I have the seen the same issues running Ubuntu on my Inspiron 9300. Now, I'm running Gutsy and my main complaint with sound is that the mute button on the front of the laptop doesn't mute the bass speaker by default; only the main speakers, so it distorts or sounds funny and there's no quick way to mute the machine without opening the volume manager and dragging PCM control all the way down.
Even then, if the volume manager in Rhythmbox isn't all the way down, you can still hear sound. Not good sound, but it's definitely audible and not at all muted. Haven't found a fix yet. -- Volume and quality problems with dell inspiron 9300 laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113862 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for kdemultimedia in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
