Havin_it Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 (edited) Hi all, When I did the first upgrade to KDE3.4 using thac's RPMs, ALSA apparently was upgraded to 1.0.6a and at that point I lost sound. I've continued to upgrade from thac's repository (plus the usual MDK ones) ever since, and am currently up-to-date, and the problem remains. thac told me that he now has ALSA at version 1.0.8, and indeed when I checked, all the packages with alsa in the title are version 1.0.8.x - yet, on startup, it still shows: Starting ALSA 1.0.6a....[OK] Any idea how I can troubleshoot this? I remember when I first installed MDK 10.0 CE I didn't have any sound for ages, but I learned that a simple settings change in KMix fixed it. Unfortunately, when I look at KMix now I haven't a clue what it all means. Thanks in advance... Edited April 26, 2005 by Havin_it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thac Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 the alsa drivers are in the kernel you need to upgrade to the latset kernel in my repository. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havin_it Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 (edited) Okeydokey. Kernel-source too? (Wanna be cautious here because I use ndiswrapper and the kernel-source is a factor in that. Don't want to lose network at a crucial stage...) EDIT: I went ahead with 'urpmi kernel' but get 'Everything already installed.' I am currently using the warwick Uni mirror - might try switching to your main repo and see if that helps. Edited April 24, 2005 by Havin_it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havin_it Posted April 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 I've found further evidence of problems, after a look at the ALSA website FAQ. One of the first things one is told to look at is the files /proc/asound/version /proc/asound/cards These files are actually empty! That can't be good. I guess I need to sort out this kernel issue first. Can anyone advise on how to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havin_it Posted April 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 SORTED! Painfully simple actually. I just went into RPMDrake (had forgotten 'urpmi kernel' wasn't enough information!) and installed the kernel and source. Sound instantly restored, and ndiswrapper perfectly non-b0rked! Thacs again, thank ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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