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Re: Nvidia chipset problems on Presario



On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:31:40AM -0700, Kevin Ross wrote:

> > From: Richard Lyons [mailto:richard@the-place.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:45 AM
> > 
> > I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop.  Having no high-speed
> > connection,
> > I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set.  This gives me kernel·
> > 2.6.26-2-686.  The Presario has an nvidia chipset (see output of lspci
> > below).  The installer evidently fails to recognise this or doesn't
[...]
> > $ lspci
[...]
> > 00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0774 (rev a1)
[...]
> > 
> > $ lsmod | grep snd
> > snd_hda_intel         325688  0·
[...]
> snd_hda_intel is the correct audio driver.  I don't have the same laptop 
> as you, but I have a desktop motherboard with integrated GeForce 8200 
> graphics and HD Audio.  In my case, to get audio working properly, I had 
> to upgrade to the latest ALSA.  Try going to alsa-project.org and getting 
> the latest drivers.  You'll need to install the kernel headers to build
> the ALSA kernel modules.
[...]
Thanks Kevin.  I'll look at that.

richard


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