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How to Configure Sound in 7.10

Asked by cmnorton

I have Ubuntu 7.10 running on a new model (2008) Lenovo Thinkpad T61p. I get the initial login sound (drums). My CD won't play, and I get no other system sounds. What tools are available for me to debug this?

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#1

This is a link to the message I got:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4510186#post4510186

This is the actual error, and its from System --> Preferences --> Sound
audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=chat: no element "gconfaudiosink".

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#2

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#3

I did the following to fix the problem.

 I got my Thinkpad T61p's sound working by adding the following to the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad-t61p

There was no magic list containing my model number. Someone else had a problem with their Dell; and added this line

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m26

Basically, I put a dash in between the brand and the model and took a guess. I now have sound.

I found this link, which helped me:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/122560

Consider this question solved.

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cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) said : 		#4

As stated previously, the problem is solved.