HdaIntelSoundHowto

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''''' Note: BreezyBadger (Ubuntu 5.10) already uses Alsa-base 1.0.9b and has HdaIntel Sound working out of the box. The below instructions are mostly aimed at older versions of Ubuntu.'''''

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Note: BreezyBadger (Ubuntu 5.10) already uses Alsa-base 1.0.9b and has HdaIntel Sound working out of the box. The below instructions are mostly aimed at older versions of Ubuntu.


Download the latest alsa development release (driver, library, oss, and utils) from the [http://www.alsa-project.org Alsa project] and install it:

  1. The driver: "./configure --with-oss=yes --with-cards=hda-intel", then "make", and "sudo make install".
  2. The library, oss-lib, and utils - simply "./configure" "make" "sudo make install"
  3. Run "sudo alsaconf" and configure the sound card.
  4. Reboot.

Note 1: You will need the kernel headers, gcc compiler (gcc and g++ packages), and ncurses-dev in order to compile alsa. Install them using apt-get or synaptic package manager first.

Note 2: There is a problem of [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=141252&postcount=2 "scratchy" sound] with alsa 1.0.9rc1, 1.0.9rc2 and 1.0.9rc3.

Note 3: If alsaconf is unable to locate your card, repeat step #1 again, but without the "--with-cards option".

Note 4: You may need to right click on the volume control applet in your gnome-panel and go to the preferences and change the device to "HDA Intel (Alsa Mixer)". The same applies to the gnome volume control program.


Alternative way to the above:

How to install Intel High Definition Audio using "alsa-source" from universe

I found the above Howto quiet unclear. Thanks to some hints from the mailinglist, I tried the way using the alsa-source-package from univers. Finally I got a deb-package, which I could install with dpkg. It worked fine on Hoary.

Here are the steps:

(The # means you should do this as root, so either use the root-console or "$ sudo su -")

# apt-get install alsa-source

# apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686

# apt-get install kernel-package ## installs make-kpkg

# apt-get install ncurses-dev ## I am not sure if this is really needed

$ less /usr/share/doc/alsa-source/README.Debian

# dpkg-reconfigure alsa-source ## choose azx as driver

# apt-get install fakeroot

# cd /usr/src

# tar jxf alsa-driver.tar.bz2

# cd linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686

# make-kpkg --rootcmd=fakeroot --append-to-version=-5-686 modules-image

# cd ..

# dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.6.10-5-686_1.0.8-4ubuntu4+10.00.Custom_i386.deb

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