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What's the easiest way to test the latest kernel? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by WhereAreMySocks@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey! Hope this is a good place for these types questions!

I've been on Linux for the last couple of years. Tested a few distros before landing on Mint. Its perfect for a half-techie like me.

Towards the end of last year I had to replace my laptop due to a hardware failure. I landed on a Lenovo which was sold without an OS. Unfortunately I've been having some audio issues, and support hasn't been super helpful. Ive been doing tons of troubleshooting to solve ir, but to no avail. To make it more frustrating, I briefly installed windows just to check, and there everything works as intendes. So it doesn't seem like a hardware issue...

Before actually returning the device I figured it would be worth a shot to see if the issue persisted in the latest kernel. The problem is that I dont really know the best way to do that, and searching isn't really helping since I dont really fully understand what I'm asking.

So Im turning to you for help in the hope that some kind soul can point me in the right direction. What is the easiest way for me to get the latest kernel running on my machine? I don't mind wiping the computer, or if its unstable, or installing another distro to get there. I just want to see if it can get the audio working and I don't know where to start. Everything I find seems to be a bit behind.

Thanks!

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[–] doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That’s weird.

It sounds like there’s an additional amplifier used to drive the internal speakers that isn’t getting turned up. When you fire up alsamixer on the command line do you see more controls than in the gui mixer?

[–] WhereAreMySocks@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I do, though several of them are stuck on muted or without a tweakable bar. I did, however, come across this today, which seems very relevant. I just haven't had time to test it yet as I've been away.

https://github.com/nadimkobeissi/16iax10h-linux-sound-saga

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[–] doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I haven’t had time to look deeply into the fix posted in that GitHub link, but on first read it seems to be fixing exactly what you’re describing by tying the mixer channels used for the integrated speakers together correctly.

A lot of these newer realtek chips have an insane amount of tweakability. Even back in the day if you were able to settle for their latency you’d get access to a very powerful hardware mixer and sometimes synthesizer.

[–] WhereAreMySocks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

That was my thinking too. I unfortunately haven't had time to test yet. Between work and a baby, time for this is a bit limited. But I'll give it a try soon. Thank you so much for your interest! I appreciate it.