Comment 8 for bug 213904

susan: what fixed my Dell Vostro 1700 Hardy 8.04 (upgrade from Gutsy) faint sound problem after trying every new kernel -rt, modifying config files, etc., was installing the simple gnome-alsamixer package

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsa-mixer

I think the faint sound is the xx decibel reduction because our system was actually muted.

  Tim Gardner wrote on 2007-10-01: (permalink)
If you want a temporary workaround, then run this command:
sudo echo "options snd-hda-intel model=5stack" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
Make sure your speakers and microphone are not muted. I think the best mixer for that is gnome-alsamixer.

I didn't do any of the modprobe stuff; only installed the gnome-alsamixer package.

Thank you Tim Gardner.