Alsa snd-aloop kernel module for 16.04 or 14.04 server?

Well, I could try loading it in Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop Edition (VirtualBox with disabled audio card). As you can see, it is installed with linux-image-extra package which may be you don't have already.

~$ modinfo snd-aloop

filename:       /lib/modules/4.4.0-42-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-aloop.ko
license:        GPL
description:    A loopback soundcard
author:         Jaroslav Kysela <[email protected]>
srcversion:     0A4CE16C028DAB4BC8260D3
depends:        snd-pcm,snd
intree:         Y
vermagic:       4.4.0-42-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           index:Index value for loopback soundcard. (array of int)
parm:           id:ID string for loopback soundcard. (array of charp)
parm:           enable:Enable this loopback soundcard. (array of bool)
parm:           pcm_substreams:PCM substreams # (1-8) for loopback driver. (array of int)
parm:           pcm_notify:Break capture when PCM format/rate/channels changes. (array of int)

~$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/4.4.0-42-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-aloop.ko

linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic: /lib/modules/4.4.0-42-generic/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-aloop.ko

~$ sudo modprobe snd-aloop
~$ alsa-info.sh --stdout

upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.64
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Thu Mar 23 10:28:23 UTC 2017


!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04 LTS" HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial


!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:      innotek GmbH
Product Name:      VirtualBox
Product Version:   1.2
Firmware Version:  VirtualBox


!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release:    4.4.0-42-generic
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:      x86_64
Processor:         x86_64
SMP Enabled:       Yes


!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version:     k4.4.0-42-generic
Library version:    1.1.0
Utilities version:  1.1.0


!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

snd_aloop


!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

Pulseaudio:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
      Running - Yes


!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

 0 [Loopback       ]: Loopback - Loopback
                      Loopback 1


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------



!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's
!!-------------------------------------------------------



!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
!!--------------------------------

snd_pcsp: index=-2
snd_usb_audio: index=-2
snd_atiixp_modem: index=-2
snd_intel8x0m: index=-2
snd_via82xx_modem: index=-2
snd_atiixp_modem: index=-2
snd_intel8x0m: index=-2
snd_via82xx_modem: index=-2
snd_usb_audio: index=-2
snd_usb_caiaq: index=-2
snd_usb_ua101: index=-2
snd_usb_us122l: index=-2
snd_usb_usx2y: index=-2
snd_cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
snd_pcsp: index=-2
snd_usb_audio: index=-2


!!Loaded sound module options
!!---------------------------

!!Module: snd_aloop
    enable : Y,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N
    id : (null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)
    index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
    pcm_notify : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    pcm_substreams : 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8


!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-----------------

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  2 Mar 23 11:18 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  4 Mar 23 11:18 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  3 Mar 23 11:18 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  6 Mar 23 11:18 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  5 Mar 23 11:18 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  1 Mar 23 11:18 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Mar 23 11:18 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  60 Mar 23 11:18 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 200 Mar 23 11:18 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  12 Mar 23 11:18 platform-snd_aloop.0 -> ../controlC0


!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!--------------------

APLAY

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7

ARECORD

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7

!!Amixer output
!!-------------

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [Loopback]

Card hw:0 'Loopback'/'Loopback 1'
  Mixer name    : 'Loopback Mixer'
  Components    : ''
  Controls      : 97
  Simple ctrls  : 1
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
...

For general solution, look at:

How do I find the package that provides a file?
Just checked a fresh Ubuntu 16.04.1 Server. It has the snd-aloop module. linux-image-extra* package was installed as dependency of linux-image-generic meta package which is also a dependency of linux-generic meta package. So a quick fix:
```
sudo apt install linux-generic
```

SK Venkat's answer worked for me. Only thing was the ls command had to be run on folder: /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/sound/drivers

He missed out the s at the end of drivers. Not enough rep to comment so adding an answer here.

The ls did not show the snd-aloop for me. As he suggested, below commands did the trick.

sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)
sudo reboot

If the ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/sound/drivers doesn't list the snd-aloop.ko then try the following command to installed the additional modules :

$ sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)
$ sudo reboot

Since the cloud provider's Linux distro doesn't have some modules by default and it's required to add it to our system depends on our need.

After rebooting, try the same ls command mentioned in the top and you'll see the snd-aloop.ko file.

Alsa snd-aloop kernel module for 16.04 or 14.04 server?

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