troubleshooting alsa sound
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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alsa-driver (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
(Ubuntu 8.10)
I file this bug as an addition to a blueprint about sound troubleshooting:
Today I tried installing a realtek sound driver that i had downloaded from asus.com hoping it would enable me dolby sound features instead of only having the stereo sound that worked out of the box.
However the installer of the sound driver was broken due to alsaconf missing, yet it deleted my existing sound driver installation. I was searching for around 4 hours on google and IRC (because i didn't know where to start) until i came to this page:
https:/
With one command: sudo aptitude --purge reinstall linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils linux-image-`uname -r` linux-ubuntu-
I reinstalled my complete sound system. Now what I don't understand is why ubuntu does not come with a build in feature to reinstall sound drivers if the go missing, or at least a notice in the volume plugin.
The gnome volume plug-in just left me with a note about gsteamer being not correctly configured. I think the least thing that could help reduced time for troubleshooting would be to add a note in the volume plug-in error message that directs to the link above.
The best thing would be to include an application in System-
Cheers,
Lanoxx
Ubuntu (and now Debian) has not shipped alsaconf for years. It isn't maintained, and it is known to freeze machines.