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

[Gwen Morse]

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