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Last night got Ubuntu video to work on my laptop — Sony Vaio VGN-T240P

The following is how i solved my problem:

Just for people’s information — I got sound to work by:

No sound for laptop

Problem:
No sound to headphones or internal laptop speaker.
Solution:

1. Open volume control panel (e.g. double click volume applet icon)
2. Select Edit and Preferences
3. Check External Amplifier in Volume Control Preferences dialog if it is not already checked
4. Close Volume Control Preferences dialog
5. Select Switches tab in Volume Control window.
6. Uncheck External Amplifier option
7. Close Volume Control window

I got resolution to work by:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

Then edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the

Dirver “i810″

to

Driver “intel”

by typing:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Update:

I just got video to work!

I installed the automatix codecs

then on VLC:

Settings:Preferences: Video: Output modules:

Change ‘default’ to ‘X11 video output’