[Techtalk] Sound card gone missing - OSS/ALSA woes

[svye lunite]

On 23 March 2012 02:28, Gwen Morse <gwen.morse at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Adric Net <adric at adric.net> wrote:
> > Hi Gwen,all
> >
> > Is kudzu still around in RedHat/Fedora releases? That should do hardware
> > detection.
> > Another trick to see if Linux can see your card at all is to run lspic
> > -vv | more and look for your soundcard and bluetooth card. If they are
> > there but not in dmesg/alsa then you should get some information about
> > which chips you have (PCI ID) which may help you track down a driver.
> >
> > hth,
> > adric
> >
>
> Thanks for all the discussion. I was sidetracked with some knitting
> questions, but now I'm back.
>
> I upgraded to Fedora 16 and it "fixed" both the sound and the
> bluetooth issue (I was trying to get the most recent version of
> alsatools). I put fixed in quotes because the full hdmi sound isn't
> working, only the internal analog stereo. I have a tin ear so I doubt
> I notice the difference ;). Bluetooth is working perfectly.
>
> So at least sometimes upgrades will re-detect hardware (lucky me)!
>
> My hubby is under newly issued strict orders not to fiddle with my
> laptop. There are other (older) machines he can play with if he wants
> to experiment with linux. I've advised him I'll break fingers if he
> does mess with it again, but I'm knitting him a nice pair of merino
> wool fingerless gloves to keep his hands warm, so he does feel loved.
> ;)
>
> As an OT aside, anyone here knit? I learned earlier today that there
> are some penguin rescue groups that ask people to knit little sweaters
> for rescued penguins.
>
> Gwen
>

a bunch of us knit, we even have published knitters among us :-) little
sweaters for rescued penguins is one of the cutest things I've heard
lately!!