No sound running OS 11.1 x64

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Originally Posted by fire00f1y

Appreciate the help. It works now after updating alsa.

Great !!

Glad to read its working.

As noted, I have a similar laptop (Dell Studio 1537 (w/4GB RAM) and 250GB hard drive) but with a smaller screen. I went with ATI Radeon HD3450 graphics and an Intel Pro Wifi 5300AGN wireless.

I've tested everything but the bluetooth.

I am running a 32-bit openSUSE-11.1 with KDE-3.5.10 on the laptop. I will likely change to a 64-bit openSUSE-11.1 in a couple weeks, after I return from my vacation (I leave early tomorrow morning).

I could not get HDMI fully working with 1.0.17/1.0.18 of alsa (video worked, sound did not). I did manage to get the digital internal mics to work (it was tricky). Webcam works real nice, as does the SD card slot (albeit I only tried with SDHC cards), firewire port, USB ports, and wired ethernet.

Most the special buttons function, although I have not paid much attention to that.

VGA out to drive a project works, with some quirks.

My wife and I are taking the Dell laptop with us on this vacation, so maybe we will learn some quirks we do not know yet.