2007/10/10, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Wednesday 10 October 2007 22:06, antonio montagnani wrote: > > 2007/10/10, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > I've had no need to update manually the alsa driver as the soundcard on > > > my 2 machines works fine, but for the sake of experience I want to know > > > how to upgrade an alsa driver for my current kernel on Fedora7. > > > > > > My latest kernel is 2.6.22.9-91.fc7, and I have the kernel headers for > > > this kernel. > > > > > > I have a bunch of alsa drivers downloaded, but putting aside the hg ones, > > > as I think you need to install the mercurial package to install these, > > > I'm looking at wanting to install alsa driver 1.0.15rc3 (current version > > > for the kernel above is 1.0.14). > > > > > > Anyone willing to give me a step by step in upgrading the alsa driver? > > > > > > Any help on this really appreciated. > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Have a look at this thread a few days old, and you will find a step by > > step procedure > > No sound with Intel ICH8 (Realtek 268 chip) > > -- > > Antonio Montagnani > > Skype : antoniomontag > > yes I saw that thread when trying to help someone on the alsa-user list that > has a problem with sound using a Acer Aspire 5720 notebook. I see that you > got sound fixed with Fedora 7, and Fedora8 with this notebook. > > I found the instructions a bit difficult to follow, but I bookmarked the page, > and will check it out again. > > Thanks for the reply. > > Nigel. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I followed this set of instructions....actually I wrote directly in modprobe.conf the option model=acer, that is not added at boot # yum groupinstall "Development Tools" # yum install mercurial # cd /usr/src # mkdir alsa && cd alsa # hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-driver alsa-driver # cd alsa-driver # hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel alsa-kernel # ./hgcompile && make install # echo options snd-hda-intel model=3stack > /etc/modprobe.d/sound # reboot (to make sure it sticks, or if the test before didn't work) -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag
