[kwlug-disc] Audio device not detected?

[Anton Avramov]

Does alsamixer show you any controls for the pci sound card?

It had happen to me on occasion it doesn't detect properly if the
output should be muted or not, so you can play with the controls there.


On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 17:07 -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> I know this group has some audiophiles who are well versed in Linux's
> sound components.
> 
> I bought one of the new N100 mini PCs to run various stuff on, and
> the plan 
> is to replace the Raspberry Pi4 with something more powerful, yet
> close in 
> power consumption to the Pi.
> 
> The N100 PC runs Xubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, and will be a headless system.
> It has a 3.5mm, and I connected speakers to it.
> 
> When I do:
> 
> $ aplay foo.wav
> Playing WAVE 'foo.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz,
> Stereo
> 
> It pretends to play the wave file, but no sound comes out from the
> speakers.
> 
> But aplay says there are no soundcards ...
> 
> $ aplay -l
> aplay: device_list:277: no soundcards found...
> 
> According to alsa-info, the machine is:
> 
> Manufacturer:      Firebat_Computer
> Product Name:      T8_Plus
> Firmware Version:  5.26
> System SKU:        T8P-F
> And
> 
> !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
> !!-----------------------------
> 
>  0 [PCH]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
>                HDA Intel PCH at 0x6001110000 irq 136
>  1 [HID]: USB-Audio - USB Audio and HID
>                CSCTEK USB Audio and HID at usb-0000:00:14.0-6, full
> speed
> 
> 
> !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
> !!--------------------------------------
> 
> 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N PCH High
> Definition Audio Controller [8086:54c8]
>         DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
> 
> So there is a sound card.
> 
> But why is aplay not seeing it?
> 
> Any help with this is really appreciated ... 
> 
> -- 
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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