[mdlug] HP Laptop Mic

[Jeff Hanson]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Deepan <codeshepherd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>  I have Fc 6 on a HP Pavllion dv 6000. I am able to
>  listen to music on the built in speakers.The
>  inbuilt mic doesn't work and when connecting
>  external speakers I don't get the sound on the
>  external speakers  thought my built in speakers
>  continue to work. After searching on the internet,
>  came to  know I had to upgrade alsa drivers. I
>  downloaded the latest version and  alsa-drivers
>  and als-libs and did as mentioned in the README.
>  But  /proc/asound/version still shows me the old
>  version. What have I missed ? Do I need to
>  recompile the kernel ?

You probably don't need to recompile the kernel although I have never
tried to build ALSA.  Have a look at this:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install