Hi,

I recently upgraded from openSUSE 11.2 to 11.3 and the sound doesn't work at all. My model is the Toshiba Satellite P105-S6084. It didn't work with 11.2 either but I didn't know what needed to be configured. What steps do I need to take to start configuring the sound card?

Device(spec): AC97 Data Fax SoftModem with SmartCP
Device identifier(spec): 130865
Device identifier: 75736
Device: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Driver: HDA Intel

That device should work out of the box. It uses the snd_hda_intel driver. To find out if the driver is loaded, open a konsole and run the command 'lsmod | grep snd'. If the driver is loaded, you will get something like this:

You may have to run that command as root. If the driver is not loaded, as root run 'modprobe snd_hda_intel' to load the driver. If you get no messages to the above command, that is success. Give it a try. ( All commands without quotes, just what is between them ).

If the driver is loaded, and you get no sound, open a mixer and make sure you have the volume turned up and nothing muted.

Is OpenSuse using Pulse Audio? It can cause a number of problems.

Post back your results.

These are the results from my command in konsole. In Kmix everything is unmuted and turned up.

lsmod | grep snd
snd_pcm_oss 47311 0
snd_mixer_oss 16449 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 57073 0
snd_seq_device 6534 1 snd_seq
snd_hda_codec_conexant 35456 1
snd_hda_intel 24598 2
snd_hda_codec 98144 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5990 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 86832 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 21318 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 64702 14 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7013 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7817 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

You have the driver loaded, and nothing is muted in kmix.

Is OpenSuse using Pulse Audio? It can cause a number of problems.

I don't think I'm using pulse audio. When I choose PulseAudio Configuration in YaST2, I get error message: PulseAudio is not installed or cannot be configured.

In konsole today with commmand - lsmod | grep snd, I got:

lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_conexant 35456 1
snd_hda_intel 24598 1
snd_hda_codec 98144 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5990 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 86832 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 21318 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7817 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd 64702 8 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7013 1 snd

Do I need to load a new sound module or compile the kernel to incorporate the sound? If so how is that done?

No, you have the correct sound modules loaded, from what I can see. The sound hardware you have is common enough.

I'm going to suggest you have a look through this document.

http://en.opensuse.org//SDB:Audio_troubleshooting#

Sound is handled differently from distro to distro. I run Mandriva, so I do not know the ins and outs of Open Suse.
This document should help.

There are some simple tests you can run. Post back if you have problems with it.

JUST UPDATE YOUR BIOS AND IT WILL WORKS
I HAVE UBUNTU 10.10

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...ily=1073768663

IT WORKS FOR ME

Wow after all this it was a simple BIOS issue. Downloaded the latest Toshiba BIOS and audio worked like a charm. Thanks a bundle.

i m glad it worked for you
now please change the status of this forums and choose SOLVED so it will help others