How To Edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base? (Solved)

[jokersloose]

I need to add

options snd-HDA-Intel auto

to the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. So need to know what file editor mint uses and how do I gain su access in order to add this to the end of the file?

Thanks,
James

[sundayrefugee]

Here is a great little helper courtesy of the Mepis forum. Just remember to substitute "sudo" for "su"

http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showt ... ntel+sound

[jokersloose]

OK sorry that lost me.

[proxima_centauri]

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base in terminal
cheers

[jokersloose]

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base in terminal

I did that and then added the line you posted in the other thread but still no sound, well not NO sound it's just so low it might as well be no sound. If someone will direct me to a how to I don't mind doing some work too get it up and running.

Thanks,
James

[proxima_centauri]

The correct code i think should be "options snd-hda-intel model=auto" despite what it says on the ubuntu forum, maybe try that.
from https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/25365

[jokersloose]

Yep that did it. Thank you so very much for the help.

Thanks,
James

[MagnusB]

To edit configuration files you need root, so open a terminal and type:

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sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

It works if you have a root filebrowser, Linux usually do not need the extensions of file names to associate them with the correct software...

[sundayrefugee]

Sometimes, to solve this problem, the alsa-oss package must also be added - sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

Then, adjust the sound through a mixer. Note that aumix is broken in Gutsy If you can *hear* sound, though, I think you just need to adjust sources with a mixer

[jokersloose]

To be honest when I loaded and had no sound I thought for sure I would end up dumping it after a few days. I loaded a different one on this laptop and fought with the same issue for almost 2 weeks before re-loading the main stream OS on it. This is the first one I have loaded that "works" on it. If the sound worked then the wiresless wouldn't, if the wireless worked the sound didn't or something else would "break". So I am impressed with Mint and just how easy it has been for me, someone who is fairly new to linux and still learning some of the lingo. So good job to everyone who works on it and the ease they have worked into it.

I look forward to learning a new distro.

Thanks again,
James