Hardware drivers like these are a part of the kernel. The patches talked about will get applied to upstream (aka kernel.org) and eventually filter down to the distros. I am not sure how mint will approach kernel updates, though I imagine that ubuntu kernels will probably work fine (you can download newer ubuntu kernels here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/).
Historically integrated audio chips take a couple of months to get sorted out. It is unfortunate that a major Ubuntu/Mint release coincided with an Intel chipset refresh. If a 3.15.x kernel from above does not work, then the best bet is a USB one that does work. You can probably get the existing device to work, but when I look at the cost of my time, a $30 solution looks pretty attractive to me. Linux has already both failed (desktop computing users) and succeeded (android, tizen, Amazon Fire) in the mass market. As desktop computing loses overall market share (it has and will continue to do so) I suspect that there will be even less pressure on vendors. The 1 or 2 % of the market that we currently represent is for all intents and purposes irrelevant. The good news is that there are cheap devices that work great and sound even better. On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:12 AM, Greg King <wgk...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I'm sure I will get this to work eventually. It was more a comment on how > vendors do not think of Linux when they release new hardware, which will > doom Linux in the mass consumer space until this changes. In this case the > mobo is very new with new Intel sound chips. According to the Ubuntu alsa > support site the Linux kernel needs a support patch to recognize the > hardware. It turns out the Realtek hardware is already supported. I think > Realtek drives the HDMI sound and Intel chips drive the 7.1 mobo sound, > based on the symptoms and this status output: > > wgking@HAL ~ $ grep "Codec:" /proc/asound/card*/codec* > /proc/asound/card0/codec#0:Codec: Intel ID 2807 > /proc/asound/card1/codec#2:Codec: Realtek ALC892 > > I don't have high sound requirements but I expect it to work for Skype, > music, and the odd youtube video. > > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bogi" <khan...@shaw.ca> > To: "CLUG General" <clug-talk@clug.ca> > Sent: Sunday, 29 June, 2014 3:58:32 PM > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Linux rules! and continues eliminate the > competition > > I will note that this is not a solution but a workaround. > you can get one of them external USB sound devices, plug it in, and more > likely than not, you will get better sound than your built in (card) could > ever produce. > so without express recommendation: > http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31016 > http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX25819 > > Now your problems could well stem from a bad driver, but they could be > rooted > in some out of spec hardware. Now i am not saying that this applies to your > case hare, but generally speaking google for problems with you device > regarding you driver, if you find mention then check it, maybe there is > already > a solution, if not, just silently seek out the latest version of said > driver > from the developers website, many bug-fixes take years to get into distro > repositories, while being available for download and compile on the > developers > website. > Bar a that, you may actually have a faulty hardware, this does not seem > to be > the case here, but in such case, i am sure the merchant you got your > hardware > from would be willing to replace the motherboard, just make sure you have > the > proper in shop replacement type warranties available for you. > > The root of the problem is the lack of systematic Linux distribution by > hardware manufacturers and retailers. And that should lead to a bit of > thinking from the community and a lot of action from the commercial > partners > who do make and distribute computer hardware. > > One way to do this, is for the community to offer a testing and > certification > platform for new hardware, make a certified for Linux sticker if you like, > so > the hardware manufacturers and retailers can advertise their hardware works > with Linux or not. We need to make this a consistent and reliable service > that > can be accesses by commerce globally or locally. > > Ultimately the vendor do not have to ship it with Linux, tho we would love > it > better if they did, but they can sure put the sticker on the hardware to > designate it as works with Linux 3.0+ for example :-) > > Cheers > Sam > > > On June 29, 2014 Sunday 10:27:17 Greg King wrote: > > "Linux dominates supercomputers as never before" See article: > > > http://www.zdnet.com/linux-dominates-supercomputers-as-never-before-7000030 > > 890/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61 > > > > Too bad it can't do the same on the desktop. For example, I just bought a > > new system with a Gigabyte motherboard and I7 processor. I put Mint 17 on > > it and 95% of things just work, except for the sound - full of static and > > choppy. I've spent a few hours already downloading new drivers from > Realtek > > and compiling them (not exactly a "consumer friendly" activity) and it > > still does not work correctly. Apparently it is a known bug with Realtek > > ALC892 audio but none of the solutions I have found from googling around > > has fixed it yet. Not much has changed in the past 7 years since I > similar > > problems with sound on a new machine back then too. Of course the DVD > that > > came with the motherboard is loaded with Windows drivers. It's > encouraging > > that Realtek at least published Linux drivers - too bad they were never > > debugged, or the docs on how to get them to work are incomplete. > > > > If anyone else has solved this issue I'd love to hear the solution. > > > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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