>>> My Dell Vostro 1320 doesn't mute the external speakers when headphones >>> are plugged in. These guys seem to have fixed the problem by >>> upgrading to the latest version of alsa-driver... >> >> I can confirm that the problem is fixed in 2.6.31-gentoo-r2, but I'd >> really like to keep my hardened kernel. Any other ideas as far as >> getting alsa-driver to work? > > > Wait a minute, are you installing the alsa-driver package from portage? > Don't do that, use the alsa drivers that come with the kernel sources > instead.
It turns out there is 2.6.31-hardened-r2 in the hardened-dev overlay. I installed that and the included alsa drivers are current enough to solve my problem. - Grant
