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Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 is coming by default with the version 1.0.20 of Alsa so I decided to upgrade to the last version wich is 1.0.22.1.

What is Alsa (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) ?

According to Wikipedia, Alsa is a Linux kernel component intended to replace the original Open Sound System (OSS) for providing device drivers for sound cards. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic configuration of sound-card hardware, and graceful handling of multiple sound devices in a system, goals which it has largely met.

Installation :

To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows :

Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 is coming by default with the version 1.0.20 of Alsa so I decided to upgrade to the last version wich is 1.0.21.

What is Alsa (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) ?

According to Wikipedia, Alsa is a Linux kernel component intended to replace the original Open Sound System (OSS) for providing device drivers for sound cards. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic configuration of sound-card hardware, and graceful handling of multiple sound devices in a system, goals which it has largely met.

Installation :

To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows :

Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 is coming by default with the version 1.0.18rc3 of Alsa so I decided to upgrade to the last version wich is 1.0.21.

What is Alsa (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) ?

According to Wikipedia, Alsa is a Linux kernel component intended to replace the original Open Sound System (OSS) for providing device drivers for sound cards. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic configuration of sound-card hardware, and graceful handling of multiple sound devices in a system, goals which it has largely met.

Installation :

To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows :

Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 is coming by default with the version 1.0.18rc3 of Alsa so I decided to upgrade to the last verison wich is 1.0.20.

What is Alsa (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) ?

According to Wikipedia, Alsa is a Linux kernel component intended to replace the original Open Sound System (OSS) for providing device drivers for sound cards. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic configuration of sound-card hardware, and graceful handling of multiple sound devices in a system, goals which it has largely met.

Installation :

To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows :

Here’s how to install Java on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04. This will allow Firefox to run Java applications. It also works for those who are under 64 bit Ubuntu.

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What is Java ?

According to Wikipedia, Java refers to a number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment. Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms from embedded devices and mobile phones on the low end, to enterprise servers and supercomputers on the high end.

Flash is coming by default in Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 repositories with the 32-bit version. Here is a small procedure to install the 64-bit version.

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What is Flash ?

According to Wikipedia : Adobe Flash (previously called Macromedia Flash) is a multimedia platform originally acquired by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications. Web site like youtube or dailymotin use this technologie.

Installation

We must start by uninstalling the current version of Flash installed on your computer if necessary as follows :

sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree flashplugin-installer

Then, we download Flash directly from Adobe :

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

We then extract the archive and move the extracted file in the plugins directory of Firefox :

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tar xvf libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Now, just restart Firefox to take full advantage of Flash!

Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 is coming by default with the version 1.0.18rc3 of Alsa so I decided to upgrade to the last verison wich is 1.0.19. For the 1.0.20 version, go here!

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What is Alsa (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) ?

According to Wikipedia, Alsa is a Linux kernel component intended to replace the original Open Sound System (OSS) for providing device drivers for sound cards. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic configuration of sound-card hardware, and graceful handling of multiple sound devices in a system, goals which it has largely met.

Installation :

To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows :

Once your sound is working with the method I described this morning, we must now correct the problem with the bass that isn’t working.
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First, we must download hda-verb:

Here’s one of the first problems I had during the installation of Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 distribution on my acer aspire 6920 laptop. This laptop has a HDA Intel ACL889 sound card.

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The problem was that I had no sound. Here’s how to solve the problem :

We must add “options snd-hda-intel model=auto” without quotes at the end of this file “/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base”. You can use gedit, kate or your favorite text editor like this :

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

or

kdesudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
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Then, just restart your computer and your sound should work!

To continue with the installation of the bass, just follow the method in this article!

Ubuntu 8.10 is coming by default with Amarok 1.4.1 in the repository. I decided to install version 2. To do this, we need to install it from “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main” repository. This small tutorial will show you how to do it using graphical tools and using commands lines.

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What is amarok?

According to wikipedia,Amarok is a free software music player for Linux or other varieties of Unix. It makes use of core components from the K Desktop Environment, but is released independently of the central KDE release cycle.

Here is a short video of the version 2 on youtube

Installation with graphical tools

We need to begin by adding the repository. To do this, we have to go in “Software Sources” which is located in “System/Administration”.