I can wait. :
Right, thought I’d update this.
I’ve went ahead and installed kernel 3.3. it has “partially” fixed the problem with the mic. My headphone mic now works perfectly fine when I plug it in, but the built in mic still doesn’t work which is a bummer.
Also, the new kernel update seems to not like the nvidia propriety drivers, so I need to manually configure the xorg.conf file. Bummer. Before you ask, I did remove them before updating the kernel, I knew this was one factor which would probably be effected but it’s ok. I needed the kernel update anyway since 3.2 has added support for Logitech gaming wheels into the mainline code which is brilliant!
Both good and bad come of it. I just need to work out the little things now.
It may be worth checking if there are any later ones on the NVIDIA website.
Glad to hear at least one mic is working … how about the bass doo-dad ?
Right seem to have done something wrong here. After I installed the propriety drivers and restart, nvidia-settings reported I had no xorg.conf, so I ran
sudo nvidia-xconfig
Which then said, new xorg.conf made, restart X, so I rebooted and bam, Peppermint’s stopped working now. I can’t even go into fail-safe graphics for 2.6.38-8. Currently typing this from a Ubuntu 11.04 LiveCD.
I believe it’s because of the propriety drivers it’s not working, because I get no graphics whatsoever. So how do I go about removing them via the LiveCD? If possible, IIRC it is.
Still no bass doo-dad, and I guess I’m gonna have to look into drivers for NVIDIA that work with 3.3.
Will it still not boot if you use the LiveCD to delete or rename the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file on the hard drive … then reboot ?
Ill give it a try. I was thinking about doing that there just a minute ago. Of course it would be the logical thing to try first. Silly me.
OK, finally back to a bootable desktop. My monitors are in mirror mode though, even though I’ve got the proprietary drivers installed. Think I’ll remove them for the time being, and do some googling to see what I can find about NVIDIA & Kernel 3.3
Check if they work with 3.2 whilst you’re at it … you could always drop to 3.2 if necessary.
The issue is only caused by the newer 3.3 kernel, because it doesn’t support the older NVIDIA drivers but by a god send, NVIDIA knew about the newer kernel and literally just hours before I installed kernel 3.3 they released the new 295.33 driver which brings a lot of fixes, including better decoding for H.246 streams in VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix), support for more recent kernels, fixes for DisplayPort with both audio and bugs that prevents DisplayPort from being usable, support for:
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GT 630M
GeForce GT 620
and a bunch of other things. I’d definitely recommend the update, I can actually watch full 1080p videos in fullscreen now, it’s wonderful!!!
Kernel 3.3 is wonderful as well. The read/write times between swapping large files between drives has been minimised quite a lot, better support for IPv4 & v6 and a ton of other things too!
I can do a write up if you’d like?
Time to fix my bass doo-dad & the built-in mic. Things are looking good, starting to learn things about installing pre-compiled files. I installed kernel 3.2, 3.3, and the new NVIDIA drivers all on my own, I feel proud haha. Peppermint is definitely teaching me.
I’d be v ery interested in a write up of anything you’ve discovered about the new NVIDIA driver and kernel 3.3 … you know more about them than I do (which is nil)
Glad to hear you’ve made some progress, and fixed the external mic … on that note, everywhere I’ve looked people have had problems with ALL mics except obviously USB mics, so if you’ve got an external analogue mic working, fixing the internal mic might be just a tweak to alsabase.conf now.
Bass doo-dad …
cd ~
wget ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/misc/hda-verb-0.3.tar.gz
tar -xvf hda-verb-0.3.tar.gz
cd hda-verb-0.3
make
./hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0×15 SET_EAPD_BTLENABLE 2
Now see if the bass works … if it does, we need to copy that directory to somewhere else like /opt and add a ine in rc.local to run it at bootup, so don’t delete the directory from your Home yet.
Until we add it to rc.local … a reboot will clear the changes, just in case it sends the sound nutty 
Let me know if it works, and we’ll take it from there.
Doesn’t seem to have fixed it. Still sounds the same. It won’t matter though, because I mainly use my headphones anyway.
Now that it’s “nearly” wokring … you might want to try adding a line to the bottom of alsa-base.conf:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
that reads:-
options snd-hda-intel model=acer-aspire-8930g
SAVE the fie … and REBOOT.
See if sound works any better … if not, edit the line to read:-
options snd-hda-intel model=acer-aspire
See if sound works any better … if not, edit the line to read:-
options snd-hda-intel model=acer
See if sound works any better … if not, edit the line to read:-
options snd-hda-intel model=auto
remember, you NEED to reboot between each attempt
Other valid option for your soundcard are listed below … I’ve highlighted the above 4 in red, but ALL of those below are valid… even the non-acer ones.
Models to try for the ALC882/883/885/888/889 -
[b] 3stack-dig[/b] 3-jack with SPDIF I/O [b] 6stack-dig[/b] 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O [b] arima[/b] Arima W820Di1 [b] targa[/b] Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8 [b] asus-a7j[/b] ASUS A7J [b] asus-a7m[/b] ASUS A7M [b] macpro[/b] MacPro support [b] mb5[/b] Macbook 5,1 [b] macmini3[/b] Macmini 3,1 [b] mba21[/b] Macbook Air 2,1 [b] mbp3[/b] Macbook Pro rev3 [b] imac24[/b] iMac 24'' with jack detection [b] imac91[/b] iMac 9,1 [b] w2jc[/b] ASUS W2JC [b] 3stack-2ch-dig[/b] 3-jack with SPDIF I/O (ALC883) [b] alc883-6stack-dig[/b] 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O (ALC883) [b] 3stack-6ch[/b] 3-jack 6-channel [b] 3stack-6ch-dig[/b] 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O [b] 6stack-dig-demo[/b] 6-jack digital for Intel demo board [b] acer[/b] Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc) [b] acer-aspire[/b] Acer Aspire 9810 [b] acer-aspire-4930g[/b] Acer Aspire 4930G [b] acer-aspire-6530g[/b] Acer Aspire 6530G [b] acer-aspire-7730g[/b] Acer Aspire 7730G [b] acer-aspire-8930g[/b] Acer Aspire 8930G [b] medion[/b] Medion Laptops [b] targa-dig[/b] Targa/MSI [b] targa-2ch-dig[/b] Targa/MSI with 2-channel [b] targa-8ch-dig[/b] Targa/MSI with 8-channel (MSI GX620) [b] laptop-eapd[/b] 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE) [b] lenovo-101e[/b] Lenovo 101E [b] lenovo-nb0763[/b] Lenovo NB0763 [b] lenovo-ms7195-dig[/b] Lenovo MS7195 [b] lenovo-sky[/b] Lenovo Sky [b] haier-w66[/b] Haier W66 [b] 3stack-hp[/b] HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards) [b] 6stack-dell[/b] Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530) [b] mitac[/b] Mitac 8252D [b] clevo-m540r[/b] Clevo M540R (6ch + digital) [b] clevo-m720[/b] Clevo M720 laptop series [b] fujitsu-pi2515[/b] Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515 [b] fujitsu-xa3530[/b] Fujitsu AMILO XA3530 [b] 3stack-6ch-intel [/b] Intel DG33* boards [b] intel-alc889a[/b] Intel IbexPeak with ALC889A [b] intel-x58 Intel[/b] DX58 with ALC889 [b] asus-p5q[/b] ASUS P5Q-EM boards [b] mb31[/b] MacBook 3,1 [b] sony-vaio-tt[/b] Sony VAIO TT [b] auto[/b] auto-config reading BIOS (default)
Removing the line, or commenting it out will put thing back to the way they were on next reboot.