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Can I update ALSA Drivers to 1.0.19 in 8.04?

Asked by yurukov

I am using Easy Peasy on a Samsung NC10 . It is build on Ubuntu 8.04 and the mic does now work.

I came across this piece of advice:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NC10#Audio%20-%20Alsa%20Driver

Can I update the ALSA drivers to 1.0.19 with the kernel in Ubuntu 8.04? Has anyone tried it?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please try this procedure on Ubuntu 8.04 to install alsa-driver-1.0.19:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy/paste each command into the Terminal and then hit <enter>)

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install wget build-essential ncurses-dev libncurses5-dev gettext linux-headers-$(uname -r)

# go to your home directory (which is what cd ~ does, so ~ is actually <your homedirectory>)

cd ~
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.19.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.19.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.19.tar.bz2
tar xjf alsa-driver-1.0.19.tar.bz2
tar xjf alsa-lib-1.0.19.tar.bz2
tar xjf alsa-utils-1.0.19.tar.bz2

cd ~/alsa-driver-1.0.19
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel --with-oss=yes --with-sequencer=yes
make
sudo make install

cd ~/alsa-lib-1.0.19
./configure
make
sudo make install

cd ~/alsa-utils-1.0.19
./configure
make
sudo make install

Reboot your pc and then retest audio.

Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NC10

for more info about the audio chipset and how to configure the microphone.

Regards,

Mark

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yurukov (yurukov) said : 		#2

If that doesn't work, will I be able to return to my previous version of the driver?

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Hi,

I don't believe that apt package manager allows doing a rollback of a failed alsa-base installation. Apt package manager does - I believe - allow removing and reinstalling alsa or downgrading alsa to an older version.

Maybe someone else has a better answer.

Regards,

Mark

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yurukov (yurukov) said : 		#4

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.