On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Robert Easter wrote: > alsa-user-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:25:36 -0800 (PST) >> From: Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> One way is to get a new laptop. A second is to tell us exactly what you >> have. >> lspci >> Look for Sound, or for Intel HDA (if indeed that is what you have) and >> post it here. >> To get it to work premanantly put the right lines into >> /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/<appropriate-file> >> > The breakdown (sorry!) of the whole thing is that I installed the latest > Kubuntu and got the full updates in. Saw that I had no sound. Also saw The linux kernel includes alsa. I am not sure which version Kubuntu has in its latest, but it is either 1.0.14 or 1.0.15. > that from adept & synaptic there did not seem to be any sound installed with > the OS, so installed (?) the alsa packages that seemed to fit this machine There certainly is sound installed -- it is part of the kernel. Not sure what the "alsa package" was that you installed. > (no brand-specific files for HP, etc.). None of these made a difference or, Nope. Sound cards are "generic" and the installs are not for specific machines but for specific versions of the sound card chipsets. > as I remember, even showed up in any guis. Then I saw wiki-alsa > troubleshooting page and followed the directions for installing alsa > components (mixer,..) > > Now I did not log the changes, and the page seems to have changed since I used > the instructions on it, but the terminal commands, as stored, that have to > do with it all are as follows. > > As far a the kernel goes, I thought the whole affair was about installing > modules distinct from the kernel itself, but maybe I have the wrong idea of > the kernel as being a discrete, read-only, "unmoved mover" in the software > hierarchy. No, the modules are (often) part of the kernel. The open source ones are put in by the distros. Closed source ones or third party modules may be installed separately. > > > lspci > sudo apt-get install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext > sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic 2.6.22-14.46 > sudo mkdir -p ~/Desktop/alsa* > sudo mkdir -p /usr/src/alsa > sudo ls > sudo cp ~/Desktop/alsa* > sudo mv ~/Desktop/alsa* /usr/src/alsa > sudo tar xjf alsa-driver*.bz2 It would be nice to know which version of the alsa-driver you installed. Before 1.0.15 there was a bug in the installation routines which did not erase the old snd- modules which meant that incompatable sound cards could get installed. > sudo tar xjf alsa-lib*.tar.bz2 > sudo tar xjf alsa-util*.tar.bz2 > cd alsa-driver* > sudo ./configure --with-cards=hda-intelsudo ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel > sudo make > sudo make install > cd ../alsa-lib-1.0.* > sudo ./configure > sudo make installsudo make install > sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev > So, the important thing is that you compiled and installed the modules. But it sounds to me like you have an older alsa. Make sure you download the latest alsa-drivers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
