[LUNI] No sound on a Dell OptiPlex GX260

[jjirsa at comcast.net]

I think that the module snd-al1889 "should" work (the strings command tells me the description for the driver is "Analog Devices AD1889 ALSA sound driver"), but what do I need to change in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base to make it work?

Here is the contents of my current alsa-base:

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-ioctl32 ; : ; }
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --Qb snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb saa7134-alsa ; : ; }

# Load snd-seq for devices that don't have hardware midi;
#   Ubuntu #26283, #43682, #56005; works around Ubuntu #34831 for
#   non-Creative Labs PCI hardware
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options snd-bt87x index=-2
options cx88-alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeff Y." <slouchfuzz at ippimail.com>
> > 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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