On 2/3/07, Robert Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gustav Degreef wrote: > I hope someone can shed some light on this problem. I've been working > on this for months and have tried the alsa users list. > > I would like to update alsa to try to get a micorophone to work with > my laptop. I am using Suse 10 .1 with kernel 2.6.16.27-0.6-smp. The > sound card on my laptop (a HP DV2035us) works but not the microphone. > > some specs on my soundcard: > #lspci > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High > Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) > #cat /proc/asound/dev0/codec#0 > Codec: Generic 14f1 ID 5047 > > I have > > alsa-firmware-1.0.13-0.pm.0 > alsa-devel-1.0.13-0.pm.0 > alsa-docs-1.0.13-0.pm.0 > alsa-plugins-1.0.10-15 > alsa-tools-gui-1.0.11-16 > alsa-tools-1.0.13-0.pm.1 > alsa-1.0.13-0.pm.0 > alsamixergui-0.9.0rc1-558 > > The following tar.bz2 packages are availbble from > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver > > * Driver 1.0.14rc2 > * Library 1.0.14rc2 > * Lib-plugins 1.0.14rc2 > * Utilities 1.0.14rc2 > * Tools 1.0.14rc1 > * Firmware 1.0.14rc2 > * OSS Compat. Library 1.0.12 > > But I want to maintain the integrity of the rpm database by creating > rpms of those packages using checkinstall. > > I did the following: > > $> bunzip2 alsa-driver-1.0.14rc1.tar.bz2 > $> tar -xvf alsa-driver-1.0.14rc2.tar > $> ./configure --with-debug=full --with-cards=hda-intel > $> make > $> su -, then root passwd : > $#>checkinstall > > I built rpm's of all the new (1.0.14rc2) packages I listed in the same > way. Then installed the seven new rpm's > > rpm -Uvh alsa*.rpm > > found all the audio modules > $#> lsmod |grep -i snd > > Removed all modules > $#>rmmod snd_hda_intel > $#>rmmod snd_hda_codec > $#>rmmod snd_pcm > $#>rmmod snd_timer > $#>rmmod snd > $#>rmmod soundcore > $#>rmmod snd_page_alloc > > $#>modprobe snd-hda-intel > > $#>alsamixer > > The new driver worked better and with alsamixer I got many more > channels than with the original 1.0.13-0. The problem came when I > rebooted - the card failed to work. I ran alsaconf and that seemed > to work, but the Yast sound configuration tool fails to configure the > card properly. > > Should I keep both the alsa-1.0.13-0.pm.0 rpm when installing the > alsa-driver-1.0.14rc2.rpm that I created? I tried removing the > alsa-1.0.13-0.pm.0 rpm, but then alsamixer does not exist. Which - if > any - of the old (1.0.13-0) packages should I keep and which of the > new tar.bz2 (1.0.14rc2) should I install? > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Gus Degreef. I also have an HP laptop (not the same model) and the Microphone no longer works. I have compiled and installed the latest ALSA offerings and it did help the speakers but the Microphone is still dead. I am hopeful that the ALSA folks are working on this and that it will be fixed by 10.3 time frame. However, to get functionality again with Skype etc. I purchased a USB headset and that works. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert, Thanks for the virtually instant reply. Which USB headset did you get? Does it matter? Gus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
