sound issues

[Chrisb1231]

Hey guys, so im brand new to ubuntu/linux in general this is the first time i have ever used it and i really like it so far i did a within windows vista install of ubuntu 9.04 and everything is working wonderfully except i dont have any sound...now i have tried some guides but i can seem to figure it out do u guys think u could help.

i have an alienware m15x thanks!

[Hal343]

We need to know what sound card it uses. Enter a terminal and type:

lspci

and post the output here.

[Chrisb1231]

christian@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #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.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)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (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.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8700M GT (rev a1)
05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW643 PCI Express1394b Controller (PHY/Link) (rev 06)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0a:09.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
0a:09.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
0a:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
0a:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
christian@ubuntu:~$


thats what i got

[Hal343]

I'm on a Windows machine at work but try this:

lspci | grep -i audio

and post the out put here.

[Chrisb1231]

christian@ubuntu:~$ lspci |grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)


good bad? lol sorry im no help here im kind of clueless

[Hal343]

It's good-it tells us it recognizes the sound chip. Try this:

sudo alsaconf

It will ask for your password, then follow the prompts. Post results here.

[Chrisb1231]

christian@ubuntu:~$ sudo alsaconf
[sudo] password for christian:
sudo: alsaconf: command not found
christian@ubuntu:~$ sudo alsaconf
sudo: alsaconf: command not found
christian@ubuntu:~$

i tried twice

[Hal343]

I should be home in 20 minutes, so I can find where alsaconf is in Ubuntu. I'll answer then. It looks like we're in the wrong directory.

[egan]

I should be home in 20 minutes, so I can find where alsaconf is in Ubuntu. I'll answer then. It looks like we're in the wrong directory.

I don't know much about alsa, but perhaps you were looking for asoundconf?

[Chrisb1231]

christian@ubuntu:~$ asoundconf
Usage:
asoundconf is-active
asoundconf get|delete PARAMETER
asoundconf set PARAMETER VALUE
asoundconf list

Convenience macro functions:
asoundconf set-default-card PARAMETER
asoundconf reset-default-card
asoundconf set-pulseaudio
asoundconf unset-pulseaudio
asoundconf set-oss PARAMETER
asoundconf unset-oss

christian@ubuntu:~$

thats what i got for that