Sager 9860 Laptop + Sound not working?

zephiriz · 07-20-2005, 06:05 PM

I am completly new to linux. I like it better then windows right now.

I have been trying to get sound to work for 3 days now and i have no clue what i am doing. I am starting to get the camands down but still shaky.

Acording to
linuxworld.net.nz/sager9860wiki/index.php?title=Sound_%28RealTek_HD_Audio%29
my sound should work with the ALSA v1.0.8. Which package manager says I have.

It looks like i need to go config something in my kernal or something but whatever or however seams to be going right over my head.

I am thinking that this is simple but me being so new is makeing it so hard for me.

Any help would be nice.

THANK YOU!

leonscape · 07-20-2005, 06:13 PM

Hows the volumes? This is probably the easiest mistake to make with ALSA. goto a console and type alsamixer.

zephiriz · 07-20-2005, 06:17 PM

I went and tryed alsamixer and I got an error:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

???

leonscape · 07-20-2005, 06:23 PM

Sounds like you don't have a driver. you need to see what modules are available in your kernel as root try

lsmod

The laptop has an Intel ICH6 HD Audio (Azalia). so your looking for something like that in the list.

zephiriz · 07-20-2005, 06:40 PM

I dont see anything like that. I may be blind thought (has happend to me on more then one ocation)

Quote:

Module Size Used by
proc_intf 4100 0
freq_table 4100 0
cpufreq_userspace 4572 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6172 0
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
pcmcia 21380 2
video 16260 0
sony_acpi 6280 0
pcc_acpi 11264 0
button 6800 0
battery 10244 0
container 4608 0
ac 4996 0
ipv6 229504 9
af_packet 20744 2
joydev 9408 0
saa7134 96072 0
video_buf 20484 1 saa7134
usbhid 29376 0
v4l2_common 5888 1 saa7134
v4l1_compat 13572 1 saa7134
soundcore 9824 1 saa7134
ir_common 4996 1 saa7134
videodev 9728 1 saa7134
r8169 17928 0
ohci1394 31876 0
yenta_socket 19584 0
pcmcia_core 53568 2 pcmcia,yenta_socket
i2c_i801 8076 0
i2c_core 21264 2 saa7134,i2c_i801
piix 9988 1
hw_random 5524 0
ehci_hcd 29444 0
uhci_hcd 30224 0
shpchp 86116 0
pci_hotplug 30512 1 shpchp
intel_agp 20636 1
agpgart 31784 1 intel_agp
irtty_sir 7936 0
sir_dev 18092 1 irtty_sir
irda 168000 2 irtty_sir,sir_dev
crc_ccitt 2176 1 irda
floppy 54864 0
pcspkr 3816 0
rtc 12216 0
md 43856 0
dm_mod 53116 1
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7808 1 capability
sbp2 22408 0
ieee1394 100408 2 ohci1394,sbp2
tsdev 7488 0
evdev 9088 0
psmouse 19336 0
mousedev 11160 1
parport_pc 34372 1
lp 10792 0
parport 33480 2 parport_pc,lp
ide_generic 1664 0
ide_disk 18176 0
ide_cd 38532 0
ext3 120968 1
jbd 54168 1 ext3
sr_mod 16036 0
cdrom 36508 2 ide_cd,sr_mod
sd_mod 16784 3
usb_storage 64064 0
usbcore 107384 5 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage
ide_core 118988 5 piix,ide_generic,ide_disk,ide_cd,usb_storage
sata_promise 10244 6
libata 44548 1 sata_promise
scsi_mod 119936 6 sbp2,sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,sata_promise,liba ta
unix 26164 847
thermal 13576 0
processor 22708 1 thermal
fan 4612 0
fbcon 34048 0
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 5120 1 fbcon
vesafb 6948 0
cfbcopyarea 3968 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3072 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3584 1 vesafb

Im guessing im going to have to install ALSA?