On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 08:36 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 08:53 -0500, Mark C. Allman wrote: > > Thirdly. You have model options for snd-hda-intel set as > > model=toshiba. From > > > the ALSA-configuration.txt file, that's in the alsa driver tarball, > > I see the > > > following model options, including one for the Dell XPS M1710 > > > (model=dell-m23). It's worth trying that one, as it seems pretty > > specific. > > > See below for the full list of options. (It's for the 1.0.15 alsa > > driver) > > > > > > STAC9200 > > > ref Reference board > > > dell-d21 Dell (unknown) > > > dell-d22 Dell (unknown) > > > dell-d23 Dell (unknown) > > > dell-m21 Dell Inspiron 630m, Dell Inspiron 640m > > > dell-m22 Dell Latitude D620, Dell Latitude D820 > > > dell-m23 Dell XPS M1710, Dell Precision M90 > > > dell-m24 Dell Latitude 120L > > > dell-m25 Dell Inspiron E1505n > > > dell-m26 Dell Inspiron 1501 > > > dell-m27 Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 > > > gateway Gateway laptops with EAPD control > > > > > > > > The OSS packages I have installed: > > > > alsa-oss-libs-1.0.14-3.fc8 > > > > nss_compat_ossl-0.9.2-3.fc8 > > > > alsa-oss-1.0.14-3.fc8 > > > > alsa-plugins-oss-1.0.15-2.fc8 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Mark C. Allman > > > > > > Over to you, and all the best. > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > > For pulseaudio: > > The only PulseAudio package I have installed is > > pulseaudio-libs-0.9.8-5.fc8. > > > > For option values in modprobe: I tried all ("all") the dell values. > > Someone earlier said they used "toshiba" even though their laptop > > wasn't > > a Toshiba, so I thought I'd try it. No luck, of course. > > > > alsamixer: > > [mcallman@prez tmp]$ alsamixer > > > > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such > > file or directory > > > My experience is that alsamixer does not work if pulseaudio is > installed. > Otherwise I can't find a file: snd-hda-intel > that can be edited. > -- > ======================================================================= > Frankly, Scarlett, I don't have a fix. -- Rhett Buggler > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Alsamixer isn't working for me and I don't have pulseaudio installed. I only have the libraries because they're required for the libflashsupport package. -- Mark C. Allman, PMP -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 BusinessMsg -- the secure, managed, J2EE/AJAX Enterprise IM/IC solution