no sound with kubuntu 7.10 with hpDV6500t

i have a hp DV6500t with core 2 duo 2.0ghz santa rosa chipset. i installed kubuntu 7.10 everything worked out of the box, the wireless, bluetooth, nvidia drivers, except for the sound. when i start playing a mp3 with amarok it plays it but no sound from the speaker. i think linux is amazing and loving beryl. but i'm googling and i cannot find the answer why i'm not getting any sound. do i have to install the drivers or something in the setting i have to change. to my knowledge 7.10 was suppost to have the lastest drivers.

 

amarok might not be able to play mp3 out of box due to licensing issues. play some wav file. your post title is misleading - problem with one app is hardly "no sound with kubuntu"

 

i meant in general no sound. from movies, mp3, no startup sound , clicking sound. nothing at all. kubuntu 7.10 did not install drivers for the sound and after reading ubuntu forum alot of us are having problems with the same issue, so i guess U ARE misleading cause i do have "no sound with kubuntu"

 

Kubuntu doesn't "install drivers" necessarily. There are sound drivers and a sound framework included with Ubuntu by default, but it may not work with every computer. Try upgrading to the latest version of ALSA.

 

Yes, Gutsy is supposed to have the latest drivers, so what you can do is open Adept and search for the ALSA drivers that you have installed. Right-click on the package(s) and choose the downgrade option.

 

You'll likely end up custom-compiling your drivers.

On my system, I do have sound when using the Gutsy default stuff, but nothing from the headphone jack, mic, etc. Just the absolute bare minimum.

Meanwhile, custom compiling my own snd-hda-intel kernel modules makes the entire sound system work correctly.

1. Install automake, autoconf, and mercurial using Adept Manager.

2. Create a folder to work in. I use ~/workspace.

3. From the command line, first navigate to your folder (cd workspace) and then run these commands:

hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-driver alsa-driver
cd alsa-driver
hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel alsa-kernel
./hgcompile --with-cards=hda-intel
sudo make install

4. We need to remove the "bad" driver that came with Kubuntu.

sudo rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/snd-hda-intel.ko

5. Register the new ALSA module.

sudo depmod -a

6. Restart your system. For whatever reason, I can't get it to load the module without restarting.

You should have sound. In the future, this won't be necessary, but the driver that supports the sound correctly is not in the current stable version of ALSA. The next release should correct these issues.

- Trip

 

when i check the sound mixer, it says that i have install the intel HDA sound drivers, i thought they were the correct one. but is there any way to do it easier, i'm a newbie in linux most of the stuff i have intalled are from sypnatic adept

 

try this one: it solved the problem with my Vostro (santa rosa and hda-intel with sigmatel audio)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto

 

I made it as simple as I can make it.

If you want something simpler to try first, open a command line and do this:

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

Add a new line at the bottom:

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack

Make sure you press enter after adding that line; that file likes having a blank line at the end.

Once you've done that and saved, try restarting the system. That may help.



Also, if you don't mind, could I get you to put the output of a command here for me? It might make troubleshooting easier.

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec

Just copy and paste that into a command line, then copy and paste whatever it gives you and post it here.

- Trip

 

The original poster should follow the instructions at this post from the Ubuntu forums where someone succeeded with Ubuntu, Alsa, and the same laptop. That post also links to the Alsa Intel-HDA Howto over at the Ubuntu website, which was previously referenced here, and is a good step by step documentation of the process. BTW, the alsa configuration model option for this laptop seems to be;

Code:

options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba

and not 3stack. If this is too much for you, you might consider getting a friend to help, or consider waiting for an updated release of your Linux distro..

 

That's good to know. I guessed at 3stack since I wouldn't expect an HP laptop to use the Toshiba configuration. =Þ

- Trip

 

hi, i tried the code and added it. it gave me more option (now i have DIGITAL) but no sound. so i tried the one with TOSHIBA and same options but again no sound.

i tried the troubleshooting code and this is what i got

Codec: Realtek ID 268
Codec: Motorola Si3054


this is with the toshiba code that i tried.

i don't know if is in the setting, i mean i'm suppost to here linux sound or when playing amarok with stream radio station, but i do not hear anything. all the panel button works, when i press mute it works. darn i'm getting frutrated.

thanx i see how hard it is trying the ubuntu guide

 

I had the same problem with my sound on my T61. I followed some directions from Thinkwiki and they solved it. I believe Thinkwiki is down right now so I can't link them. I'll tell you what I can remember doing since its pretty straight forward.

Go to Prefernces > Sound > Devices
Then switch Music and Movies to OSS - Open Sound System
Then Auto Conferencing, Sound Capture to ALSA
Then switch the Default Mixer Tracks to PCM under the white menu.

Whenever Thinkwiki is up be sure to head down there and maybe it'll fix your dv6500 just like my T61.

 

UPDATE: i got the sound working with teh ubuntu guide. but now there's another little problem ahhh :-(. i know my laptop has 2 front speaker inside the casing, but i could only hear the right one, no sound coming from the left. on my vista partition i hear both. i know most be a buggy driver. but at least i have sound. does anybody with a similar problem and how did u fix it.