How I got Sound to work, Linux Mint 8!!

[diver5h]

Hey all....
This is how I got sound to work on Linux Mint 8 on my Toshiba Satellite Laptop M105.
My problem was :
Sound worked well with windows 7 & linux mint 7. But after installing Linux Mint 8, it was working perfectly untill I shut down the computer and rebooted. So I thought there was something wrong with my Installation. So I re-installed Mint 8 and the same problem happened. My Grub Version is up to date.
Under sound preferences --> Hardware ---> there was no hardware
under output it says : Dummy output stereo and of course no sound.

So this is what I did, and I hope it comes in handy:

First of all open Terminal and type:

aplay -l
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec

this should tell you the type of soundcard you have. Mine was Realtech ALC861 Analog.

If you can'y figure out the model of your soundcard
go to: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= ... ostcount=2
they have a list of all the common soundcard models listed.

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

this should open an empty edit file. In it type:

options snd-hda-intel model=modelname

replase "modelname" with whatever model you have. e.g. mine looked like this: options snd-hda-intel model=ALC861

save and exit

Then in terminal again type:

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

this should open the alsa-base file to edit, (copy all and paste it to a text editor, just in case this doesn't work, you can revert to the original code). Anyway, at the very end type:

options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1
options snd-hda-intel index=-2 model=auto

instead of "auto" again use your soundcard model no., in my case again ACL861.

save and exit.

then in terminal again type:

gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local


just before "exit 0" in the line above type:

rmmod snd_hda_intel
modprobe snd_hda_intel

save and exit.

Then in terminal again type:

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

Now "GNOME ALSA Mixer" can be found in the Sound & Video menu - run it.

Now restart your system. It should start up with sound.

I really hope this works for you as it works for me.

Let me know how things go please!!

[exploder]

Wow, very impressive instructions! Thank you for sharing this information, it should be a great help to many. I really appreciate your efforts.

[skottyrg]

worked like a charm! had exactly the same problem, with the only difference being that my card is a ALC260. Sorted now. Thanks!!

[Lantesh]

Great instructions! I don't need them at the moment, but I'm saving them for a possible future need. Thank you.