How to get sound working on Acer Aspire 5610?

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olivertreend
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How to get sound working on Acer Aspire 5610?

#1 Post by olivertreend »

Could anyone help me install the sound driver for my laptop?
I have an Acer Aspire 5610 laptop, but I'm not really sure which sound card I have. I think it has something to do with Sound Blaster Pro, but I'm not really 100% sure!
Puppy Linux doesn't find any sound devices at all. But I know my sound card is working because Windows XP see it and can use it.

Thanks in advance,
Oliver

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paulh177
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#2 Post by paulh177 »

hi again oliver.
I'm going to assume you have the same HDA realtek sound card as my 5610 does, but if I'm wrong then I hope someone else may be able to help. Don't forget to search the forum thoroughly first before posting as loads of questions have been asked/answered before (including this one).

Boot puppy.
Open a console window and type

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modprobe snd_hda_intel
this will load the appropriate driver (I hope)
Then (in the same window) type

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alsaconf
and follow the prompts to setup ALSA sound.
The console window will close,so open another and type

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alsamixer
and setup your volumes and levels for various i/o options -- navigate using the arrow keys (and hitting "m" will mute, as I finally discovered)
<Esc>ape out of that and then

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alsactl store
Reboot, and all should be well.

paul
paul

olivertreend
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#3 Post by olivertreend »

Thank you.
You are right - I didn't check for similar posts before starting this one, but I will remember this for next time. :)

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