Alsa 1.0.18 Installation Script

[koschi]

Thanks for the script soundcheck! I needed 1.0.18 in order to fully support my Asus Xonar DX.
It worked like a charm for me...

[Robbyx]

I used the scripts at

http://www.antonywilliams.com/2007/1...ling-alsa.html

and changed it to 1.0.18.

I have just compiled Alsa and still no sound comes from my headphones. Since my upgrade to Intrepid I have had no sound working.

Could anyone help me get it back?

Robin

[sreekanth27]

Hello Soundcheck,

I have tried everything possible from upgrading my ram, to reinstalling UBUNTU, to unistalling pulse, to using this forum to help but nothing helped yet. The problemw with sound still exists. Any help will be really great.

Some information from running the script and some basic information available here:

sree@ubuntu:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
sree@ubuntu:~$

The rport from the script is available below:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=83...b121a7441b3ee5

I have allready checked the permissions and everything looks ok to me.. I even tried using headphones instead of my creative 4.1 speakers. When on windows I use soundmax drivers..

Thanks in advance.

regards,

[soundcheck]

Folks.

I today upgraded the script. Alsa launched a new driver package.

You'll find the changelog over here:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind....0.18_v1.0.18a

Enjoy and Good luck.

[Nikos.Alexandris]

Folks.

I today upgraded the script. Alsa launched a new driver package.

You'll find the changelog over here:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind....0.18_v1.0.18a

Enjoy and Good luck.

Hi! I am trying to run the script... I guess it needs to be executed like

sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.12.sh -i

EDIT: or better with

sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.12.sh -f

(??)

since executing without "-i" doesn't do anything. I get

-------------------------------------------------------------
-  Script usage: ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.12.sh {-f down+inst|-d ownload |-c compile | -i nstall}
-------------------------------------------------------------

If that's the case could you please correct the instructions in the first page?


EDIT: Also, which packages should be backed-up? Or do you mean data of the entire system? It's not clear to me.

Thank you, Nikos

[jpichie]

First off I would like to thank soundcheck for this great script.
I was initially having trouble setting all this up the way they explained it on www.alsa-project.org (for my razer ac-1). Alsa-utils-1.0.18 would always fail on compile. The only difference was they said to use arguments for the compile of alsa-driver.

So everything installed awesome on a fresh Ubuntu Intrepid. The only problem I am having is I have no sound coming out of my center speaker (5.1 setup) in any program I try (be it VLC or Amarok).

Is there possibly something I am missing? I am new to sound in Linux as I have never really used one as a desktop before.

I have kubuntu-resticted-extras installed, medibuntu repos, etc.
My VLC is set to "output module" Alsa (C-Media CMI8788(multichannel-hw:2,0)).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[jpichie]

As a reply to Nikos:
I believe the -i didn't do anything because it was not first Downloaded ( -d ) and Compiled ( -c ).
The full install ( -f ) will do all these steps for you.

[Nikos.Alexandris]

As a reply to Nikos:
I believe the -i didn't do anything because it was not first Downloaded ( -d ) and Compiled ( -c ).
The full install ( -f ) will do all these steps for you.

Thank you. I found the way to go... but I think for beginners it can be a bit confusing. I really appreciate the work that has been done. Nevertheless, the instructions (if somebody has the time) could use some nicer structuring/formatting. Not too much but some bullets, some bolded fonts, etc. would make it more attractive .

Cheers, Nikos

P.S. The script was installed successfully but it doesn't activate the built-in speakers on a MBP5,1. I'll try again another time...

[Gazelem]

"alsamixer -c1" was the one line that I needed from this post. And it worked. I am now rocking. I can't believe that it took me so long to figure out how to change the settings.

[costre]

Thanks to this script, and Jan Saell's fine tutorial, I am now having awesome sound on my Acer 8920!
All is good, but if anyone has tips on how to activate the extra speakers in this laptop, feel free to leave some tips!