NO Sound For Dell Dimension 4700
Forum: USB booting
Topic: NO Sound For Dell Dimension 4700
started by: kendall14
Posted by kendall14 on April 09 2006,00:17
First off, I really like DSL. 
I downloaded dsl and the usb boot image then put it on a usb flash drive (128mb) and booted my computer with it. Everything works fine but I have no sound at all in it. 
I know my sound card isn't broken because I get sound in windows. I have a Dell Dimension 4700. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Posted by cbagger01 on April 09 2006,04:09
For your computer, your best bet is to use DSL version 2.1bWith the right bootup command, it will talk to a SATA hard drive and might even work out-of-the-box with your sound system.
If not, you would then install the alsa.dsl extension from the mydsl repository.
However, if you want to keep your existing version of DSL (2.2 or 2.3 I assume), you can download the alsadebs.dsl extension from the repository and follow the installation instructions in the INFO file.
Posted by kendall14 on April 09 2006,18:34
I'll try that and I did get the 2.3.