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

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Author: intrigeri
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Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] Please test sound support and default mixer levels on Tails/Jessie
Hi,

I only got two test reports (1 success, 1 failure) about what follows,
so it's hard for me to draw any conclusion.

Can some more folks please test this, once the nightly builds are
repaired (you'll see when latest.iso is current, and not from July 6)?
Cc'ing frontdesk, in case they don't read this list and want to give
me a hand (and avoid future headaches ;)

In the following instructions, replace "Tails 1.3" with "the most
recent stable Tails release" (that is, currently, 1.4.1).

intrigeri wrote (07 Mar 2015 21:00:04 GMT) :
> 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,
--
intrigeri