hi..i just just bought a new lenovo y410 i install everything(i am using ubuntu 7.10 btw)...everything is working fine unless for the audio..there is no sound...i tried looking around this forum but it was not really a help...so pls help me..thanks alot!

Here are 2 links to get codecs for your sound

https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/musicvi.../C/codecs.html

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re.../WindowsCodecs

Hope this helps

no its not tat i got the codecs already...thanks btw! haha..but the problem is the even there is no system sounds...like the sound card is not working or something

Have you tried:
Go to System settings, Sound System, Enable the Sound System????

err where is enable sound system...or either system settings...i am using ubuntu

Your laptop is a model that has a sound card of the type Intel ICH8 Family (rev 03). To check that, you can type the command lspci as root and you should find in the output the following line.
It would be a good idea if you could post your lspci output here.


In that case you could probably solve your sound problem by using the solution there: http://linuxtechie.wordpress.com/200...work-in-gutsy/

What this will do is upgrade ALSA.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
08:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
08:06.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
08:06.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
08:06.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
08:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)

i didnt quite understand the article so i just typed sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-generic into my terminal but it didnt quite solve the issue...i already reformated this laptop 2 times also based on unstable wireless connection by the network manager..its quite irritating having no problem for the desktop but so many problems just come running in one by one on my laptop...pls help somebodyy...for the ppl who tried i thank you very muchh!1

Cannox said:
What the article says is that you have to go to System > Administration > Softwarte Sources, click on the Updates tab and check the Unsupported updates box.

Then you run the command:
and reboot.

im using a HP Pavilion dv6000....since i installed ubuntu in my laptop the mute button on my keyboard is in orange color and no sound is there wen i play a song.... would really appreciate if someone helps me with this.....

i did wad u told me but thnan there is still no sound coming out of the speakers and earphones..

I'm on a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4467 running just-installed openSUSE 10.3 64-bit.
The sound is from an Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family).

I was able to get sound running by doing the following:

(1) Add a Repository (using YaST) for http with Server Name of download.opensuse.org , and Directory of /repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_10.3_Update . Yes, there's a colon after "multimedia"...

(2) Run YaST, and select Software Management.

(3) Add the patch alsa-driver-kmp-default (1.0.15.hg20071127_2.6.22.5_31).

(4) From YaST, select Sound. For me, everything defaulted correctly. The sound test was, literally, music to my ears.

thanks..
but i am not using opensuse...
i am using ubuntu...
i have been look at other forums and ppl are also having the same problem as me but i still cant find a way to get sound..
is there a need to install a driver or something like tat..

In that case, something that you can try is to edit your /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file by specifying a model for your laptop. If you go to this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto and scroll down to "Manually Specify Module Parameters" you'll find the step by step explanation to do it.

whoo...tats a very very very long article man on how to change the thing...i think i already did it but i its still not working is there anyway to install a driver for my sound card or something...

go to console as root.
run alsaconf
There he should recognise your driver.
Then type alsaconf store
This will store the configuration so that it works after reset also.
Also you can refer to this link where for that person also it was not working http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/host...D630-Etch.html
It could be a problem with mixer setting also. (It maybe very low by default). I prefer to use the aumix mixer as it gives an extra gain setting allowing me a higher volume than other mixers. you could tweak the mixer and see if it helps.
Also ensure your sound is not disabled in your settings in control panel etc.