[mdlug] HP Laptop Mic

[David Relson]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:45:31 -0400
Jeff Hanson wrote:

> 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

It seems to me that, whether the kernel has ALSA support included or
not, is of some importance.  The following command will (likely) be
informative:

 zcat /proc/config | grep ALSA

HTH,

David