[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#770122: patch as workaround/solution

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Teutone <whiteteutone at gmail.com> [2014-11-22 21:13 +0100]:

> On Sat, 2014-11-22 at 15:59 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:

[...]

> > As root:
> > # echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/unstable main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teutone.list
> > # apt-get update
> > # apt-get install -t unstable linux-image-3.17-1-amd64
> > 
> > Reboot to load the new kerenl and test sound.
> > 
> > To reverse it:
> > # rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teutone.list
> > # apt-get update
> > # apt-get remove --purge linux-image-3.17-1-amd64
> > 
> > Thats it ;-)
> 
> Alright, thanks for the fast response and extra terminal help ; ) (had
> to switch to experimental debian distro + install kernel-headers as
> well)
> 
> 
> I am now on 
> 		uname -r
> 		3.17-1-amd64
> 
> and tested my headphones after rebooting--- no difference. Still silent
> as a grave. What's the next step then?

Forwarding this bug to the Debian kernel team and upstream.

Please be careful by updates now. First remove your source.list.d
entries for experimental, apr-get remove purge 3.17 and and run a
"apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade".

> 
> > > Hmm. That's strange then... something seems really wrong with this
> > > Macbook ***** :P I recently noticed that I have a slight sound problem
> > > with my speakers, too - in Mac OS + Windows I get decent sound from
> > > right and left built-in speaker; in Debian Jessie I only have the right
> > > speaker working correctly, but the left one is a lot quieter... as if
> > > it's also not working 100% with the driver...
> > 
> > If there is a hardware bug you can check live distris as mentioned
> > above. But there we can't help. Success to your hardware is needed,
> > though....

Before forwarding the bug we must be sure your hardware works correct.
Could you test another headpone and/or speaker set meanwhile?

Elimar
-- 
 >what IMHO then?
  IMHO - Inhalation of a Multi-leafed Herbal Opiate ;)
              --posting from alex in debian-user--