Todd Warner wrote: > I have a T60 widescreen laptop with this soundcard: > Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition > Audio Controller (rev 02) > > That audio device, though supposedly supported, will not work out of > the box for many distributions I found out after smashing my head > against the wall for some time. > Part of the problem is that it is a chip set that can be configured several ways. From reading the ALSA list, it looks like the only way to tell is to do a lookup of the specific machine to know what is where. If your machine is not listed, you get a limited "default" setup that usual works. > Well, I got it working and filed a bug because the hack shouldn't be > necessary: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=222606 > > I thought I would share in case anyone else has had that problem, and > from the looks of it, a lot of folks are running into this. So... this > is what I did: > 1. I ensured my box has the latest alsa > 2. I added these two lines to /etc/rc.local: > modprobe -r snd_hda_intel > modprobe snd_hda_intel > > Reboot and sound should work. > Do you have to do this every time you power up the machine? Did you try just doing the modprobe commands and trying sound? Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
