On 22/07/11 23:24, Phil Lembo wrote:
> I had the very same problem and backed out to kernel-2.6.32-71.29.1
> while looking around for a solution. I found an ALSA kernel module on
> atrpms.net and decided to give it a try. First I updated to
> kernel-2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64 (I'm running 64-bit). which once
> again killed my mic. Then I went up to atrpms.net and grabbed
> alsa-kmdl-2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64-1.0.23-86.el6.x86_64 (look in
> http://packages.atrpms.net/dist/el6/alsa-driver-1.0.23/). After
> another reboot I found my mic worked again.
>
> Phil Lembo
> http://eldapo.lembobrothers.com
>
Just a note that elrepo.org also has kmod packages for alsa (kmod-alsa)
for both el5 and el6. These are kABI tracking packages so will work
seamlessly across kernel updates meaning you won't need to update them
every time you update your kernel.