On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 3:45 PM Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > if Ubuntu supports your computer, they probably offer a patch or > patches. If so and you build a "vanilla" kernel by just using an Ubuntu > config, then you build without any additional patch that might be (or > might not be) offered by Ubuntu. > > IIUC a default install of Ubuntu, Redhat or SuSE might provide a working > audio device, see https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht082374 . > It might not necessarily work, due to different mainboard releases. > > How about testing a live media, e.g. Ubuntu from an USB stick? > > Did you already check > https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht511743-how-to-download-the-linux-image-from-the-e-support-page > ? > > I build my own desktop machines. For my 13th Gen Intel Core based > machine Ubuntu offered a kernel supporting everything I need, already > when the machine was new, while for Arch Linux I build the kernel module > for RTL8125 using dkms. > > To summarise, if you build your own kernel, you may need one or more > patches in addition to the source code from kernel.org, a kernel > configuration will probably not change anything. You don't necessarily > have to rebuild the whole kernel, but only the corresponding module or > modules, simply with dkms. > > Regards, > Ralf > How about testing a live media, e.g. Ubuntu from an USB stick? Ralf, I'll try! Thanks, Jeff. _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
