I'm still doing bisection. Taking a lot of time. Meanwhile I've collected some logs from good kernel:
APLAY: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ALSA: Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x30311: Stereo Digital Control: name="IEC958 Playback Con Mask", index=0, device=0 Control: name="IEC958 Playback Pro Mask", index=0, device=0 Control: name="IEC958 Playback Default", index=0, device=0 Control: name="IEC958 Playback Switch", index=0, device=0 Control: name="IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch", index=0, device=0 Control: name="IEC958 Playback Source", index=0, device=0 Device: name="AD198x Digital", type="SPDIF", device=1 Converter: stream=8, channel=0 Digital: Digital category: 0x0 IEC Coding Type: 0x0 PCM: rates [0x7e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 bits [0xe]: 16 20 24 formats [0x5]: PCM AC3 Delay: 3 samples Connection: 3 0x01* 0x08 0x09 Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x405: Stereo Amp-Out Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x27, nsteps=0x27, stepsize=0x05, mute=0 Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00] Converter: stream=0, channel=0 Power states: D0 D3 Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 Node 0x04 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x405: Stereo Amp-Out Control: name="PCM Playback Volume", index=0, device=0 ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0 Device: name="AD198x Analog", type="Audio", device=0 Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x27, nsteps=0x27, stepsize=0x05, mute=0 Amp-Out vals: [0x27 0x27] Converter: stream=8, channel=0 Power states: D0 D3 Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 Two things to note: New kernel shows second device as "AD1984 Alt Analog", bot good kernel shows it as "AD198x Digital". New kernel shows two controls "Headphone Playback Volume" and "Speaker Playback Volume". But old one shows single control "PCM Playback Volume". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324384 Title: [Lenovo ThinkPad X61s] Speaker volume mutes itself in random intervals after upgrade to 14.04 Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I've upgraded from ubuntu 13.10 and sound stopped working properly. It works in general. But mutes itself for small period of time in random intervals. I've looked at alsamixer and it shown what once in a while some of the parameters got to the lowest level and then returning to normal after some time. It is reproing on Speaker. But also Internal Mic Boost jumps from 100% to 0% and then back to 100%. BTW, when sound mutes on speaker, headphones are still working. So looks like alsamixer reports volumes correctly. I've also tried to purge pulseaudio and alsa-base packages and re-installing them again. But I was able to find workaround. Audio works just fine with old kernels. I've tried with 3.5.0-15 and 3.5.0-27. It works with both kernels. I've also tried newest kernel from next ubuntu version. 3.15.0-031500rc5 - audio is not working in new kernel. $ amixer -c 0 scontents > normal.txt SEE Attachment. $ amixer -c 0 scontents > muted.txt SEE Attachment. $ amixer -c 0 scontents > normalagain.txt SEE Attachment. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic 3.13.0-27.50 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ghisguth 2519 F.... pulseaudio ghisguth 3906 F.... pulseaudio ghisguth 15548 F.... alsamixer Date: Wed May 28 22:50:29 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=78076f7a-8340-428e-894b-ce095d0d278e InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-04-19 (1501 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1) MachineType: LENOVO 76693JG PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro quiet splash crashkernel=384M-:128M PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-27-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-27-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.2 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-25 (33 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7NET29WW (1.10 ) dmi.board.name: 76693JG dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7NET29WW(1.10):bd10/22/2007:svnLENOVO:pn76693JG:pvrThinkPadX61s:rvnLENOVO:rn76693JG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 76693JG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X61s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1324384/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp