[LUNI] No sound on a Dell OptiPlex GX260

[Jeff Y.]

> I recently installed Kubuntu Feisty on my "new" old Dell box, and sound
> just won't work on it.  As far as I can tell, the installer configured it
> for AC97, and the Dell website tells me that there is an RPM for a "Analog
> Devices ADI 198x" that would work.
>
>

Have you tried 'lspci' (lspci -vvx)to check what sound device is detected
and 'lsmod' to see what modules are getting loaded up? You might also want
to boot off of a Knoppix disc and check what settings are being used.

You didn't need to change anything in the BIOS in your GX260's previously
life did you? Maybe reset it to the default settings and/or update the
BIOS if it's been a while. Those AC97 onboard chips are pretty average
sound chips so I wouldn't think this should be such a problem unless
something else got in the way of the Ubuntu's autoconfig routine.
Jeff



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