[SOLVED] New minimal install Debian Wheezy XFCE4 : No sound

[Luke_Skywalker]

Did a new install of Debian testing with Xfce on an Acer Aspire 5738 laptop and i have no sound.Installed pulseaudio volume control it seems that sound is playing but nothing comes out of the speakers nor headphones.Previously saw some post and the data it was asked for , posting it too:

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aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


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lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)


/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

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# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd$
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modp$
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modp$

# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=-2

options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-eapd



Added the last line after i saw some post , made sense to add it.

[notthatguy]

Have you opened a mixer (alsamixer or other) and made sure nothing was muted, that everything was cranked up especially master, pcm, and speaker.

[Luke_Skywalker]

Have you opened a mixer (alsamixer or other) and made sure nothing was muted, that everything was cranked up especially master, pcm, and speaker.

Yes.They were muted tho.Still no sound.And as i mentioned the pulseaudio volume control shows sound but nothing comes out.

[Luke_Skywalker]

Apparenty compiling alsa-driver did the trick.
The steps i did :

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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get install alsa-source

Donwloaded alsa-driver from alsa's website.Say it downloaded into Downloads , extracted there.:

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cd Donwloads/alsa-driver-1.0.25
sudo ./configure && make
sudo make install

Reboot

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cd /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/
sudo ./snddevices

And then added my username to audio group

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sudo gpasswd -a username audio

Source : http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=27098

My audio works now , quite glad cause my first install of Xfce went good.