Thanks for the manual, I tried to search but never found that. Maybe it was a location thing. I dont think it was an issue with my sound being turned off by the function key, as I can change the screen brightness. One issue I have is the Fn button was removed by my daughter so it doesnt always work....

My alsa.conf contents are: alias char-major-14-* soundcore alias char-major-116-* snd alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss options sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1...

The laptop is an old DELL INSPIRON 8000. Both those files are present. I have now installed the Wary version of puppy and find it much quicker, thanks for the heads up. I will try what is sugested in the firmware link but I have read it a couple of times and still not too sure what to do, I have unz...

Thanks for the reply Darkcity. Changed the HW number... I was on the right track - just in the wrong place. I tried to open the file from command line and it didnt work. :shock: Here is the alsa-base.conf contents: # BK got this file from Ubuntu, May 2011. # autoloader aliases install sound-slot-0 /...

Hi, new to linux and have just installed Slacko but dont have any sound. Have followed some youtube clips and other suggestions in the forum but to no avail. I *may* have made things worse by changing (accidently) my audio HW=0 to 1 in the volume icon in taksbar. Now I cant get the retrovol or alsa ...