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[Chxta]

Martin, Nawaf, I'd really appreciate some help here...

This Acer Aspire 1640Z I just got is making me crazy!

I got the video and wifi running fine; but the audio is not making any sound,
even though it *seems* the drivers for the hardware are correctly loaded and
running.

"lspci" reports the audio as:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)

And "lsmod" shows the appropriate driver is loaded:


snd_hda_intel 18324 0
snd_hda_codec 127104 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm 71940 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 22404 1 snd_pcm
snd 50532 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10592 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10504 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

I loaded "alsamixer" and made sure the volume isn't muted. I looked through
a lot of forums to see if anyone had a helpful hint - and I tried all the hints - and still, no joy.

 

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[Geof]

just get Windows

 

[Martin]

I recall Jeeks having this exact same problem. Jeeks, want to step in here?

 

[Rami]

Check your chipset here:

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Intel#matrix

 

[JCK]

I recall Jeeks having this exact same problem. Jeeks, want to step in here?

When I had the problems with ALSA under ubuntu, I tried every wiki and how-to that ever existed but got no where. Then I found the solution, Gentoo

 

[Martin]

:dielaugh:

Just tell him what you did and stop teasing, you troll

 

[JCK]

Oh, that was the problem in Gentoo I got. The solution is very simple actually, just do # alsaconf and you're done

 

[Chxta]

Can I see screenshots of you Gentoo Jeeks?

 

[JCK]

Here you go

 

[Chxta]

And those with Gentoo?

 

[JCK]

Do you want proof?

 

[Chxta]

Chxta's World

I knew that the open source community can't fail me, and they never do. Sound problem solved, and an up to speed distro to the bargain.

What I did?

In my terminal, I ran: gksu “update-manager -c -d”

Waited for 28 minutes while it upgraded the distro, and voila. I'm runnning Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft with crystal clear sound!

Off to read no after all this excitement. Texazz came in safe and sound. Currently beside me keeping true to himself and beefing Linux.

For the support I have to thank The HowTo Geek.