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.
Hope that helps.
Phil