Sounds to me like you should get the latest version of Alsa and install it.
I suspect that your kubuntu has a later version of Alsa. On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Peter Ho wrote: > Hi list members, > > I recently a acquired a tecra A6 that has intel HDA and realtek ALC861. > I am running debian etch with kernel 2.6.15-1. I have installed alsa, > alsa-utils, etc and have used both modconf and alsaconf to configure my > sound. alsaconf identifies the sound card as an intel HDA and also > realtek ALC861 (given as ID: 861 in alsamixer). I can play my mp3s > using xmms through the speakers, but found that my microphone and > headphones do not work. Kmix does not have options for mic and Line with > etch. Alsamixer shows the line and mic but there is no slider. > Incidently, running Kubuntu dapper (also the kernel 2.6.15) gives me all > the options in kmix and it works without any problem. Running amixer I get: > > Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pswitch > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 255 > Mono: > Front Left: Playback 245 [96%] [on] > Front Right: Playback 245 [96%] [on] > Simple mixer control 'Line',0 > Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive > Capture exclusive group: 0 > Capture channels: Mono > Mono: Capture [on] > Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 > Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive > Capture exclusive group: 0 > Capture channels: Mono > Mono: Capture [off] > Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 > Capabilities: cvolume cswitch > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Capture 0 - 13 > Front Left: Capture 11 [85%] [on] > Front Right: Capture 11 [85%] [on] > Simple mixer control 'Input',0 > Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive > Capture exclusive group: 0 > Capture channels: Mono > Mono: Capture [off] > > > > The only difference I found between running kubuntu dapper live and etch > is that I do not have the devices pcmC0D6c and pcmC0D6p in etch but is > present when running kubuntu dapper live in my /dev/snd > > I have found that these 2 devices are found in /dev/.static/dev/snd. > > The bottom line is that everything works with kubuntu dapper live and > not in etch. > > > Can anyone help me get my headphone and mic working? > > > Thanks > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user