RHEL 4 audio problems -- update

[Tarjei Knapstad]

On 3/16/07, John_Hull at dell.com <John_Hull at dell.com> wrote:
> Just want to give the list an update on the RHEL 4 audio problems seen
> with the integrated audio on Precision desktops. The original
> snd-had-intel RPM we put out was originally just a workaround until Red
> Hat could get the native support into RHEL 4, but that RPM seems to have
> taken on a life of its own. We have been focusing our recent efforts
> with Red Hat on fixing the problems with the native RHEL 4 driver
> (snd-azx), as that is the preferred solution (so that audio "just works"
> out of the box). With our testing of the RHEL 4.5 beta, the audio
> problems appear to be resolved. If anyone has access to the beta, I
> would encourage you to try out the beta kernel to help us confirm that
> the audio problems are ineed fixed. We would like that to be the driver
> that everyone uses going forward, assuming it works satisfactorily for
> everyone.
>

Do you mean RHEL5-beta2? In that case it's publically available here:
http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/RHEL5-Beta2/client/i386/

Apropos: I've got a Dell Precision M65 and got the sound working with
the snd-hda-intel package (on CentOS 4.4), but the volume controls and
mute button on the laptop are not working, neither do the external
speakers mute if i plug in some headphones. Does anyone know of a
resolution to this problem?

Regards,
--
Tarjei Knapstad