Re: ubuntu 7.10 on dell Vostro 1400

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:04:07 +0100, J.O. Aho wrote:

chrispatton@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm a fairly experienced ubuntu on user, but I've come across a couple
issues.

1) My audio card is not working. I thought it would detect it
immediately, but it doesn't. It's an Integrated High Definition Audio
from Intel. When I attempt to adjust the sound, it gives me this
message:

"No Volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found."

The Intel_HDA has differences between the different manufacturers, you will
need to add extra options for the driver, here is an example used by a gentoo
user with a Dell laptop (this done only once):

echo "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1" > /etc/modules.d/alsa
modules-update

On Debian (and most debian-based distros), that location would be
different, specifically:

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

and since they do a certain amount of preconfiguration of that file, it
would be safer to use >> in place of > (and possibly a good idea to set
noclobber before doing any redirection :-)

I suggest you use alsamixer to adjust your volume, at least the fist time.
That way you exclude trouble caused by buggy gnome2.

Not sure it's a gnome issue, several distros set the volumes to zero by
default. It's sensible to be cautious, after all, there might be a
1000W/channel amp connected to the outputs....
.

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