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I got a brand new computer and it came with 7.10 for some reason. When I upgraded to 8.04 the sound stopped working. I found a solution to fixing it but when I try to doit tells me that my C compiler can't produce executables? GCC is there, it finds it fine.Code:./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
How do I fix it?
I've had this
you're trying to compile a 32bit program on 64bit linux
you need the 32bit version of the libc development libraries
that should be all that's requiredCode:sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-i386
*edit*
can you post what your sound problem is
cause re-compiling stuff is a bit drastic, and may not actually be necessary
The sound just doesn't work on 8.04. For some reason Dell ships computers with 7.10 so I upgraded and the sound stopped working. I click on the sound icon and it tells me that it is missing a driver.
Why do they still use legacy drivers? Hasn't Linux been 64-bit for like 5 years?
I'd be very surprised if a stock Dell machine's sound card is not supported natively by the kernel
(doubly surprised if it's onboard sound)
Chipsets for sound devices are all standard
and Intel's High Definition Audio is most definitely supported
but it's possible you may have some exotic sound chip that doesn't follow intel's reference design
are these the instructions you're following?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto
No, that wasn't the one that I was looking at, but look more thorough then the ones I saw. I'll try that.
It is onboard sound, but I guess the Inspiron 1420 has some weird crap with it.