ubuntu 9.04 and... sound

posted on September 2nd, 2009, 4:31 pm

I installed ubuntu a while back so im dualbooting XP and ubuntu but iv never been able to get the sound to work, when i type alsamixer in the terminal i get this....

root@eraldo-laptop:/home/eraldo# alsamixer
ALSA lib simple_none.c:1536:(simple_add1) helem (MIXER,'Headphone Playback Switch',0,2,0) appears twice or more

alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument

I check if my sound card is recognized and it is and iv installed both the realtek drivers (of course) and the alsa stuff.

I tried asking for help on the ubuntu forums but no one responded and the topic is now on the 4th page and dropping (useless f***ers) anyway if anyone here uses ubuntu and can help id appreciate it.

posted on September 2nd, 2009, 5:11 pm

sorry but what is ubuntu never heard of it^^

posted on September 2nd, 2009, 5:14 pm

sorry but what is ubuntu never heard of it^^

ubuntu is a linux kernel.

posted on September 2nd, 2009, 5:15 pm

ah thanks =)

posted on September 2nd, 2009, 5:21 pm

To me having two conflicting OS such as Windows and Linux on your system just causes problems.

If I could figure out dual boot I'd have XP or Vista paired with Win 98 (so I can play my oler games).

[Zebh]

posted on September 2nd, 2009, 5:30 pm

Last edited by Zebh on September 2nd, 2009, 7:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.

ubuntu is a linux kernel.

Ubuntu is a linux distribution, not a kernel.

About the original problem with sound:
It would be much easier to help if you would provide more information like. kernel version, alsa version and soundcard model. The problems with sound might be caused because of various different reasons, ie. the configuration of the soundcard or the alsa, or the alsa/soundcard modules aren't loaded properly during boot.

(Edit: @gamer: If you install the older windows first on separate partition and install the newer windows after that, you should get dual boot automatically)

posted on September 2nd, 2009, 5:36 pm

Ubuntu is a linux distribution, not a kernel.

About the original problem with sound:
It would be much easier to help if you would provide more information, ie. kernel version, alsa version and soundcard model. The problems with sound might be because of configuration of the soundcard or the alsa, or the alsa/soundcard modules aren't loaded properly during boot.

(Edit: @gamer: If you install the older windows first on separate partition and install the newer windows after that, you should get dual boot automatically)

My bad.

posted on September 3rd, 2009, 1:59 pm

To me having two conflicting OS such as Windows and Linux on your system just causes problems.

If I could figure out dual boot I'd have XP or Vista paired with Win 98 (so I can play my oler games).

they are installed on separate partitions so how are they conflicting?..... if you want to dual boot 2 or more OS's then you need to install a boot loader, grub loader automatically installs when you install a version of linux but windows 7 has its own boot loader i think so its very simple to dual boot windows 7, xp and linux for example.

Ubuntu is a linux distribution, not a kernel.

Actually you are both technically correct its a distribution when its compiled but its a kernel when not compiled.

[Vorsath]

posted on September 3rd, 2009, 2:19 pm

Last edited by Vorsath on September 12th, 2009, 5:19 am, edited 1 time in total.

To me having two conflicting OS such as Windows and Linux on your system just causes problems.

If I could figure out dual boot I'd have XP or Vista paired with Win 98 (so I can play my oler games).

The only problem would be the age of your PC and the hardware you got, I recently (about a year ago actually) attempted to dual boot WinME and WinXP only to find ME had no inbuilt drivers compatible to my hardware, nor were their any drivers available to download, so while ME worked, I couldn't play any games in it, so I scrapped that idea.  But dual booting is quite easy tho and I had done it before on older PCs, here are some instructions courtesy of Microsoft.

As for Ubuntu, I don't know jack about it 

[Zebh]

posted on September 3rd, 2009, 2:40 pm

Last edited by Zebh on September 3rd, 2009, 8:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

What does the compilation have to do with this? Linux is the name of the kernel. Ubuntu is a distribution that includes the linux kernel.

The problem might also be caused by the alsa drivers. You could test an older version of them to see if it works then.

posted on September 3rd, 2009, 9:29 pm

Actually you are both technically correct its a distribution when its compiled but its a kernel when not compiled.