Daren Krive wrote: > > I do not mean to be negative but I am seriously wondering. Do most > Linux users simply learn to live without sound? Or live with sound > that does not operate as expected? I have been searching for over a > year on how to get sound working on my LG QB01A9 notebook to no > avail. I have two laptops running Linux over the years, and sound has varied a lot as I upgraded and updated the distro. It works with some kernel versions, doesn't work with some kernel versions, with some of them it works but the sound is distorted, and with some of them output works but recording does not. > Every time I ask the question i get pointed to the same 6 URL's that > deal with getting Intel HDA working and then I hear nothing more. I > have *tried* this and it doesn't work. Please help me!! > I am really starting to wonder if getting sound to work is a pipe > dream :-( Intel HDA seems to be particularly awkward. It's the one I've had most problems with - so many different behaviours with each kernel version, as described above. I understand that Intel HDA hardware is wired up in lots of different ways in different laptops, unfortunately, so there needs to be some special code for many laptops in addition to the HDA driver. But that doesn't explain why new kernels every few months behave so differently on my Intel HDA laptop. Hopefully someone will produce laptops that use standard-ish USB sound internally sometime, like they already do with Bluetooth, Wifi and memory card readers. Certainly I'll be testing my next laptop with distro CDs before buying it, if the next one comes with Intel HDA. In theory HDA is a good idea but it's a mess in practice. -- Jamie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
