linux repair help

nikkigreg1974

I installed kubuntu 16.10 on my computer today. After downloading realtek hd audio driver and trying to install it the way the read me file said. Now i can't do nothing. I have no audio and i can't download packages. When i try to download a package i get a very long error message telling me it's not configure right and i need to reconfigure manually or install package manually. I am booting windows 7 and 10 with linux. So i can't just format the drive and reinstall it. I am new with linux and trying to learn how to use it. Thanks for the help.

nikkigreg1974

Ok got it repair. My thing is how do i install the hd audio drivers. I got a realtek hd audio built onto the motherboard. I got a choice of two different kernels. One is for kernel version 3.0 and one for version 2.6. I got version 4.8.0-26 generic. I want to get all four of my speakers to work. Thanks for the help.

[Deleted User]

Kubuntu 16.10 runs on the Linux 4.8 kernel. (From what I can gather, your drivers are too old-- they are for the Linux 2.6 and 3.0 kernels).

:idea: Try with the most recent Realtek drivers (3.0) and tell me what you get...

EDIT: You may also want to find drivers through Kubuntu's software update app. I don't know how specifically to do this (never used Kubuntu before-- I've only used normal Ubuntu), but a quick google search may help you.

nikkigreg1974

Nope the driver for kernel 3.0 won't work. So i going have to live without all my speakers working under linux. Thanks for the help.

stitch

You should have this in your existing kernel and thus it's probably just ALSA screwed up.

Try this:
sudo apt-get --purge reinstall linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils linux-image-`uname -r` linux-ubuntu-modules-`uname -r` libasound2

nikkigreg1974

I get this error when i type it or copy and paste that line E: Command line option --purge is not understood in combination with the other options So i don't know what it means. I am fairy new to linux. Well thanks for the help.