No sound on my Dell 1440

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igorzwx

Re: No sound on my Dell 1440

Post by igorzwx »

O.K. Let us try.

Could you please post here the output of these commands?

aplay -l

sudo lshw -C multimedia

lspci -v
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igorzwx

Re: No sound on my Dell 1440

Post by igorzwx »

We will do this step by step.

You need two Mints 7 installed on the same box (10GB for each Mint).
These two Mints are for experimental purposes and it should be a fresh clean installation.

!!! Fresh clean installation !!!

1. In one Mint, you can try ALSA+ESound solution
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=32725

You may need to upgrade ALSA and/or fix it in some way.

ALSA Upgrade Script
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810

HdaIntelSoundHowto - Community Ubuntu Documentation
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto


2. In another Mint, you can try OSS4 solution.

Compile OSS4 from Mercurial, following this howto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

It is not difficult. Just copy and paste commands to Terminal.
Download OSS4 manual (pdf) from OSS4 web site.
They offer that manual together with deb (you do not need that deb, you have to compile it).

Do this and report the results here.

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Howto for dual boot (and multiple boot):

Step 1: Preparation

1. Boot LiveCD (I tend to use Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD for this purpose)
2. Run GParted
3. Free some space on the disk (10GB is enough)
it should not be formatted ("unallocated space") !!!
You may need to make swapoff, perhaps, before you can edit a logical partition.
4. reboot

Step 2: Installation

1. Boot Mint 7 LiveCD
2. Click on the icon "Install" (on Desktop)
3. Answer some questions (language, time zone, etc.)
4. Select option "install to largest continuous free space" (if you have such "unallocated space", that is, not formatted, no partitions)

Everything will be installed automatically

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How to run GParted

1. Boot Ubuntu LiveCD

2. System -> Administration -> Partition Editor

or on Terminal

gksu gparted

It will not ask you for password

I have not tried GParted with Mint LiveCD
I tend to use Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD for this purpose.

HOWTO with pictures for GParted
Modify Your Partitions With GParted Without Losing Data
http://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted
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