So I installed linux Mint 15 "Olivia" 64 bit on my Mecer W550EU laptop
I have HD Audio with a VIA chipset
charles-W55xEU charles # lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 36913 1
snd_hda_codec_via 51018 1
snd_hda_intel 39619 5
snd_hda_codec 136453 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 97451 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 30180 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61554 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 29425 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 68876 19 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12680 1 snd
And my sound card
charles-W55xEU charles # aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: VT1802 Analog [VT1802 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: VT1802 HP [VT1802 HP]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
and my audio device
charles-W55xEU charles # lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High `Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)`
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 0550
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
Memory at f7c10000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Sometimes when I boot up, soundworks, other times it doenst, it is completely random, so far, no-one on xchat linux help or linux mint forums was able to help me, I have always had issues with sound on VIA chipsets
I have:
sudo apt-get upgrade && apt-get install mint-meta-cinnamon
it seemed to help but after 2-3 reboots, the problem came back,
btw, everytime I checked, pulse audio is selected to
Duplex Audio Input & Output
and alsa mixer is always unmuted!
