LarryZ
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No Audio - Linux Mint 16 (MATE)
Hello,
I converted an 8 year old Toshiba Satellite from XP to Linux Mint 16 (MATE). Install went well, but no sound. I don't think ALSA can find the Intel ICH6 high definition audio controller.
See the attached text file generated from an Alsa Information Script.
Thanks in advance.
alsa-info.txt
I converted an 8 year old Toshiba Satellite from XP to Linux Mint 16 (MATE). Install went well, but no sound. I don't think ALSA can find the Intel ICH6 high definition audio controller.
See the attached text file generated from an Alsa Information Script.
Thanks in advance.
alsa-info.txt
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In particular you need to go to section of page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto#Choosing_Your_Model
And try all possible toshiba configurations in a row
Make sure to power off as wrong choice may lock up mixer so that good config cannot work
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto#Choosing_Your_Model
And try all possible toshiba configurations in a row
Make sure to power off as wrong choice may lock up mixer so that good config cannot work
You will need to modprobe snd-hda-intel at least. That is where the ICH6 sound support is. It was not loaded in your alsa-info.txt.
snd-hda-intel is also mentioned extensively in gheist's link above. Once you modprobe it, your card should be recognized and then you can follow the instructions
snd-hda-intel is also mentioned extensively in gheist's link above. Once you modprobe it, your card should be recognized and then you can follow the instructions
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Sorry for delay. I am trying your suggestions now.
Gheist: I can't find my sound card by running "cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec" found at the beginning of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto#Choosing_Your_Model, because the asound directory does not contain a card0 subdirectory. he only folder is "seq".
Duncan: Running sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base does not give me any visual indication that anything occurred.
Gheist: I can't find my sound card by running "cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec" found at the beginning of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto#Choosing_Your_Model, because the asound directory does not contain a card0 subdirectory. he only folder is "seq".
Duncan: Running sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base does not give me any visual indication that anything occurred.
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Per Kimputer's advice regarding steps at "https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto", I did the following.
- Added "options snd-hda-intel model=3stack" at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. conf
The 3stack model was found here: "http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043568", which was a link from the Howto
- Ran "sudo alsa force-reload" in terminal.
No joy. Rebooted Linux Mint. Still no sound.
- Added "options snd-hda-intel model=3stack" at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.
The 3stack model was found here: "http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043568", which was a link from the Howto
- Ran "sudo alsa force-reload" in terminal.
No joy. Rebooted Linux Mint. Still no sound.
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nano is just a text editor, he was trying to look at the content of that file.
@Kimputer: thanks for that.
@LarryZ: My bad, you already have snd_hda_intel loaded (the command to load it needs minus signs but the module appears with underscores). modrpobe -v would not have displayed anything therefore, because it would have been a no-op.
@LarryZ: My bad, you already have snd_hda_intel loaded (the command to load it needs minus signs but the module appears with underscores). modrpobe -v would not have displayed anything therefore, because it would have been a no-op.
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Thanks for helping everyone. I never got audio working, because my friend's Toshiba overheats and shuts itself off now. It won't make an XP replacement laptop after all. I split the points across contributors. Regards, LarryZ.
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Your referenced link begins with "cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec". But I have no card0 directory anywhere in the file system. Perhaps it is because Mint or ALSA has not discovered the sound card.