Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) and E1705 issues, anyone have fixes?

I have ubuntu with kde but dont experience any of your problems (6800u)...although this forum lists dell 17 inch you may want to try the linux forums

The subwoofer issue is known by the ALSA developers, so that will be fixed in time.

Audio not working is nothing I've experienced. Do you have all the latest kernel updates?

You could try patching the alsa drivers :-)

Honestly, I'll be trying over the next few weeks. I'll let you know if I get it to work.

See here: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/al...ew.php?id=2092

Actually, getting it to work was easier than I had thought:

Try unloading the snd-hda-intel driver:

sudo rmmod snd-hda-intel

(you will need to close any sound apps first, such as volume controls, music players, etc.)

Then reload the drivevr using

sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel model=ref

You can put

snd-hda-intel model=ref

in /etc/modules to get this automatically on boot.

It *might* not work on the edgy kernel. I'm running Feisty with the 2.6.20 kernel. But it's worth a try. Let me know!

Using gnome-volume-control (also available through the volume control icon), you need to go into properties and make sure the LFE control is enabled. Then you'll be able to adjust the volume of the subwoofer!

Or use alsamixer.

I had a problem getting all of my speakers to function on edgy also. (also couldnt get mic and headphone port to function properly until i did this) I had to update my alsa drivers to the latest version, which is a tad complicated.. heres how i did it :

Install necessary build tools
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic libncurses5-dev automake autoconf mercurial

2. Go to www.alsa-project.org and download the 1.0.13 version of the library and utilities to your home directory and untar them.

3. Download the repositories for the mercurial builds of alsa-driver and alsa-kernel.

hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-driver alsa-driver
hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel alsa-kernel

4. Go into the alsa-driver in your home directory and run hgcompile.

cd alsa-driver
sudo ./hgcompile

This will build the newest version of the alsa-driver. Now install it using:

sudo make install

6. Change directories to the untarred library directory. In that directory run

./configure
make
sudo make install

to install the 1.0.13 release version of the alsa driver.

7. Change directories to the untarred utilities directory, and in that directory run

./configure
make
sudo make install

8. Configure alsa

sudo alsaconf

Select your soundcard (in my case it was the first one) and hit the default option on everything else.

9. Load the new alsa module into the kernel.

sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound reload

This is a known bug with Edgy.. updating the alsa drivers fixed this for me.

Ok, then you'll probably get it fixed in Feisty, ....

Hrmm, looks like the repository is down for some reason. You'll have to go to www.alsa-project.org and download the 1.0.13 driver and library files and install them manually. Let me know if you have problems with this.