[LUNI] No sound on a Dell OptiPlex GX260

[jjirsa at comcast.net]

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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