Thread: Not getting sound from DELL Inspiron 1440

The DELL Inspiron 1440 I got on 17th October 2009 has two OS being installed in it, Vista as well as Ubuntu 9.4. I acquire sound from Vista except from the Ubuntu. I've downloaded as well as installed sound with media players adjustable to Ubuntu plus after that also I couldn't get a few sounds. I'm new to Ubuntu as well as don't know to write programmes.

A few public have managed to acquire sound by updating ALSA (the underlying system to get sound) to most recent version.

Installation :

To do this, we must start on by determining our description of Alsa as follows :

Code:

cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.18rc3.

To evade problems throughout the upgrade of Alsa-utilities, we have to discontinue it with the subsequent command :

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop

We must then install the necessary tools to compile along with the kernel headers :

Code:

sudo apt-get -y install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext xmlto
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` libncursesw5-dev

After that, we go in our personal folder as well as download alsa-driver, alsa-lib and alsa-utils :

Code:

cd ~
rm -rf ~/alsa*
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.21.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.21a.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.21.tar.bz2

After that, we make a fresh folder for the compilation as well as installation of the 3 files. After that, we move the 3 tar files that we just downloaded in this folder:

Code:

sudo rm -rf /usr/src/alsa
sudo mkdir -p /usr/src/alsa
cd /usr/src/alsa
sudo cp ~/alsa* .

Unpack the 3 tar files :

Code:

sudo tar xjf alsa-driver*
sudo tar xjf alsa-lib*
sudo tar xjf alsa-utils*

We compile as well as install alsa-driver :

Code:

cd alsa-driver*
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

We compile and install alsa-lib :

Code:

cd ../alsa-lib*
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

We compile as well as set up alsa-utils :

Code:

cd ../alsa-utils*
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

If like me, you got this error throughout the last “sudo ./configure

Code:

checking form.h presence... yes
checking for form.h... yes
checking for new_panel in -lpanelw... no
configure: error: panelw library not found

You will have to attach those symbolic links (only if you got the error) as well as restart the installation from the last “sudo. /configure”:

Code:

sudo ln -s libpanelw.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanelw.so
sudo ln -s libformw.so.5 /usr/lib/libformw.so
sudo ln -s libmenuw.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenuw.so
sudo ln -s libncursesw.so.5 /lib/libncursesw.so

Then, we take away the 3 tar files in our personal folder that are not any longer necessary:

Code:

rm -f ~/alsa-driver*
rm -f ~/alsa-lib*
rm -f ~/alsa-utils*

Then, just restart your PC as well as your alsa edition should be 1.0.21!
You can verify that you have now certainly had this version of alsa:

Code:

cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Compiled on Aug 31 2009 for kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (SMP).

Just to be sure everything is well configured, execute this command :

Code:

sudo alsaconf

What type of output do you need (analog/digital)? If you have trouble with HDMI audio try to pursue this.

Bug Description

Previously working under Karmic alpha 1 with ALSA 1.0.19 - now unable to get a peep out of HDMI after the alsa 1.0.20 binary and pulse audio 0.9.15 updates.
aplay -L
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, NVIDIA HDMI
HDMI Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio ALSA
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: phil 4551 F.... kmix
phil 4801 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p: phil 4801 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfce78000 irq 21'
Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP78 HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:1106e721,10438345,00100100 HDA:10de0002,10de0101,00100000'
Controls : 33
Simple ctrls : 17
Date: Tue Jun 9 02:24:14 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Uname: Linux 2.6.29.2 x86_64