Ubuntiac
March 31st, 2009, 01:01 AM
Hi there,
I've discovered that for my sound to work properly I need the latest version (1.0.19) of ALSA which isn't in the standard Jaunty repo's yet. A few people have pointed me to tutorials on compiling it from source, but I'm uncomfortable with upgrade breakages as it's my wife's birthday present, she's new to linux and has a low tolerance for "it just doesn't work".
So I'm wondering if it's possible to use apt-get source to compile and install the latest alsa in a way that will still let the package manager update it later? If not is there any way to help protect against upgrade breakage?
Thanks! I really appreciate any possible ideas on this. :)
I've discovered that for my sound to work properly I need the latest version (1.0.19) of ALSA which isn't in the standard Jaunty repo's yet. A few people have pointed me to tutorials on compiling it from source, but I'm uncomfortable with upgrade breakages as it's my wife's birthday present, she's new to linux and has a low tolerance for "it just doesn't work".
So I'm wondering if it's possible to use apt-get source to compile and install the latest alsa in a way that will still let the package manager update it later? If not is there any way to help protect against upgrade breakage?
Thanks! I really appreciate any possible ideas on this. :)