Ubuntu
linux package

  1. Bug #184314 (headphones)
  2. Comment #42

Comment 42 for bug 184314

Revision history for this message
Andrew Springman (andrewspringman) wrote :

See post #41...this is a continuation.

Well, I finally got tired of waiting for an update that fixes the problem and tried the method described in #19 (gnuslov, 2008-05-30) above (with the following exceptions).

I tried with ALSA 1.0.16 and with ALSA 1.0.18. Both had compile errors.
So, I used ALSA 1.0.20 instead. First I did the whole ./configure, make, sudo make install without changing patch_via.c just in case they fixed the problem. No joy, but my speaker was still working. Then I "sudo make uninstall"'ed, changed patch_via.c and repeated. No joy, but my speaker was still working.

There was no ubuntu directory, nevermind an ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver. I was pretty sure at that point that these instructions weren't going to work with either Ubuntu 9.04 or ALSA 1.0.20 (not sure which was the culprit). However, just for kicks, I tried creating the ubuntu/sound path and the alsa-driver symbolic link. No joy.

I rebooted and checked the Alsa mixer each time I tested. My speaker is still working fine.

How does the method described in #19 need to be altered for Ubuntu 9.04 and ALSA 1.0.20?