Comments on: Upgrade Alsa (1.0.23) on Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

By: UbuntuNewbie

UbuntuNewbie — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:37:28 +0000

Following instruction up to this line:
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext xmlto libasound2-dev

But get this:
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/texlive-extra/texlive-latex-extra-doc_2007.dfsg.17-2ubuntu1_all.deb Connection failed [IP: 91.189.92.170 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with –fix-missing?

( Why am I on this site. Recording voice using microphone attached not working. Using ubuntu 9.10 ?So now I cannot make outgoing calls or record messages as attachment)

Please reply here. Appreciated.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:13:46 +0000

alsaconf fails no card information even though I have a sound card.

The speaker-test “thinks” its working but there is no sound.

Here is an output from alsa-info.sh:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=8c5b525f918e18dd1096ff3f11e213f51900786e

By: james

james — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:39:03 +0000

thank you for taking the time to post this. It helped me get sound back on my REVO/Dharma XBMC installation.

cheers

By: seidos

seidos — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:47:59 +0000

thanks for this, i updated alsa per your instructions and now i can record with the built in microphone in karmic.

By: jessh

jessh — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:28:16 +0000

after re-booting I got this response:

sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-’uname -r’ libncursesw5-devReading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package linux-headers-uname -r

By: jessh

jessh — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:20:28 +0000

the second command to install tools is not working:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` libncursesw5-dev
I get only > in response.
any ideas are appreciated.

By: david

david — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:06:16 +0000

I found the post & script here very helpful, easy, and trouble-free with regard to upgrading ALSA:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810

if you upgrade your kernel, etc., just re-run the upgrade script to get everything in sync.

By: Xarold

Xarold — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:13:11 +0000

After attempting different solutions, this is the Bible to fix ALSA issues.

By: Merlin Bat

Merlin Bat — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:28:12 +0000

What a wonderful ‘how-to’. The clearest one I’ve seen. You tell us step-by-step exactly what we are going to do and give the commands for each step. And at the end all alsa sound problems have gone. Brilliant. Thanks.

By: lars

lars — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:35:39 +0000

Worked like a charm. Thank you!!!