i moved to mint two days ago, but before i faced the same problem with gutsy and i wasn't able to solve it.
Here it goes..
I install the OS and everything works very nice... except the sound card my realtek 268... i use a compal ifl90 barebone laptop
i followed this method in gutsy forums
but it still doesn't workingMethod E: Patch to add support for Realtek ALC268 Codec to Alsa 1.0.14
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Does work: [WWW] Acer TravelMate 6292, Compal IFL90, MSI PR200
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Does not work:
Support provided :
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Internal speaker works
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Headphones works (and internal speakers are automuted correctly)
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External speaker works (and internal speakers are automuted correctly)
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Internal mic doesn't seem to work...
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External mic untested.
Procedure (See [WWW] #116326) :
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Rebuild the linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 packages after applying this [WWW] patch
Or use this already pacthed,ready to install, [WWW] linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic_2.6.22-14.37.1_i386.deb.
Note: It only works with an up-to-date Gutsy.
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Add the following line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:
options snd-hda-intel model=acer
Note: You can specify one of the following model : acer, toshiba, 3stack or auto Note 2: For MSI PR200, use model=targa-dig
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Reboot
i someone could really help me to solve this i will be realy thanked.