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Re: Kernel update broke microphone
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:45:31 -0700
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On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Phil Perry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 23/07/11 16:13, Phil Lembo wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Phil!
>>
>> I just tested both alsa kernel mods in epel-testing and found the newer
>> one
>> (1.0.24-1) didn't fix the problem for me (my hardware uses the even older
>> N10/ICH7 chipset), kmod-alsa-1.0.23-1.el6.elrepo did. Given the advantages
>> of kAPI-tracking kmods, I'll be sticking with that for now.
>>
>
> Great.
>
> Yes, newer is not always better for some packages, especially when they
> provide multiple kernel modules (e.g, kmod-alsa and kmod-video4linux), hence
> why we like to keep a few versions available.

Just a note to say that you want to exclude the one to keep in
yum.conf so that it does not get updated accidentally.

Akemi

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