Ubuntu, heal thyself! (Was: Re: nforce sound issues...)

[Noah Dain]

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 16:24:31 -0800 (PST), John Ughrin <jughrin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> So, a few days ago I install Ubuntu and notice to my
> dismay that sound wasn't working. I look in all the
> volume panels and mixers, turn off all the mutes and
> ramp up all the sliders...nothing.
> 
> I try installing the nvidia drivers for my nforce2
> mobo....then curse proprietary software again. Still
> no sound. I fiddle with this new Linux beast on my
> machine for a few days.  I figure out how to download
> a kernel that's actually compiled for my AMD chip and
> a few other packages using Synaptic (that's handy :)
> ). However, I make no changes to the audio setup
> (mostly 'cause I'm unsure how, yet).
> 
> Then I boot up into Ubuntu today and get a brief
> scare, followed by delight. The boot seems to hang for
> a bit (that's the panic part) then proceeds with a
> blur of text...I notice the word "ALSA" in the blur.
> Once in Gnome, I recheck my mixers and note that they
> are all zeroed and muted again. I change all
> that...and REM starts coming out of my speakers (which
> is good since that's the CD that was in.)
> 
> I have no idea what happened, but I have sound now!
> Yippee!
> 
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> ==
> "Faith without works is nothing,
>  works without faith is still...ah...pretty good."
> Jon Stewart, _The Daily Show_ 1/18/2005
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you probably updated/jogged something so that the intel alsa drivers
loaded (snd_intel8x0).  try:  lsmod|grep snd_

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Noah Dain
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