Daniel, With the help of my son, who has a PhD in computer science from UNC, I was able to follow your instructions, which I think were fairly cryptic. And now the sound devices work on my Dell Vostro. So I do thank you for your help with this problem.
That said, I hope the Ubuntu team is working on a less obscure fix. I notice that there are a lot of questions in the Ubuntu forums about the sound on a number of systems. As I told you, I've programmed in Fortran, C, Java, Assembly language and ASP (all on Microsoft machines), and I got help with this from an computer science professional. I doubt the average computer user who just wants to web surf would be able to restore sound on their machines. I really like Ubuntu, but this experience has convinced me to keep dual boot set ups with Windows XP on all my machines, and I'd have to think carefully about recommending Ubuntu to a regular user. In any case, thanks again for your help. </abe> On Fri, December 4, 2009 08:25, Daniel T Chen wrote: > Right, so you need to test a snapshot of the latest stable alsa-driver: > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/alsa-driver- > snapshot.tar.bz2. Yes, this means you'll need to use either 9.04 or > 9.10, download the above driver, compile it, install it, and reboot. > > -- > None of the sound devices work > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491432 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > </abe> -------------------------------------------------- "All I've learned about the creator is that he had an inordinate fondness for beetles" -- J.S.B. Haldane -- None of the sound devices work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491432 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
