On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:39:12 +0100 Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > FWIW, I have the same problem on an Acer Aspire 1640Z. Onboard > > > sound card is in my case listed as > > > Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High > > > Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) > > > but the rest seems identical. It plays normally with 'doze, so > > > not a hardware issue. > > > > > > Someone on debian-laptop suggested getting a usb soundcard and > > > sidestepping the problem (blacklisting the normal soundcard > > > modules). Seems an untidy solution, but may be the only one... > > > > > > > Do you get sound output if you plug in speakers or headphones into > > the headphone jack? I had a problem with my Dell Vostro 1400, > > where the laptop's internal speakers didn't output sound, but the > > headphone jack worked fine. Supplying the model=5stack option to > > the snd-hda-intel module fixed the problem for me. There could be > > something similar for your particular model... > > I have just tried with the speakers from my mp3 player. Nothing :-( > > How do you supply options to modules? I could try it anyway. > You add them to your modprobe command line, like so: modprobe snd-hda-intel model=5stack There is a list of supported models in Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt in the linux source distribution. I found an online copy at http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt If you can get it working with one of these options, you can set up the defaults options in one of the files in /etc/modprobe.d/ (alsa-base, I think, but I'm not sure). HTH -- Kushal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]