[nzlug] SansOS Laptops Update?

[Simon Bridge]

On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 13:34 +1300, don.esslemont at paradise.net.nz wrote:

> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
> Controller (rev 03)
> 	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0133
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
> Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- 
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
> 	Region 0: Memory at fc200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-
> ,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 	Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ 
> Queue=0/0 Enable-
> 		Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
> 	Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
> 		Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
> 		Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
> 		Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
> 		Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
> 		Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
> 		Link: Supported Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Port 0
> 		Link: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
> 		Link: ASPM Disabled CommClk- ExtSynch-
> 		Link: Speed unknown, Width x0
> -----
> < snipped>
>  
> > That's not the preferences I meant... I'll back up:
> > 
> > rt-click the speaker and select "open volume control" - this will
> > provide a "volume control dialog".
> 
> When I rt-click on the volume control and select "open volume 
> control"  I don't get a volume control dialog, I get the window 
> headed "Volume Control: Realtek ALC268 (OSS mixer).  
> 
That's right - 
On mine it says "Volume Control: Intel ICH5 (Alsa Mixer)"

That's what I'm calling the "volume control dialog". That dialog has a
menu bar - with menus "File Edit Help" - in grey at the top.

I intended you to use the "Preferences" entry in that "Edit" menu. You
appear to have used the preferences entry in the rt-click menu. They're
different.

> > there is a drop-down menu called
> > "edit", select "preferences" from there. This brings up the "volume
> > control preferences" dialog.
> 
On mine, it's called that: Volume Control Preferences" The other one was
also called that - nice logic. But in the one I want you to look at,
there are check boxes which enable/disable the sliders.

> > From there you can enable the controls for the supported aspects of
> > the default card. Something being disabled in here is a common cause of
> > missing functionality in supported cards.
> 
With luck, there's one under "realtek" called "mic" or "microphone" or
something. Let me know what it's got.

Should have a tab for ICH8 too... let me know what that's got.

It's looking like that "unknown device" subsystem in the lspci -vv
output is the realtek. Perhaps Acer have been cutting corners on their
mobo.


> > Still... it's useful info. Saves me from asking for it.

> > ...tell me what it says.
>  Output was:
> Names of available sound cards:
> Intel

That's not good. I was hoping it would say something like:

Names of available cards:
ICH8
Realtek

asoundconf set-default-card Intel

It should already be the default, but it won't hurt.

After That, enable the backports repo and update.
That is:

System > Administration > Software Sources
--->Enter your Password
--->In the "Updates" tab, check the "Unsupported Updates (Gutsy
Backports)" box.

close

reload

There will be a whole lot of updates ... if you have a decent bandwidth,
update everything and go have a rest. You need all the security updates,
and anything about the kernel and alsa and oss.

And a sharp letter to Acer I think...