[KLUG Members] HP Laptop Mic

[Chester Wisniewski]

Deepan 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 ?
> Regards 
> Deepan 
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In essence, yes. ALSA can be used as a Kernel module (better) or a 
separate driver. Its best to use in kernel alsa, although you either 
need to update your kernel or re-compile your own. Its not too tough, 
but you may wish to follow a good guide out there. If you get the 
sources and do a 'make oldconfig' it will create a config file based on 
your current kernel so that all you have to do is change the options you 
want changed.

Good luck,
Chet