ubuntu alsa on intel hda

[craigo]

just set up ubuntu 6.06 on my laptop and the sound seems very quiet, updated everything and used the latest gstreamer packages one of the reasons i got this particalar lappy (hp dv51228tx) was sound quality am i missing something it whispers....why....oh intel hda 915 core duo 1gb ram gf7400go

[craigo]

Hmmmm You would think INTEL (hums stupid jingle) would provide more than a graphics driver for linux....the bums.:mad:

[craigo]

LMFAO...i lifted this little jem straight off the hp site, Does this mean they do not support thier own hardware with thier own LINUX server environment installed:slap: ...totally ghey


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end qoute....mother biatches....(loses a fraction more sanity)

[craigo]

and try as he might oour faithful hero could not alter his volume level,apt-get after apt-get,finally he throws his arms in the air and shouts DAMN YOU DODGY HP #$*&&%@!......I know ill install teh 3d rally game i saw in teh repositories....yeah(grins) i mean how important is music volume(see avitar)(cries).....so game installed(yay) goes to launch....nothin, see ubuntu site...NO NATIVE NVIDIA 3D SUPPORT...back to terminal...apt-get...install.....terminall...fail.....oh hp card bios OFCOURSE,the F#@kin windows drivers from the NV site dont even work..(.had to use HP propritry in windows environment) so what chance have i got with ubuntu....F@$%#KING 0%:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

end rant.

[craigo]

ahh,shiny new day,optimisism creeping back....so the next thing to try is to wrap the windows drivers.....has anybody done this here?....am i posting to myself?....who really did frame Roger Rabbit?

[craigo]

woah....slow down on the replies people.....sheesh:)

[strick94u]

HUH ? What? I dont know it just works on my old Tough book

[baserg]

Asus notebook working.
http://dev-board.com/?p=16

[wiak]

meybe try freebsd?
they have a generic snd_hda driver that supports most hda sound chips :)
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=26248