Laptop speakers do not mute

[mushroom_cloud]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

OK... Two things, What kernel are you booting with?

Also from that link for the line you added is the last part about model. There example had

his is for Dell Vostro 1400 and will vary based on your machine. Check out this link to identify the line appropriate for your machine

  * options snd-hda-intel model=dell-3stack

   [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto[/url]

Can you verify what model? The link above gave more info. You may have already been here.

I don't know what kernel i'm booting with. How do i find out?

And, yeah the first time i'd actually added dell-m41 when it had started working..i assume this is just one of the variants and will not work on the vostro 1500, but i'll try nevertheless

[mushroom_cloud]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

I wonder if you remove ALSA and all and then reinstall it? Before re-installation I would make sure all previously downloaded packages are removed from your system so that a fresh copy can be downloaded.

Could you tell me how i could do that? i could open adept manager, type adept and then uninstall all the components it says are already installed, is that right? (sounds too easy to be)

[MoonRise]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

Before we go the route of uninstall and re-install:

I don't know what kernel i'm booting with. How do i find out?

And, yeah the first time i'd actually added dell-m41 when it had started working..i assume this is just one of the variants and will not work on the vostro 1500, but i'll try nevertheless

When you boot and GRUB appears, hit ESC. The menu given should tell you. Or easier yet, open this file. Don't open as root though. This way you'll be sure that the file remains the same. Near the bottom you'll see some uncommented entries. These are your boot options and list the Kernel. I don't think this is the problem and that you are using the most recent, I just want to make sure.

/boot/grub/menu.lst

That method Dibl gave is easier. Use it for the Kernel. Also, did you change that entry to "model=dell-3stack"?
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[dibl]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

You can learn the version of the running kernel by opening a console window and entering

uname -r

[Snowhog]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

Or my preferred:

lsb_release -a

The difference? uname -a shows:

Linux paul-toshiba-laptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Sun Sep 23 19:50:39 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

while lsb_release -a shows:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:  Ubuntu 7.04
Release:    7.04
Codename:    feisty

More 'human' readable information is displayed.

[dibl]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

Ahhhhhh -- but there are more than one kernel versions that could be in "Ubuntu 7.04", so that output is not definitive as to the exact running kernel.

[Snowhog]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

Sooooo -- I see said the blind man. 8)

Okay, so maybe running both. I've never understood how to read the results of uname -a when it comes to the version of *ubuntu you are running, not being familiar with associating the kernel version to the *ubuntu version (Ubuntu vs Kubuntu and flavor: Dapper, Edgy, Feisty, Gutsy, Hardy).

[mushroom_cloud]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

nikhil@nikhil-laptop:~$ uname -r
2.6.22-14-generic

nikhil@nikhil-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:  Ubuntu 7.10
Release:    7.10
Codename:    gutsy
nikhil@nikhil-laptop:~$

and for the menu.lst file. Is this what you'retalking about..sorry for the late reply!

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root		(hd0,5)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=415fd0f4-f9c3-400f-a143-0c280e61119d ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,5)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=415fd0f4-f9c3-400f-a143-0c280e61119d ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title		Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root		(hd0,5)
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title		Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title		Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

Also, did you change that entry to "model=dell-3stack"?

No, but i'm going to now, and reboot just to see what happens. I would also like to state that i discovered today in the library that my mute button on the laptop (there's a physical mute button) does not work and i have to reduce the volume to zero (using other physical buttons) Right-clicking on Kmix and selecting mute doesn't work too.

[mushroom_cloud]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

I would also be greatful if someone could help define what this problem is..

Every time i close a Dolphin window, i get an error message like so

[img width=400 height=225]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e37/mushroomcloudwarrior/snapshot16.png[/img]
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...snapshot16.png

It says it will go away after the first time, but it does not..gets frustrating too, this doesn't happen on konqueror but i like using dolphin. suggestions?

[Snowhog]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

Quick answer is this issue is a known bug. A search of the Forum will locate several posts on this as well as what causes it and what to do to correct it.

[mushroom_cloud]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

Quick answer is this issue is a known bug. A search of the Forum will locate several posts on this as well as what causes it and what to do to correct it.

Thanks man, just decided to delete the ookmarks.xml and bookmarks.bak files..stupidly simple fix for something that bothered me so much!

[MoonRise]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

As far as the buttons, do you have "hotkey- setup" installed?

"kmilo" should be installed as well.

[Snowhog]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

Re: Dolphin error on close [SOLVED]

[mushroom_cloud]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

As far as the buttons, do you have "hotkey- setup" installed?

"kmilo" should be installed as well.

No man, i actually don't have them installed. should i/?

[MoonRise]

Re: Laptop speakers do not mute

I would. Should give functionality to some of those buttons