Linux Sound Problems

Well, I decided to do it. I formatted my HDD for Linux to have full control over. I'm now running Zorin OS 4. One problem though. I can't get any sound. My laptop model is Evo N800c. Can someone please help me get sound to work? I posted on the Zorin site, but no replies yet. I'm going insane now. Thanks in advance.

Hello.

I just spent some time trying to google the proper driver for your machine. I am assuming according to the manufacturer specs for the Evo N800c that your sound hardware is an ADI Soundmax device. This device does not seem to currently have a device driver written for the linux OS. There may still be other options open to you however. Some generic linux drivers have been written to give at least basic functionality to most sound devices under a linux OS.

Check out this link where some of the generic drivers are available. http://www.linux-drivers.org/audio.html

If you decide to try one of these drivers be sure to read the instructions carefully as linux driver setup is somewhat more complicated than windows driver set up. Hope this gets it working for you

Hello.
I just spent some time trying to google the proper driver for your machine. I am assuming according to the manufacturer specs for the Evo N800c that your sound hardware is an ADI Soundmax device. This device does not seem to currently have a device driver written for the linux OS. There may still be other options open to you however. Some generic linux drivers have been written to give at least basic functionality to most sound devices under a linux OS.

Check out this link where some of the generic drivers are available. http://www.linux-drivers.org/audio.html

If you decide to try one of these drivers be sure to read the instructions carefully as linux driver setup is somewhat more complicated than windows driver set up. Hope this gets it working for you

Thanks for the help, but I couldn't figure any of that out. So I just installed a different distro.