Hello,

Problems:

1. videoconfig uses only vesa driver.
2. No sound

lspci gives the following output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

Any solutions? Thanks for your help,

Anand

ICH8 Sound
... open alsamixer and make sure nothing important is muted. If this is unsuccessful, show us the result of

lsmod | grep snd

i965 graphics
... edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace "vesa" with "intel" and restart X.

You have posted to "zenwalk": which Zenwalk release are you using?

When I run alsamixer I get the error message:

alsamixer:function snd_ctl_open failed for default:no such device.

lsmod | grep snd gives:

snd_seq_oss 18816 0
snd_seq_midi_event 3456 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 27760 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 3724 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 25984 0
snd_mixer_oss 10112 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_intel 190616 0
snd_pcm 38660 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 11268 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 25988 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 3552 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 4744 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm



I did this. But X will not start. So, I had to use vesa again to start X.

I am running Zenwalk-4.8.

Thank you Simon Bridge for your help,

Anand

"asoundconf -list" should return "ICH8" or something like that.
"asoundconf set-default-card ICH8" should give you a default card, then you can run alsamixer.

In which case you got a message to the effect that X will not start and would you like to see the logs. You say "yes" and tell me what the error lines say ...

If this is a tft/digital screen, comment out the sync and refresh lines and try a modest resolution.

rsamurti: how did you get on?

Hi, I have an inspiron 1520 running both Vista and Ubuntu 7.10 without issues. Only a little problem with the audio card and my bluetooth mouse.

Please check a small guide I created to install ubuntu, maybe can help you with the audio setup.

http://fabianmejia.blogspot.com/2007...iron-1520.html

Regards.