[ltp] Thinkpad T60 - LinuxMint - no sound...

Michael Gaber linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:13:39 +0200


i don't know if it's standard or gentoo-specific.
but once i intall the alsa drivers i run alsaconf, which sets up the 
module-aliases and it just works afterwards

zed schrieb:
> I have an IBM Thinkpad T60 on which I run LinuxMint v5.0.  Everything works
> except sound.
> 
> In the UIbuntu magazine Full Circle (No 14) a user was writing about lack of
> sound after an upgrade and gave a solution, which worked for my desktop but
> not for the T60.
> 
> The solution was to go into a terminal and type 
> 
> find /lib/modules/`uname -r` | grep snd
> 
> and if nothing was returned to then type
> 
> sudo aptitude install linux-ubuntu-modules-`uname -r` linux-generic
> 
> The appropriate files (modules) were then installed and, as stated this
> worked for the desktop.
> 
> In LinuxMint Control Centre I have cycled through all the drivers -
> 
> Autodetect
> AD198x Digital
> AD198x Analog
> ALSA -Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
> EDS - Enlightened Sound Daemon
> OSS - Open Sound System
> PulseAudioSound Server
> 
> but to no effect.
> 
> Any assistance or advice will be welcome.  But beware, I'm relatively new to
> Linux, so not too technical, please.
> 
> Zed
>