[nzlug] SansOS Laptops Update?

[Simon Bridge]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 23:25 +1300, don.esslemont at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> On 26 Mar 2008 at 21:59, Simon Bridge wrote:

> I have three tabs, not two. My active tab is also called "Playback" 
> and does have sliders. The second tab is called "Recording" and has a 
> twin slider labelled "Capture". The third tab is called "Options", 
> and contains "Input source" with options "Mic", "Front  Mic", "Line", 
> and "CD".

> > Automatix?? Gah! I hope you didn't do that...
> 
> Oh dear. I just blindly followed the instructions :-(

That's rough - that thing has been known to hose systems. However, the
developers have moved to a more open model and promise that the original
issues have been fixed - honest. Unfortunately, many bugs tend to show
up well after automatix has been used. Thus users seldom make the
connection and they get under-reported.

It is possible that you'll get your mic back after a reinstall.
See www.hbclinux.net.nz/ubuntu.html for a more robust approach.

It's very tempting to put all the steps into a script. But easy to
break, and there is an unfortunate social engineering problem. Better
you see what you're doing.