[clue-tech] sound on Hardy

[Dennis J Perkins]

On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 08:29 -0600, Bill Smith wrote:
> I tried your suggestions but still no sound, and I am using Gnome.
>  
> > From: dennisjperkins at comcast.net
> > To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org
> > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:43:54 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [clue-tech] sound on Hardy
> > 
> > On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 09:14 -0600, Bill Smith wrote:
> > > I'm having trouble getting the sound turned on in "Hardy". My new
> > > install works flawlessly except for that. David Wilson will be
> happy
> > > to know that I was able to edit the grub file after a kernal
> update
> > > changed the menu. I looked at System>sound>sound preferences and
> could
> > > not find the "general" tab to turn on the sound when Gnome starts.
> The
> > > drivers appear to have found my onboard Intel MB sound system but
> when
> > > I test - no sound. Also no sound when booting up. The speaker icon
> in
> > > not muted and has approx. 50% volume. Thanks to Nick, Collins,
> Pancho,
> > > and David Wilson for the help at the installfest. Bill Smith 
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> > I'm assuming that you are using Gnome. Right-click on Open Volume
> > Control. You might need to unmute one or more devices or increase
> > volume. Hopefully this is all you need to do.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Run lsmod | grep ^snd and see what sound modules are loaded.  One of
them should be the driver for your sound chip.

If the driver is loaded, run alsaconf as root.

Try aplay /usr/share/sounds/warning.wav.