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Hi all, I am a complete newbie to Linux, I have literally just finished installing it on my laptop, most things are up and running but I have no sound and don't know where to get a driver etc from or how to install it!! I have a "Linux for Dummies" book that i'm working my way through but I wondered if anyone could tell me how2 ?? I have installed Mandriva, the system is a Toshiba Equium A60. Thanks Malc

OK I now have sound!! I looked on various other forums and the eventual fix was : open a terminal sudo kwrite /etc/modules when the document opens, add snd-sbawe to it save it, close it and reboot When I did this the mixer was available in KDE and I just had to adjust the levels. Malc

When I go to "configure your computer" then "hardware" and "look at an configure your hardware" then soundcard it shows that it's detected a soundcard - Identification Vendor: ‎ATI Description: ‎IXP150/200 AC'97 Audio Controller Media class: ‎MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO Connection Bus: ‎PCI Bus PCI #: ‎0 PCI device #: ‎20 PCI function #: ‎5 Vendor ID: ‎4098 Device ID: ‎17217 Sub vendor ID: ‎4473 Sub device ID: ‎65296 Driver Module: ‎snd-atiixp Thanks Malc