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Alright guys, I've decided to ditch Windows Vista for Kubuntu on my new laptop, only issue is, the same one I had with Ubuntu, is my sound. This time it's not squealing from the left speaker, but only the right speaker produces sound, and if I try adjusting the volume, my sound dies until I restart the computer. A guy at work told me that lots of Linux distros have been having this issue with the Intel High Def Audio devices in newer laptops and that I could fix it by messing around with the settings in ALSA, but he didn't get into any details, so I'm wondering if any of you guys know exactly what I need to do to get my sound working the way it should.
These things seem obvious, but for some reason they escaped me for a period of time. It's likely that a few of the above are unnecessary, but it works perfect.
These things seem obvious, but for some reason they escaped me for a period of time. It's likely that a few of the above are unnecessary, but it works perfect.
Good Luck
I have the same audio card but my card is integred with motherboard, can you help me?
To assist, I need to know if you are comfortable with compiling your kernel. And, what kernel version are you presently using?
Also, I am only familiar with how things are done in Slackware. So, if your question is about how to configure sound in other distributions I may be of little use to you.
Since you have 2.6.23.12 as your working kernel, and 2.6.21.5 was the kernel in Slackware 12, I assume you built 2.6.23.12 yourself. If that is correct, then you must know how to configure, compile, and install a kernel.
If all the above is correct, you can look at the configuration file of the kernel you built, find the lines that I posted, and make the same selections.
As I mentioned in that previous post, it took a while for me to get the hang of this. Let me know how this works for you.
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