So, where'd the volume controls get to?

Kirk Reiser kirk at reisers.ca
Mon Oct 12 09:43:59 EDT 2020


Thanks Greg for taking on testing the patches and releasing your
results. Also thanks again to Samuel for getting a fix out so quickly.

   Kirk

On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 09:36:36PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>> Would you be able to try the attached patch?
>
> I can confirm that Samuel's patch fixes the issue so that speakup+1
> and speakup+2 controls volume again.
>
> Since I feel that volume control on the fly is fairly critical, I've
> decided to release my kernel build. The debian packages were built for
> a devuan Beowulf system, and should work on debian buster. This kernel
> should boot on most if not all x86_64 systems. There are modules for a
> variety of SATA controllers, and file systems. The debian packages
> aren't signed, and the kernel isn't signed either which your UEFI
> and/or boot loader might not like. If any of this makes you
> uncomfortable, wait for the fix to make it to where ever you get your
> kernel updates from, or build your own kernel with the patch (the www
> is your friend).
>
> For those who don't want to or can't install debian packages, the
> amd64_binaries directory has binaries for the kernel, modules, and
> headers. If installing this kernel breaks your system in any way, you
> get to keep all the pieces.
>
> You can find all of this at:
>
> <https://www.gregn.net/linux-5.8.14/>
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>


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