intel sound card doesn't work with 3.4 kernel [Solved]

[gandalf2704]

Hi there,
My sound card was working fine in sabayon with the 3.2 kernel.
Starting with the 3.3 kernel the sound is not working anymore.
The lspci shows three cards the one not working in kernel 3.4
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
and two additional NVIDIA cards.
03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF100 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
04:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF100 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
Only the intel one is not working.
the output of the cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep -i codec command shows
Codec: Realtek ALC888
With the following line
options snd-hda-intel model=medion in the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf file
the sound is working well in 3.2 kernel.
and not working in the 3.3 and 3.4 kernels.
no related error found in the /var/log/messages log file.
here are snd portion of the lsmod | grep snd_hda command for the two kernels.
kernel 3.2
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 19342 8
snd_hda_codec_realtek 173840 1
snd_hda_intel 19000 4
snd_hda_codec 60896 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 4382 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 55658 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd 43877 15 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 5845 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
kernel 3.4
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 19437 8
snd_hda_codec_realtek 44768 1
snd_hda_intel 19352 7
snd_hda_codec 65024 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 4542 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 56359 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd 45343 21 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 5925 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
I can't find anything wrong.
Does somebody have an idea what is wrong with the 3.4 Kernel.

Gandalf2704
Sabayon KDE 9 3.4 kernel running on a sager notebook X7200.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Have you tried a different model in the options? If you have installed the kernel sources, have a look at the file /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt and see what other models are listed for the ALC888. For the kernel I'm using (linux-3.3.5-gentoo), the contents of that file include the following:

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ALC882/883/885/888/889
======================
  3stack-dig   3-jack with SPDIF I/O
  6stack-dig   6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
  arima      Arima W820Di1
  targa      Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8
  asus-a7j   ASUS A7J
  asus-a7m   ASUS A7M
  macpro   MacPro support
  mb5      Macbook 5,1
  macmini3   Macmini 3,1
  mba21      Macbook Air 2,1
  mbp3      Macbook Pro rev3
  imac24   iMac 24'' with jack detection
  imac91   iMac 9,1
  w2jc      ASUS W2JC
  3stack-2ch-dig   3-jack with SPDIF I/O (ALC883)
  alc883-6stack-dig   6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O (ALC883)
  3stack-6ch    3-jack 6-channel
  3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
  6stack-dig-demo  6-jack digital for Intel demo board
  acer      Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
  acer-aspire   Acer Aspire 9810
  acer-aspire-4930g Acer Aspire 4930G
  acer-aspire-6530g Acer Aspire 6530G
  acer-aspire-7730g Acer Aspire 7730G
  acer-aspire-8930g Acer Aspire 8930G
  medion   Medion Laptops
  targa-dig   Targa/MSI
  targa-2ch-dig   Targa/MSI with 2-channel
  targa-8ch-dig Targa/MSI with 8-channel (MSI GX620)
  laptop-eapd   3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
  lenovo-101e   Lenovo 101E
  lenovo-nb0763   Lenovo NB0763
  lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
  lenovo-sky   Lenovo Sky
  haier-w66   Haier W66
  3stack-hp   HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
  6stack-dell   Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
  mitac      Mitac 8252D
  clevo-m540r   Clevo M540R (6ch + digital)
  clevo-m720   Clevo M720 laptop series
  fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
  fujitsu-xa3530 Fujitsu AMILO XA3530
  3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
  intel-alc889a   Intel IbexPeak with ALC889A
  intel-x58   Intel DX58 with ALC889
  asus-p5q   ASUS P5Q-EM boards
  mb31      MacBook 3,1
  sony-vaio-tt  Sony VAIO TT
  auto      auto-config reading BIOS (default)

Your laptop is a badged Clevo model, so try some of those too (clevo-m720 looks like a good bet to me).

[gandalf2704]

Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion.
The HD-Audio-Models. txt file for the 3.4.0-sabayon kernel looks fairly different but much simpler than your :

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ALC882/883/885/888/889
======================
  acer-aspire-4930g     Acer Aspire 4930G/5930G/6530G/6930G/7730G
  acer-aspire-8930g     Acer Aspire 8330G/6935G
  acer-aspire               Acer Aspire others


Using model=acer-aspire instead of model=medion made the sound working back in 3.4.
I added [Solved] in the title of the thread as needed.
Thanks for your help.

Gandalf2704