[LUNI] No sound on a Dell OptiPlex GX260

[Trev Peterson]

Before you do that you may want to see if the device exists in /dev.  I
believe it is /dev/audio in Ubuntu.  If it does exist try setting an
appropriate volume and then:

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/audio

You should hear static on the speakers.  If you do the module is loading
and working.  Hope this helps,

	Trev 


On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 15:42 +0000, jjirsa at comcast.net wrote:
> lspci just shows generic info about the controller:
> 
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
> 
> Yah, I'll give Knoppix a shot; Knoppix or Fedora Core does better sound card detection than *buntu.
> 
>  -------------- 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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