screen resolution and no sound(PARTLY SOLVED)

[senorian]

Kubuntu 8.04.2 installs and uses the native screen resolution (1920x1200) all ok.
I reduced the screen to 1280x768 to increase the size of the text.
When I rebooted the resolution changed to 640x480, and this was the maximum size listed in the control center
I wanted Flash 10 for Sesame street. I uninstalled flash 9 and downloaded flash 10 from Adobe.
I got video but no sound.(this was with resolution at 1920x1200)
Googled both resolution and no sound.
quite a few posts, some with extensive cli instructions
could not solve.
My computer(old) will not install 8.10 or any of the derivatives that I have tried
Apart from getting a new computer (later this year all being well) I will look for a distro that will work now
ps. if anyone knows of a LIVE CD that incorporates flash 10 please let me know
Thanks

[senorian]

Re: screen resolution and no sound(PARTLY SOLVED)

I pressed "esc" on booting and then selected "fix X" and recovered my native resolution.
Now I have to experiment to see if I can get a lower resolution to work
Still no sound.
Any information would be apprediated
Thanks

[senorian]

Re: screen resolution and no sound(PARTLY SOLVED)

Now I have to experiment to see if I can get a lower resolution to work

I tried setting 1680x1050 it changed to 640x480
1600x1200 reverted to 1920x1200
1440x900 changed to 640x480
1400x1050 changed to 640x480
800x600 changed to 640x480
720x450 reverted to 1920x1200

no success!

[flarson]

Re: screen resolution and no sound(PARTLY SOLVED)

Do you know whaat sound card you have?

"lspci" should show you.

Does "lsmod | grep snd" show any modules loaded?

[senorian]

Re: screen resolution and no sound(PARTLY SOLVED)

Hi Mando Hacker
No sound card listed:
lspci
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH 4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200 ] (rev a1)

lsmod | grep snd
~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_mpu401 6728 0
snd_mpu401_uart 7808 1 snd_mpu401
snd_rawmidi 25504 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8716 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_intel8x0 33692 1
snd_ac97_codec 93216 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89864 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm
snd 55268 12 snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dev ice,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mi xer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10208 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11272 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

Thanks for your help

EDIT
I upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10 (took about 5 hours!)
This seems to have solved my resolution problem. At least I can use 1440x900.
BUT
8.10 uses KDE4.1 which seems half broken
Guess I will have to wait for KDE 4.2 in Kubuntu 9.04
Thanks again

[flarson]

Re: screen resolution and no sound(PARTLY SOLVED)

You do have a sound card listed. It is built into your motherboard

0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH 4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

The fact that the snd modules are loaded indicates that the system recognized you audio hardware and installed the drivers for it. This means you are most of the way there.

First do
sudo aptitude install kdemultimedia

This will pull in some plugins and standard applications.

Now you need to find out why you do not hear it. First you should open kmix and make sure you have volume turned up. This may be a PCM channel or the Master volume. Make sure they are not muted and are turned up. Then be ready to turn them down if things suddenly get loud.

Now select K->System Settings->Multimedia

You should see a list of audio output types on the left and devices on the right. I expect you will see one for HDA Intel and one for Pulseaudio. Select one on the left, Music would be good, and then Intel HDA on the right. Test should light up so try it.

[sithlord48]

Re: screen resolution and no sound(PARTLY SOLVED)

EDIT
I upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10 (took about 5 hours!)
This seems to have solved my resolution problem. At least I can use 1440x900.
BUT
8.10 uses KDE4.1 which seems half broken
Guess I will have to wait for KDE 4.2 in Kubuntu 9.04
Thanks again

you can install kde 4.2.1 in kubuntu 8.10. to do so you want to follow these instructions
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.2

now when you get to step 3.
sudo apt-get remove libplasma2

after install you should be able to log right in to kde4.2 after you restart X (crtl+alt+backspace) or log out and back in ....