Intel HDA on ubuntu 9.04 beta

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On Saturday 04 April 2009 00:38:41 Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Mark Greenwood <fatgerman at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >> Indeed there are. This guy has 0.9.15-test7 for Jaunty, along with updated alsa libs to support it.
> >>
> >> https://launchpad.net/~themuso/+archive/ppa
> >>
> >> You may need a Launchpad login to access it. I haven't tried it myself (yet).
> >
> > OK I have now tried it, with only mild success. I can't get audio out of my speakers unless I explicitly specify 5.1 surround (it defaults to stereo) and then it is deafening and the volume controls don't work. Not sure exactly what's happening. I wouldn't reccommend trying this unless you are confident you can 'go back'.
> 
> I've had much more success with it. I'm running it right now on ubuntu
> 9.04 beta. I've only noticed two problems...
> 
> The 32bit alsa compatibility libs for 64b don't have the obsolete
> symbols exported so skype won't run. These are in the code, they just
> weren't exported during the build process. 32b flash works.
> 
> jonsmirl at terra:~$ readelf -W -s /usr/bin/skype | grep
> snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels_min
>   466: 00000000    57 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND
> snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels_min at ALSA_0.9.0rc4 (17)
> 
> Second, if I switch my profile from S/PDIF to analog out, and then
> back to S/PDIF, S/PDIF output is not restored. Restart pulse and it
> will come back.
> 
> I wish ubuntu would consider this for 9.04. Profiles have fixed my
> main complaint about pulse. This is a major positive advance for
> usability.

I'm absolutely with you on that one. 0.9.14 in Ubuntu is pretty broken as far as I'm concerned. 

Mark

> 
> I wonder if pulse could get smarter an use jack sense to not default
> to analog out on my box when first installed? There's nothing plugged
> into the analog out jacks.
> 



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