Re: [Tails-testers] Please test sound support and default mi…

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Author: kosh16
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To: Tails list for early testers
Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] Please test sound support and default mixer levels on Tails/Jessie

Hi,

no sound regressions with:

http://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_feature-jessie/tails-i386-feature_jessie-1.4-20150309T0410Z-c778066.iso

Cheers



On 2015-03-07 21:00, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in our experimental Tails/Jessie, we drop a piece of configuration
> that qualifies as "legacy", but still might be useful, on some
> hardware, to set proper sound mixer levels. I'd like to know to what
> extent this breaks things for actual users. So:
>
> 1. Download the latest experimental Tails/Jessie ISO:
>    http://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_feature-jessie/

>
> 2. Boot this ISO on that system
>
> 3. Check that the sound levels are OK: if you play music without
>    changing the mixer settings, does it work?

>
> 4. If it doesn't work out-of-the-box, then install the `alsa-utils'
>    package, e.g. with Synaptic (you'll need to refresh the packages
>    list first), and retry. Does this improve things for you?

>
> 5. If you discovered any problem in the previous steps, try to
>    reproduce the problem in Tails 1.3.

>
> 6. If you've seen regressions with the experimental Tails/Jessie ISO,
>    compared to Tails 1.3, report back on this thread. Please include:

>
>    - the output of the "/sbin/lspci" command
>    - the content of the "/proc/asound/cards" file

>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,