The error you are getting (below) implies there is not sufficient information to configure your card from the BIOS information:
Invalid AFG subtree It is worth trying the model parameters (table below) for this codec to see if any of those enable your sound to work. It is worth trying any of these which sound feasable, starting with 6stack-dell as that sounds most similar to your machine: ALC883/888 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O 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 medion Medion Laptops medion-md2 Medion MD2 targa-dig Targa/MSI targa-2ch-dig Targs/MSI with 2-channel 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-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515 3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards For each you would edit the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf adding a line for the snd_intel_hda at the bottom something like this: options snd_hda_intel model=6stack-dell You then need to reload the module (rebooting may be simplest) and see if sound is detected correctly. If one of these model parameters does work for you then we can look at getting it detected automatically. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Andy Whitcroft (apw) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- no sound on DELL 540 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372796 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs