On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:55:22 +0100 (CET)
karl@??? wrote:

> Nick:
> > On 09-01-2022 19:32, karl@??? wrote:
> > > I have a lenovo desktop computer which I cannot make sound work
> > > on, what am I missing ?
> > >
> > > It's a HDA AD1882 "sound card", but alsamixer says "no card".
> ...
> > Maybe obvious but is your sound card enabled in the BIOS? (I did
> > have that once so I always ask now)
>
> Yes, very obvious...
> The only configuration in BIOS I found is ENABLED/DISABLED,
> and yes, I have set it to ENABLED.
>
> Setting it to DISABLE did not help.
> Nor did disabling pci parity, power management etc.

There's good stuff in kernel Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst
that may help, especially about probing.

Ralph.