A little weird. Common intel integrated audio on desktop machine, alsa works fine, playback fine.

But Audacity cannot see the soundcard, so I cannot record audio. What to look for?

compile newer kernel?

by now sound works, only problem is webcam? is this yours? Lenovo G50-70 Laptop Computer - 59427090 - Black - 4th Generation Intel Core i7-4510U (2.00GHz 1600 MHz 4MB) Processor - 4th Generation Intel Core i7-4510U (2.00GHz 1600 MHz 4MB) Operating System - Windows 8.1 64 Memory - 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR...

I have a B50-45. Different hardware. Yours is supposed to have 2 adapters, one for light tasks (consumes less power) and one for heavy work or games. I would not expect the hardware on this to work with Salix - this is not the strong point of the distro. the only distro that works with all hw out of...