Re: [Touch-packages] [Bug 1530142] Re: [Inspiron 5559, Realtek ALC255, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all playback write error (DMA or IRQ trouble?)

2016-03-19 Thread John Moulding
Hi Vignesh, try upgrading to 15.10. Solved all my sound problems. Cheers John On 16 March 2016 at 18:45, Vignesh wrote: > @Raymond (superquad-vortex2) > I think I have the same problem. You had mentioned "Your dell need those > dell pci quriks for alc255". How

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1530142] Re: [Inspiron 5559, Realtek ALC255, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all playback write error (DMA or IRQ trouble?)

2016-03-04 Thread John Moulding
Hi Folks, I've solved the problem. Luckily, before the kernel upgrade wrecked my machine, I'd backed up the /home directories. After a lot of grief, I managed to install 15.10 from a flash drive (initially, the UEFI BIOS wouldn't let me boot from the CD or the flash drive). Changing the kernel

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1530142] Re: [Inspiron 5559, Realtek ALC255, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all playback write error (DMA or IRQ trouble?)

2016-02-23 Thread John Moulding
Hi Folks, I hope there's someone out there who can help me, 'cos now I've messed up my Linux installation. I followed the advice above to open a ticket at bugzilla.kernel.org. driver sound/ Alsa. The upstream ticket number is 112721. Advice from them was to upgrade the kernel, as the version

Re: [Touch-packages] [Bug 1530142] Re: [Inspiron 5559, Realtek ALC255, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all

2016-02-09 Thread John Moulding
Hi Raymond, you'll have to forgive my ignorance (I'm a Linux newbie), but does that mean that I actually have to raise the ticket myself? I've no problem with that, but I don't want to dive in and make a twerp of myself. Best regards, John Moulding On 3 February 2016 at 09:09, Raymond <1

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1530142] [NEW] [Inspiron 5559, Realtek ALC255, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all

2015-12-30 Thread John Moulding
Public bug reported: No sound, either on headphones or internal speakers. Have been all over forums, tried every fix I can find. The installation is new, and it's on a new Dell 5559. Sound is not muted, and I believe the settings are correct, but it's hard to be sure, as each answer I find