On 04/17/2017 07:49 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Franchisseur Robert > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> upgrading from SL5 to SL6 I have several problems but mainly: >> >> 1) On a Dell Latitude E6500 >> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) > > Laptops are always a bit of an adventure. Is there any particular > reason you're not leapfrogging to SL 7, which is likelier to have > better support for audio chipsets? > >> even after >> >> modprobe pcspkr >> alsamixer (unmute beep) >> >> I have no beep sound. >> >> But note that it works on a Dell Vostro 1510 >> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) >> >> and it also works on a Dell precision 390 >> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) >> Have you tried installing kmod-alsa from ELrepo? I found this got sound working on SL5 for several of my newer motherboards. I suspect the same for SL6. I did, however leapfrog from 5 to 7. There is a bit of a learning curve (systemd, etc), but it isn't really that horrible once you spend a few days with it.