On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 23:38 +0300, Ilya Ponetayev wrote: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:40:28 -0800 > MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: > > You can try to install fresh alsa-driver package from Elrepo repository (which named kmod-alsa there). > http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php > > > I just bought a new (refurbished) Everexe StepNote laptop with a VIA > > C7-M CPU and a VIA chipset, installed CentOS 5.4 on it and the audio > > is not working. > > > > I looked around for a sound driver for the VIA vt1708/a, which is what > > it claims to have (see below), but that didn't work either. > > > > Any pointers as to what I'm missing? > > > > !lpspci > > > > 04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] > > (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10) > > > > !lsmod | grep snd > > > > snd_seq_dummy 7877 0 > > snd_seq_oss 32577 0 > > snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss > > snd_seq 49585 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event > > snd_seq_device 11725 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq > > snd_pcm_oss 42817 0 > > snd_mixer_oss 19009 1 snd_pcm_oss > > snd_pcm 72133 1 snd_pcm_oss > > snd_timer 24517 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > > snd_page_alloc 14281 1 snd_pcm > > snd_hwdep 12869 0 > > snd 55749 8 > > snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep > > soundcore 11553 1 snd > > > > Thanks. > > > > mhr Have you tried any switches in alsamixer ? sometimes one or another will get either turned off or turned on and that will cause no sound from the speakers. LostSon