Help....Sound

[sbovisjb1]

I would like to know what i should do to get sound working on fedora core 4. I have a HP nx6110. I dont know what the brand of card is, but im assuming that its one of the stock defaults (everything else registered A OK) http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail~dpno~200292.asp. But the site didnt tell me my sound card at all. Any comments or help on what you did or what i should do would help... even if you dont have the same model laptop... thanks.

[falko]

Do you have ALSA installed?
Anything in the logs?

[sbovisjb1]

Im busy installing ALSA (VERY cool) and im confused with these two steps


7) Edit your kernel module config (either /etc/modprobe.conf or
/etc/modules.conf, depending on the kernel version). If you are not
sure, what to do, you may try the alsaconf script available in
the alsa-utils package.

8) Run 'modprobe snd-xxxx' where xxxx is the name of your card.
Note: All ALSA ISA drivers support ISA PnP natively, so you don't need
isapnptools any more. Don't use both together. It will
conflict. For disabling the ALSA ISA PnP support, specify
--with-isapnp=no configure switch.

[falko]

8) Run 'modprobe snd-xxxx' where xxxx is the name of your card.
Note: All ALSA ISA drivers support ISA PnP natively, so you don't need
isapnptools any more. Don't use both together. It will
conflict. For disabling the ALSA ISA PnP support, specify
--with-isapnp=no configure switch.
Run modprobe snd-xxxx (replace xxxx appropriately) and then add snd-xxxx to /etc/modules so that the module gets loaded at boot time. I'm not quite sure if step 7 is needed anymore then...

[sbovisjb1]

Thank you very much... I am quite proud to say that this is an amasing project. Hmmm its good ;) And if i have any more problems ill let you know.

[sbovisjb1]

When my machine first started, all external audio was muted. To unmute it, run alsamixer in a terminal, hit right-arrow until you get to item "External Amplifier", and type "m" to toggle the mute setting. Also, bring up the Sound & Video -> Volume Control application and check for proper settings.