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Ubuntu Sound not working on HP Pavillion dv9000 Using the ICH8 Family

I spent quite a bit of time researching my problem and found the solution at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg549082.html Let me copy the relevant bits:

 cd /tmp wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.16rc2.tar.bz2 tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.16rc2.tar.bz2 cd alsa-driver-1.0.16rc2/ ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel && make sudo make install sudo cp ./modules/snd-hda-intel.ko /lib/modules/$( uname -r )/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/ sudo depmod -a sudo reboot 

Make sure that you check the ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver directory to see if a new version has been released.

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Ubuntu Reload Sound

When plugging sound/recording devices into an Ubuntu computer, the device will often appear in the sound management software, but you will be unable hear anything through it. Running the following command will reload the sound system and the device will "magically" start working again.

pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload

References

• Ask Ubuntu - Is there another way to restart the sound system if pulseaudio/ALSA dont work?

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Ubuntu Gets a Remastered 5 1 Surround Log in Sound!

If you have installed a 5.1 Surround Sound system on your computer that happens to be running Ubuntu Linux instead of MS Windows :D, then wouldnt it be nice if you could make/add an awesome 5.1 surround log-in sound?.

I mean, of course you can find a 5.1 audio file but wouldnt it make everything so much better if we somehow find a re-mastered 5.1 version of the current official Ubuntu Log-in sound?. Well, thanks to Dustin Kirkland (an Ubuntu core developer and an active member of the Ubuntu Server development staff), we now actually have a re-mastered, official 5.1 surround sound for Ubuntu!.

"my life be like oooooh  aaaaaaah, oooooooh " ;-)...

Although I dont have a 5.1 system thus I havent tested it (because I cant! :/) but Dustin is kind enough to provide us with a PPA channel which makes the installation is A breeze!.

So, as a result, you can install the 5.1 log-in sound in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, 11.10, 10.10 and 10.04 by using the below commands.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kirkland/sound

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sounds

Now, log-out of the system and re-login and if everything went well then you should hear it:

Starting off with the center speaker, going towards the front left and right channels then going into the back left/right speakers while the bongo rocking the hell out of your world using your Sub Woofer!. Enjoy!.

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