -5677,8 +5678,8 @@ static int patch_alc269(struct hda_codec *codec)
        if (err < 0)
                goto error;
 
-       if (!spec->gen.no_analog && spec->gen.beep_nid)
-               set_beep_amp(spec, 0x0b, 0x04, HDA_INPUT);
+       if (!spec->gen.no_analog && spec->gen.beep_nid && spec->gen.mixer_nid)
+               set_beep_amp(spec, spec->gen.mixer_nid, 0x04, HDA_INPUT);
 
        codec->patch_ops = alc_patch_ops;
        codec->patch_ops.stream_pm = snd_hda_gen_stream_pm;
-- 
1.9.1

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Title:
  "num_steps = 0" error on ALC256

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
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