Hi group, I have no sound on Dell XPS 1530 with Intel 82801H (ICH8) sound card (audio controller Sigmatel STAC9228). I updated to alsa - 1.0.17. I append below outputs from alasconf, alsamixer and alsa-info.sh Any clue to resolve the problem is wellcome. Purnendu Here is the output from alsaconf : .................................................. Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to create stream. aplay: set_params:1015: Unable to install hw params: ACCESS: RW_INTERLEAVED FORMAT: S16_LE SUBFORMAT: STD SAMPLE_BITS: 16 FRAME_BITS: 32 CHANNELS: 2 RATE: 44100 PERIOD_TIME: 125000 PERIOD_SIZE: (5512 5513) PERIOD_BYTES: 22050 PERIODS: 4 BUFFER_TIME: 500000 BUFFER_SIZE: 22050 BUFFER_BYTES: 88200 TICK_TIME: [0 0] .................................................. $alasamixer -> No mixer elems found Output from running alsa-info.sh .................................................. !!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.48 !!################################ !!Script ran on: Tue Jul 29 00:30:18 CDT 2008 !!Linux Distribution !!------------------ Welcome to openSUSE 11.0 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l). openSUSE 11.0 (i586) !!Kernel Information !!------------------ Kernel release: 2.6.25.11-0.1-default Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: i686 Processor: i686 SMP Enabled: Yes !!ALSA Version !!------------ Driver version: 1.0.17 Library version: 1.0.17 Utilities version: 1.0.17 !!Loaded ALSA modules !!------------------- !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!----------------------------- --- no soundcards --- !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!-------------------------------------- 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's !!-------------------------------------------------------- 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:284b (rev 02) Subsystem: 1028:022e !!Loaded sound module options !!-------------------------- !!Aplay/Arecord output !!------------ APLAY aplay: device_list:215: no soundcards found... ARECORD arecord: device_list:215: no soundcards found... !!Amixer output !!------------- !!Alsactl output !!------------- --startcollapse-- --endcollapse-- [truncated] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user