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19 Jul 2008, 10:16 pm

Apologies if I'm being obtuse, but I'm still not quite sure of how to do this.

Ancalagon wrote:

I don't think you actually did anything to the file. Vi is an old-school unix text editor -- it's in unix standards that it's required to be there, so you could probably fire it up under OSX if you wanted to. It's got a weird 2-mode editing system, and a steep learning curve, but people who put enough effort into it to actually get it seem to love it.

If you just want to use it for basic editing, though, you only need to remember a couple of things:
press i for insert mode. (For when you want to edit a file like most normal editors)
press Escape in insert mode to go back to command mode. (It defaults to command mode, and the commands are just regular keys, like d for delete and so forth)
type :wq in command mode to save a file and exit
type :q! in command mode to quit without saving

Something like nano would be easier, though. It doesn't really matter which program you use to edit the file, as long as you put 'sudo' in front of it so that it runs as the administrator. Otherwise the permissions on the file won't let you save it.

But how do I edit it if I can't seem to get access to it now? I already posted the output of the gedit command, and I'm not sure where to go from there to access the file I'm supposed to be editing.

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It's the documentation for my machine. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook_Santa_Rosa#Fix%20Sound

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/162347/comments/6
After following your link, I followed the link there to the bug# they gave it. I think this comment and the one after it might work for you. (You'll probably need to put a sudo in front of the update-initramfs command, though.)

I didn't see any comment on there besides the initial bug report, which is similar to my experience. I didn't see any commands listed, though it seems that you found some (update-initramfs?)

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20 Jul 2008, 2:04 am

sudo gedit /etc/modprob.d/options

and add

options snd_hda_intel model=mbp3

as a line after the others. Simple as that.

any line that begins with a # is a comment, and its a great way for you to make notes of changes you did, so do one before the line you add saying it was your addition. As well, adding the comment symbol is a good way to deactivate things without destroying the line. Like a back up inside the file itself.

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20 Jul 2008, 6:29 pm

^ Thanks for your patience. I now have working sound. The only things that I can think of that aren't working are network printing (I am fairly confident that if I actually hooked up to a printer with a USB cable it would work with no problems) and sending e-mails. For the first, it probably won't be an issue until I go to college in about a month (and then I can just use a USB cable whenever I need to print stuff) and the second issue I can just access my account directly on aol.com to send e-mails. The problem seems to be with AOL's servers, since the same issue exists in OSX.

Overall, I am very much enjoying the switch to Linux and haven't used or missed OS X whatsoever for a couple weeks now.

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20 Jul 2008, 7:39 pm

Orwell wrote:

^ Thanks for your patience.

No problem. Ubuntu(and linux) is about community. And I like to help.

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I now have working sound.

Very good to hear. Hmm. I think there is a double meaning in there...

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The only things that I can think of that aren't working are network printing

I'm afraid I dont have one of those, so i cannot help. I am sure its no trickier than the other stuff. They plug directly into the router?

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Overall, I am very much enjoying the switch to Linux

Thats my paycheck. And I think you will be a great addition to the ubuntu community. You are patient and you learn quickly.

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20 Jul 2008, 7:52 pm

Fuzzy wrote:

Orwell wrote:

^ Thanks for your patience.

No problem. Ubuntu(and linux) is about community. And I like to help.

That's a nice thing to know. Being able to get help for this OS is very comforting.

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I now have working sound.

Very good to hear. Hmm. I think there is a double meaning in there...

It's a bit quieter than it was in OSX, but I don't need (or want) my speakers to be all that loud anyways.

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I'm afraid I dont have one of those, so i cannot help. I am sure its no trickier than the other stuff. They plug directly into the router?

My house is set up somewhat strangely (which is what cause me all the trouble with wifi). There is an outdated desktop iMac (g5) that's used mainly by my mom. The way our router is set up, it's the only computer with wired internet and it shares a wireless network with the laptops everyone else uses. It also is connected to the house printer, and shares it with the other computers on a network. Anyways, I don't print stuff out too often, and in college (where I'll have my own printer) I can just connect straight to it with a USB cable.

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