I bought a crystal usb sound card from thinkpenguin.com I can plug into a laptop like that and maybe have the laptop come up talking. I like amixer set Master 100% unmute && speaker-test to sometimes fix sound card problems like these. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 26 Sep 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > On 26/9/23 09:48, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > I did make several later tries and confirmed that this > > lap top's native sound interface is like a lot of native sound > > interfaces in that it is too proprietary for it's own good. > > A few suggestions: > > 1. Try a very recent kernel, just in case compatibility has improved. > > 2. You may need to play with ALSA settings (e.g., amixer) to get the audio > device working. > > If you can start sshd, you should be able to log in from another system to > work on it. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list