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    Getting sound to work on dv9700t

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by powder21, Jul 19, 2008.

  1. powder21

    powder21 Notebook Guru

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    Ok...I hope this is the last thread for a while :p

    I love how everything just pretty much works (as far as drivers go) in linux. However, the sound always seems to be a problem, not just the my notebook, but my desktop at school too. I'm have a dv9700t with the Realtek High Definition Audio which is pretty much standard on the new HP's.

    How might I find and install a driver for this or maybe get one that was included in Fedora 9 to work? I'm pretty sure I can get one from Realtek's website and then maybe give it a shot, but I'm noticing that a lot is done from WITHIN the OS (like with yum) on linux, so I'm wondering how to do it that way. Please help. Thanks in advance.
     
    powder21, Jul 19, 2008
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  2. v1k1ng1001

    v1k1ng1001 Notebook Deity

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    Honestly the best thing to do is hang out on the forums for your distro. I bought a new Compal and I found some help with the sound card but mainly I had to wait for 8.04 to catch up with my hardware.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Jul 19, 2008
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  3. powder21

    powder21 Notebook Guru

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    Thanks, yah I've been hanging out in the fedora forums alot. BTW...love the icon. Shin Chan rocks.
     
    powder21, Jul 19, 2008
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    No problem. It rocks to have the new hardware but there are a few drawbacks.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Jul 19, 2008
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  5. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Before you go about installing drivers, try using ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) instead of PulseAudio as your sound daemon.
     
    Bog, Jul 19, 2008
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