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*Ubuntu temper tantrum.*

arbygil

arbygil

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I am tired of this!

This thing has beaten me sideways. Each new thing I fix is great, but it's not solving the initial problem: No sound! I installed Ubuntu on my mother's computer about six months ago, but it never connected the sound card drivers as far as I can tell. She's been letting me borrow her laptop for the past few days and while she doesn't care about sound that much, I do. And I can't figure out how to install the windows sound card drivers since I did an upgrade install of Ubuntu 9.10.

This is a clear case of having too much intermediate knowledge, and not enough advanced knowledge.

Heck, if I could install Windows 7 cheaply I would. At least then it would reset the thing since she originally had XP.

What do you think, guys? Should I:

A) Search for the dang drivers or
B) Break down and buy Win7, and do another fresh install?

Or is there a C) option?

FYI, the sound card is an ST-AC9250 (StigmaTel) and something else came up when I ran Terminal: Si3054.

Any answers? Anyone know what I should run in Terminal to get the sound card to work?

I feel like this: :m071:
 
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my husband works on Ubuntu all the time. He just installed 9.10 the other day. He says you need to go into system, admin, sound. Use the drop down to select open sound system drivers. They should already be in there. There was some issues on 9.10 with getting sound system to work. Do google search for "sigmatel ubuntu" and you should be able to find if there is an issue.
 
There is a bug on the ubuntu site for that sound card in 9.10 Is your laptop a gateway??
 
NeverAmI said:
There is a bug on the ubuntu site for that sound card in 9.10 Is your laptop a gateway??
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YES! And Enty, I wish I *could* find the drivers - they're not in the menu at all. :( But I'll keep checking.
 
arbygil said:
YES! And Enty, I wish I *could* find the drivers - they're not in the menu at all. :( But I'll keep checking.
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he said check preferences. There was a big issue with sound card drivers on this version. Hes going to do a search for you too!
 
Wait to see what Entyqua's hubby says. I would say it would be worth at least waiting for a while to see if they fix the bug. There is also potential for a PCMCIA sound card or USB, but make sure you do your research on one with the right chipset, sounds like you already know what you are doing though.

How much does win7 retail cost?
 
It is in system, preferences, sound. There should be three drop boxes. Should be a test button. Try all the different drivers with the test button to see if one of them works. If not you may need to install the alsa mixer.
 
Entyqua said:
he said check preferences. There was a big issue with sound card drivers on this version. Hes going to do a search for you too!
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Tell him thank you! Also, in preferences there's nothing that comes up under the input/output tabs. It's blank. I've tried testing the sound using different defaults, but only the "Dummy" default radio button is available. It's a bit of a puzzle.

And thanks, NAI for the new trail to follow! From what I can tell, I might need to update the ALSA...but that's getting a little too deep for me. I'm not sure what to add to the terminal there. If it's not copy and paste, I'm definitely out of my league.
 
arbygil said:
Tell him thank you! Also, in preferences there's nothing that comes up under the input/output tabs. It's blank. I've tried testing the sound using different defaults, but only the "Dummy" default radio button is available. It's a bit of a puzzle.

And thanks, NAI for the new trail to follow! From what I can tell, I might need to update the ALSA...but that's getting a little too deep for me. I'm not sure what to add to the terminal there. If it's not copy and paste, I'm definitely out of my league.
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Ok well get it for you to copy and paste lol
 
Entyqua said:
It is in system, preferences, sound. There should be three drop boxes. Should be a test button. Try all the different drivers with the test button to see if one of them works. If not you may need to install the alsa mixer.
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Hmm...I just get sound preferences, with multiple tabs. The hardware and input tabs have nothing under them. The output tab has "Dummy" but nothing else? That's why I'm thinking I need to reinstall ALSA...but can you ask your bubbehleh which alsa...? :D
 
arbygil said:
Tell him thank you! Also, in preferences there's nothing that comes up under the input/output tabs. It's blank. I've tried testing the sound using different defaults, but only the "Dummy" default radio button is available. It's a bit of a puzzle.

And thanks, NAI for the new trail to follow! From what I can tell, I might need to update the ALSA...but that's getting a little too deep for me. I'm not sure what to add to the terminal there. If it's not copy and paste, I'm definitely out of my league.
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Just go into synaptic and search for alsa. I can't remember which menu synaptic is in, been a while since I used Ubuntu.
 
Go into the terminal
type "sudo apt-get install alsa-oss"

hit enter it will ask for your password same as log in

then go into preferences and try again

if that doesnt work in the terminal type
"modprobe -l | grep snd"
and see if you get anything there.

also try in terminal
"lspci -v | less" and look for audio section and copy and paste here if you cant get any of the above to work...

let us know! Copy and paste whats in the quotes not the quotes!
 
Grumble mumble...but they were great ideas! Tell him *something* installed, but it might not have worked. Here's what came up with the very last test (less):

"00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at d8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 1800
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366"

I'm going to restart the machine and see if it'll do anything... :(
 
arbygil said:
Grumble mumble...but they were great ideas! Tell him *something* installed, but it might not have worked. Here's what came up with the very last test (less):

"00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at d8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 1800
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366"

I'm going to restart the machine and see if it'll do anything... :(
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those were all video, after the reboot go back into sound do tests again because reboot should have installed the sound drivers. let us know..
 
Bleech.

Okay, here's what's coming up so far (maybe your hubby can see something I'm missing):

alsa-oss load looks like this -

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
alsa-oss is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libmono-getoptions2.0-cil kdelibs4c2a libqca2 libavutil-unstripped-49
libqt4-test kdelibs-data paprefs libmono-data1.0-cil liblualib50
screen-profiles libboost-thread1.34.1 libboost-date-time1.34.1
libmysqlclient15off libavahi-qt3-1 libmono-getoptions1.0-cil
gnome-user-guide-en libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libphonon4 update-motd
libmono-data2.0-cil pulseaudio-module-zeroconf padevchooser paman libgmyth0
liblrdf0 libgconfmm-2.6-1c2 libqt3-mt liblua50 pavumeter qt4-qtconfig
libmusicbrainz3-6
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Part two -

kernel/sound/oss/msnd.ko
kernel/sound/oss/msnd_classic.ko
kernel/sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.ko
kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-oss.ko
kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd-hrtimer.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi-event.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-dummy.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-virmidi.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi.ko
kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi-emul.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-ak4117.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-ak4xxx-adda.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-ak4114.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-pt2258.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-tea575x-tuner.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/snd-tea6330t.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/snd-i2c.ko
kernel/sound/i2c/snd-cs8427.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/snd-dummy.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/snd-virmidi.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/snd-serial-u16550.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/snd-mtpav.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/snd-mts64.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/snd-portman2x4.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-synth.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/opl4/snd-opl4-lib.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/opl4/snd-opl4-synth.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/vx/snd-vx-lib.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/pcsp/snd-pcsp.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-adlib.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-als100.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-azt2320.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-cmi8330.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-dt019x.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-es18xx.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-opl3sa2.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-sc6000.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-sgalaxy.ko
kernel/sound/isa/snd-sscape.ko
kernel/sound/isa/ad1816a/snd-ad1816a.ko
kernel/sound/isa/ad1848/snd-ad1848.ko
kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4231.ko
kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4236.ko
kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.ko
kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688-lib.ko
kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gusclassic.ko
kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gus-lib.ko
kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gusmax.ko
kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gusextreme.ko
kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-interwave.ko
kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-interwave-stb.ko
kernel/sound/isa/msnd/snd-msnd-pinnacle.ko
kernel/sound/isa/msnd/snd-msnd-lib.ko
kernel/sound/isa/msnd/snd-msnd-classic.ko
kernel/sound/isa/opti9xx/snd-opti92x-ad1848.ko
kernel/sound/isa/opti9xx/snd-opti92x-cs4231.ko
kernel/sound/isa/opti9xx/snd-opti93x.ko
kernel/sound/isa/opti9xx/snd-miro.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb-common.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-dsp.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb8-dsp.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb8.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-es968.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-csp.ko
kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-emu8000-synth.ko
kernel/sound/isa/wavefront/snd-wavefront.ko
kernel/sound/isa/wss/snd-wss-lib.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-ad1889.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-als300.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-als4000.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-atiixp.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-atiixp-modem.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-azt3328.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-bt87x.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-cmipci.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-cs4281.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-cs5530.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-ens1370.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-ens1371.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-es1938.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-es1968.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-fm801.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0m.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-maestro3.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-rme32.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-rme96.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-sis7019.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-sonicvibes.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx-modem.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.ko
kernel/sound/pci/au88x0/snd-au8810.ko
kernel/sound/pci/au88x0/snd-au8820.ko
kernel/sound/pci/au88x0/snd-au8830.ko
kernel/sound/pci/aw2/snd-aw2.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ctxfi/snd-ctxfi.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko
kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.ko
kernel/sound/pci/cs5535audio/snd-cs5535audio.ko
kernel/sound/pci/lx6464es/snd-lx6464es.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-darla20.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-gina20.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-layla20.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-darla24.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-gina24.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-layla24.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-mona.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-mia.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-echo3g.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-indigo.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-indigoio.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-indigodj.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-indigoiox.ko
kernel/sound/pci/echoaudio/snd-indigodjx.ko
kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.ko
kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1-synth.ko
kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1x.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-realtek.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-cmedia.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-analog.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-idt.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-si3054.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-atihdmi.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-ca0110.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-conexant.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-via.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-nvhdmi.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-intelhdmi.ko
kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice1712.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice1724.ko
kernel/sound/pci/korg1212/snd-korg1212.ko
kernel/sound/pci/mixart/snd-mixart.ko
kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.ko
kernel/sound/pci/oxygen/snd-oxygen-lib.ko
kernel/sound/pci/oxygen/snd-hifier.ko
kernel/sound/pci/oxygen/snd-oxygen.ko
kernel/sound/pci/oxygen/snd-virtuoso.ko
kernel/sound/pci/pcxhr/snd-pcxhr.ko
kernel/sound/pci/riptide/snd-riptide.ko
kernel/sound/pci/rme9652/snd-rme9652.ko
kernel/sound/pci/rme9652/snd-hdsp.ko
kernel/sound/pci/rme9652/snd-hdspm.ko
kernel/sound/pci/trident/snd-trident.ko
kernel/sound/pci/ymfpci/snd-ymfpci.ko
kernel/sound/pci/vx222/snd-vx222.ko
kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko
kernel/sound/synth/emux/snd-emux-synth.ko
kernel/sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko
kernel/sound/usb/snd-usb-lib.ko
kernel/sound/usb/usx2y/snd-usb-usx2y.ko
kernel/sound/usb/usx2y/snd-usb-us122l.ko
kernel/sound/usb/caiaq/snd-usb-caiaq.ko
kernel/sound/pcmcia/vx/snd-vxpocket.ko
kernel/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/snd-pdaudiocf.ko
kernel/sound/soc/snd-soc-core.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-ad73311.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-ak4104.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-ak4535.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-cs4270.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-l3.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-pcm3008.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-spdif.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-ssm2602.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-tlv320aic23.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-tlv320aic26.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-tlv320aic3x.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-twl4030.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-uda134x.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-uda1380.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8350.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8400.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8510.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8580.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8728.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8731.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8750.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8753.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8900.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8903.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8971.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8940.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8960.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8988.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8990.ko
kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm9081.ko

And part three comes up with the video et al (a repeat of the last posting).

:( I'm coming up dry.
 
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ok he saw something he said try this

Go into terminal and type this

"lspci -v | less" hit enter, and when it comes up hit the space bar till some sound information comes up. Copy and paste here.
 
Entyqua said:
ok he saw something he said try this

Go into terminal and type this

"lspci -v | less" hit enter, and when it comes up hit the space bar till some sound information comes up. Copy and paste here.
Click to expand...

Okie doke:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at d8240000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
 
arbygil said:
Okie doke:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device 0366
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at d8240000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
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ok now he says try this:

go to terminal and type "sudo killall pulseaudio"
 
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