[nflug] Ubuntu no sound 7.04

[Cyber Source]

anthonyriga wrote:
> When I set up the pc I never thought at the time now I
> wish I did setup a router in between the Brighthouse
> Cable modem and his pc to manage the pc. So as it
> stands now I cant get into his pc to ssh. Any other
> way of managing the pc? I really didnt want to have
> him go into windows to do stuff and he is 100% support
> of Linux. But again I have seen many times driver
> modules unload themselves in windows too... 
>  
> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> anthonyriga wrote:
>>     
>>> A few months ago I setup dual boot windows ubuntu
>>>       
>> for
>>     
>>> my stepfather in Tampa, Fl. He has been 100% using
>>> Ubuntu with no problems.And love it!  He did do an
>>> upgrade to 7.04 and things have been working fine
>>> until this morning when he said al the sudden he
>>>       
>> has
>>     
>>> no more sound. The sound works in windows. I
>>>       
>> walked
>>     
>>> him though making sure the volume control in the
>>>       
>> panel
>>     
>>> was not muted and its not. He tried the rebooting
>>>       
>> too
>>     
>>> no luck. Any good troubleshooting suggestions? Hes
>>>       
>> in
>>     
>>> FL and is novice user . Anything I can have him do
>>>       
>> to
>>     
>>> check? 
>>>
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>> Sounds like a goofy module/kernel situation. ssh
>> into him and remove and
>> put back in the sound module. I had an intel chipset
>> sound card once
>> that would fix but again on the reboot, it had to be
>> done again. You
>> could try upgrading his kernel too.
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If he only has a cable modem, he is sitting on a public IP and you
should be able to login. Have him send you an email, look at the message
source to see the IP and try to ssh into that. Or you could have him go
to http://www.whatismyip.com/ to get the IP.
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