Daniel, Today I decided to try another update method. I removed 9.10 from my Dell Vostro. Then I installed 9.04 from a DVD I had. Then I did the upgrade to 9.10 from the package manager, rather than from the DVD I had burned.
Unfortunately, that didn't fix the sound problem. The nice Ubuntu theme doesn't play at startup, rhythmbox pretends to play the Aesop's fable in the example-content directory but no sound comes out, and the same is true of CDs: rhythmbox looks as if it's playing them, but no sound comes from the speakers or earphones, even with all the volume controls I can find set to max. One good thing about upgrading rather than installing from a DVD: when I installed from the DVD, I couldn't find the menu.lst for grub. The /boot/grub/ directory was full of sound files (none of which played), but no .lst file, so I couldn't modify it to boot to Windows by default. This time, after upgrading with package manager, the /boot/grub/ directory has no sound files, and I can edit the menu.lst so the machine boots to Windows, which I guess I'll be doing until the next Ubuntu issue comes out. I'm curious, have others lost the sound system with 9.10? Anyway, thank you for your efforts. I had been a great enthusiast of Ubuntu, but I don't feel I can recommend it unequivocally anymore. (My son, who's teaching IT at Colby, is a major fan of it, however!) </abe> On Sun, December 6, 2009 11:44, Daniel T Chen wrote: > Abe, the parameter passed to -Dplughw: is from /proc/asound/cards (in > brackets). You probably don't have a sound device called "Intel" in > your Micron. > > -- > None of the sound devices work > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491432 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > </abe> -------------------------------------------------- "All I've learned about the creator is that he had an inordinate fondness for beetles" -- J.S.B. Haldane -- None of the sound devices work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491432 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
