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hi,

as a newbie in linux i am trying to get the sound working on my packard bell laptop with a Card: HDA SIS966 │
│ Chip: Realtek ALC660-VD

help would be appreciated as it is no longer a dual boot and it is just ubuntu hardy heron


thanks in advance

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Quick, practical checklist to diagnose and HDA audio problems (building on ’s pointer). Since that didn’t fix things for , run these checks in order and paste the outputs if you need more help — they tell the story.

# detect driver and cards
lsmod | grep snd
aplay -l
cat /proc/asound/cards

# recent kernel messages mentioning audio
dmesg | tail -n 80 | grep -iE "hda|snd|audio"

# reload the HDA driver without rebooting
sudo modprobe -r snd_hda_intel
sudo modprobe snd_hda_intel

# open mixer (use F6 to select card, M to toggle mute)
alsamixer

What to look for: if aplay -l or /proc/asound/cards show nothing, the kernel driver didn’t bind — that’s the key failure to report. In alsamixer make sure Master and PCM aren’t muted and that the correct card is selected with F6. If the driver loads but sound is absent, try saving working mixer settings with sudo alsactl store.

If the module needs a probe hint, add a single options line (back up the file first) to force a model hint and then reload the module or reboot:

sudo cp /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.bak
# then add one line like:
# options snd-hda-intel model=auto

Model strings vary by codec; try model=auto first and try a couple more if necessary.

If still no joy: check BIOS audio enablement, hardware mute keys, and whether PulseAudio is running (it can change defaults). When asking for more help, post the exact outputs of aplay -l, cat /proc/asound/cards, and the dmesg lines above — those let helpers give a precise next step.

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A shot in the dark but have you tried this?

Scarlett

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A shot in the dark but have you tried this?

Scarlett

hi, thanks for the reply, no it did not work, but i cant even see my sound card in sysyem, preferences and sound preferences and most of the options to select sound source come up with an error.

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hi,

a simple step by step would be great until i master this if at all possible

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00:0f.0 Audio device: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller

this is my output on my card

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