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crismxml
October 19th, 2012, 01:42 AM
I am running Ubuntu 10.04. I upgraded the kernel to 3.6.2, using the howto at http://www.howopensource.com/2011/08/how-to-compile-and-install-linux-kernel-3-0-in-ubuntu-11-04-10-10-and-10-04/ and it worked pretty well. It fixed the audio problem I was having.


Now I would like to configure apt to pick up changes to the kernel, and more importantly, to pick up drivers for this kernel. Wireless isn’t working for me now, and I need to find the rtl8192ce drivers for this kernel.

Any pointers on the apt config lines to use here?

Thanks in advance,
crism
Microphone support had stopped working at some point; the solution was to use the ubuntu-audio-dev repository, but that stopped keeping up with kernel updates for some reason.
wheeze
October 19th, 2012, 01:47 AM
If you compiled your own kernel you're out of luck automatically updating it.
crismxml
October 19th, 2012, 02:20 AM
If you compiled your own kernel you're out of luck automatically updating it.

Good point… but I should be able to get notifications for source updates, no? It looks like I might have jumped ahead of the Debian status quo, though, so there aren’t any repositories yet. d-: I guess I need to download the driver source, if I can find it, for rtl8192ce, and then compile the kernel module.
mpc755
December 27th, 2012, 06:16 PM
The following fixed it for me:

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA11082/what-should-i-do-if-i-have-a-problem-with-my-audio-quality-in-skype-for-linux

On Ubuntu, under System Settings - Sounds under the Input tab make sure the input volume of the internal microphone is on
crismxml
December 27th, 2012, 08:05 PM
The following fixed it for me:

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA11082/what-should-i-do-if-i-have-a-problem-with-my-audio-quality-in-skype-for-linux

On Ubuntu, under System Settings - Sounds under the Input tab make sure the input volume of the internal microphone is on

Thanks… but no, it is a known kernel bug. I’m now happily using Mint Maya; microphone, wireless, and everything else Just Work, with no worries about Unity or privacy violations.