[vox-tech] Sound failure in Feisty on IBM Thinkpad X41 tablet PC

[Bob Scofield]

On Monday 23 April 2007 12:46, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> Apparently the 1.0.13 version of the ALSA drivers have a bug that
> causes sound to silently fail (no pun intended... or is it?! >:^) )
>
> Sound used to work in Linux Kernel 2.6.17 on Edgy Eft, but in Feisty,
> which I believe comes with 2.6.20, it fails.
> It seems like ("sounds like"? har!) an ALSA 1.0.14 release candidate has
> fixed this.
>
> In the meantime, I'm just telling Melissa to choose an older kernel when
> she boots up, if she wants sound. *sigh*

Thanks for the tip.  I get very little sound with Feisty.  An older kernel 
works much better.  I feel better about both Kubuntu and my laptop.

I enjoy your Kubuntu reports.  As far as I'm concerned you can keep it up.

Bob