Ubuntu 7.10 on Dell 1720

[CadCrazy]

Just purchased Dell Inspiron 1720 with following config

C2D 2.00 GHz
2GB RAM
250GB HDD
GeForce 8600m GT
1440 X 900 screen resolution

It come preloaded with vista.Booted from live cd and installed Ubuntu 7.10. I have few problems.

- Sound is not working.Sound card is intel azilia

- After i installed latest nvidia driver from their website ,top window bar is not visible for any application ( the bar with close,minimize,restore window buttons). See the attached image.This is in case of compiz enabled. If i disable compiz, its back to normal


*img209.imageshack.us/img209/9651/screenshotmf8.th.png

Help me solve these problems.

 

[SunnyChahal]

^^
offtopic:how much did that cost u??

 

[CadCrazy]

62586/- with 9 cell battery, dell mouse, nylon case(not included in standard package).

 

[praka123]

@cadcrazy:for sound,

sudo gedit /etc/modules

add "snd-hda-intel" there and restart.
now try volume control.


use the xorg.conf options given here:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=737244&postcount=8

 

[CadCrazy]

Still getting this

*img519.imageshack.us/img519/7382/soundcp3.th.png

I booted from opensuse kde4 live cd and sound is working there. Although not tried to play any media file but startup sound is working

 

[CadCrazy]

here s how my module file looks like

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

fuse
lp
sbp2
snd-hda-intel

 

[praka123]

^do a
"modprobe soundcore"
"modprobe snd-hda-intel"

also post the o/p of "cat /proc/asound/cards" from terminal here.

 

[CadCrazy]

modprobe soundcore = nothing
modprobe snd-hda-intel = nothing
cat /proc/asound/cards = --- no soundcards ---

 

[praka123]

@cadcrazy:get urself latest alsa installed by compiling from source.I think ur model is still not entirely supported in current alsa version(1.0.16beta)
*alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page

 

[CadCrazy]

I used this method to install latest alsa drivers but still sound is not working. can i try pulse audio on gusty ?

 

[praka123]

^pulse audio aint gonna help when soundcard isnt even detected
earlier ubuntu used to have "alsaconf" command.
I think you have already installed latest alsa from source?then go,try

sudo alsaconf

and reportback

 

[CadCrazy]

hda-intel Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family)HD Audio Controller (rev
legacy Probe legacy ISA (non-PnP) chips
I am surprised

 

[praka123]

^select hda-intel and go boy!unmute and try!

 

[CadCrazy]

tried 2 times still nothing
ICH8 is not listed here

 

[praka123]

^now the option ends at intel website!search for intel audio driver and install it.else,you have to modprobe snd-hda-intel @some particular paramenters.ubuntu forum will help

 

[CadCrazy]

This method finally worked for me but volume level is very slow

 

[praka123]

yup!u need to have the correct parameters entered.

 

[CadCrazy]

but where n how. Thora parkash dalo yaar. Bahut andhera ho raha hai

 

[praka123]

^well,I checked Intel site.no drivers as ALSA supports ur hda onboard now,

when in 2004 middle,I got a Intel 915GAV board with first time Intel Azalia High definition audio.that time ALSA or OSS nothing provided support.I have to wait till(current one was 1.0.3) alsa-1.0.7 for proper azalia support
.so,Intel provided a modified alsa for Linux users that time for u,the compiling installing of alsa-driver,libs,plugins do the job

 

[CadCrazy]

buddy driver is working but problem is low vol. Anyway

now video part

glxinfo |grep direct = yes

but still the same bug after enabling compiz