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**Snowhog** · Aug 06, 2008, 11:38 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

Try adding apci=off to the end of the kernel line in your /boot/grub/menu.list file (include a space before).

**divide0** · Aug 07, 2008, 01:11 AM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

That's one of the methods I've tried already. I probably should be more specific on the ones I've tried. I don't remember exactly, but I have tried the steps on configuration on the ubuntu forums, as well as a step-by-step troubleshoot thread. In other words, if someone has linked to the thread, I've tried to use it.

**Snowhog** · Aug 07, 2008, 05:45 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

Which version of HH 8.04 are you running - w/KDE 3.5.9, remix w/KDE 4.0.x, or w/KDE 4.1.00?

**divide0** · Aug 07, 2008, 08:46 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

According to the "About KDE" info, I am currently using release 3.5.9.

**Snowhog** · Aug 08, 2008, 11:57 AM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

When you access Sound (K Menu > System Settings > Sound), what are the setting? Your statement that "I know the hardware is detected because when booting Kubuntu off the CD, the sound works fine." is significant. It means that after installation it's just a settings problem. A way to try and isolate it would be to reboot from the LiveCD and check all the sound settings and note what they are. The compare those to the same after rebooting from the HD.

**divide0** · Aug 08, 2008, 01:45 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

According to Sound System, the settings for both a boot from the CD and a boot from the HDD are the same.

**Snowhog** · Aug 08, 2008, 03:17 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

What is showing when you open a console and type:

Code:

alsamixer

This is what mine looks like (first page):

Code:

+------------------[AlsaMixer v1.0.15 (Press Escape to quit)]------------------+
| Card: HDA Intel                               |
| Chip: Conexant CX20549 (Venice)                       |
| View: [Playback] Capture All                        |
| Item: Master [dB gain=-3.00, -3.00]                     |
|                                       |
|    +--+     +--+            +--+     +--+    |
|    |::|     | |            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     | |            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    |::|     |::|            | |     | |    |
|    +--+     +--+     +--+     +--+     +--+    |
|    |OO|     |OO|     |MM|     |MM|     |MM|    |
|    +--+     +--+     +--+     +--+     +--+    |
|    95<>95    80<>80           0<>0     0<>0    |
|   < Master >   PCM     IEC958   Ext Mic   Int Mic    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

What's important is for the < Master > channel not to be muted (showing |MM|).

**divide0** · Aug 08, 2008, 03:38 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

No, it's not muted. In fact, I have control over mute/unmute via Fn+F3,F4. This was shown via alsamixer. Here's a bit more information on my card, as well as my settings:

┌──────────────────[AlsaMixer v1.0.15 (Press Escape to quit)]──────────────────┐
│ Card: HDA Intel │
│ Chip: Realtek ALC262 │
│ View: [Playback] Capture All │
│ Item: Master [dB gain=-6.00] │
│ │
│ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ ▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
│ ├──┤ ┌──┐ └──┘ ├──┤ ├──┤ └──┘ │
│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │
│ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │
│ 87 0<>0 84<>97 0<>0 0<>0 │
│ < Master > Headphon PCM Front Mic Mic Boos │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────── ─────────────────────────────┘
It didn't copy well, though...

**Snowhog** · Aug 08, 2008, 03:43 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

If you're game, you can try the following:

[Http://kubasik.net/blog/2008/03/31/s...-ubuntu-hardy]

So if your like me, you’ve been suffering through some painful sound problems in Ubuntu Hardy, apparently its a known kernel issue, so just sit tight. However, if your like me (or 90% of nerds) then you need some sort of music to code. A little digging revealed that I did not in fact have any of the alsa kernel modules installed for my current kernel. apt-get left me high and dry (also without an nvidia driver yet, but that’s an easy fix).
The simple remedy is to just build the alsa modules yourself, a pretty painless task. The problem is, if you want to have any hope of keeping your install halfway clean, then you need to get those files tracked by dpkg so we avoid conflicts when the modules are fixed. There’s a simple solution:

sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo m-a update
sudo m-a prepare
sudo m-a a-i alsa

This utilizes the handy module-assistant package to automatically build alsa for you.

Reboot and enjoy!

As a side note, how did you paste the console data with the graphics intact?

**divide0** · Aug 08, 2008, 04:00 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound

Besides the four lines to copy and paste in terminal, is there anything else I need to do before/after that? I just tried it, and nothing happened. What is tracking by dpkg, exactly?

EDIT: It's fixed! All I had to do was sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset

Why this worked? I have no idea. Now, to configure wi-fi, and get my gfx card set up right...(of course, that'll be later.)

And another note to those who may have this problem: Once you fix it, if the sound is low, turn PCM up. Also, when you want to have sound with headphones ONLY, be sure to mute the Front option via Kmix.

And you can just highlight, right-click, and copy the info just like any other string or words/numbers. Of course, I pasted onto a document, booted Vista (to use wi-fi), and used text editor to open the file (explaining the imperfect paste).

**Snowhog** · Aug 08, 2008, 04:45 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound (Fixed)

Very good. Bet you're one happy camper to be able to hear sound coming from your Linux installation now. How cool is that?

**midas** · Sep 03, 2008, 06:58 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound (Fixed)

ok so i just installed kubuntu and i have a sony vaio vgn-nr180e with the same no sound problem. i tried your fix of typing "sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset" into the konsole. and tadaa! it worked, only now i have restarted my laptop and no sound again... typed the command in again and sure enough it worked, only im wondering if there is anyway i can maybe perhaps make this command permanent like. anyone have any ideas? im really new to the whole linux world and i dont even have any clue what the command i typed in mean. help. please.

**divide0** · Sep 03, 2008, 10:35 PM

Re: Sony VAIO vgn-nr260e No sound (Fixed)

Yes, a few people have had this happen, and I am at a loss as to why it is happening. If memory serves me right, I rebooted immediately after typing in the command. This can be accomplished simply by typing "sudo reboot" after the command.

And by the way, this is for Linux Kubuntu 8.04.1 with KDE 3.5.9. I'm not sure if having KDE 4.0 would affect anything, but it might.

I did not have this problem, so it could be something new, but again, I'm not too sure.

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