How to get sounds in Linux on a thinkpad r61.
If `lspci` comes up with 
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
for you, chances are that you won't hear anything whe nplaying sounds. The device is recognised, driver loaded and 
all mixers unmuted and everything seems fine and dandy, but no go!

This is what you need to do:

wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.14.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.14.tar.bz2
cd alsa-driver-1.0.14
wget http://northernmost.org/patch_analog.c -O alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_analog.c
./configure && make
sudo make install
sudo echo "options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
if this doens't work, try adding index=0 before model=thinkpad 

You might also, depending on the exact chipset, need to switch from headphones to speaker in your mixer.
Then after a module reload, reboot or whatever rocks your boat, run:
alsamixer -V al
and make sure the essential channels aren't muted.. (press m on them if they are), also
make sure you're in the audio group (/etc/group)



// Erik Ljungstrom 
   erik [at] ibiblio [dot] org
   http://northernmost.org