Downgrading Alsa?

[Mulder]

Is it possible to downgrade alsa?

I know my sound works with alsa 1.0.10 but with 1.0.12 and .13 - I get nothing

I tried removing alsa from adept once, and it removed everything on the computer such as X and KDE.

Is there a way to remove my current alsa and install an older one?


Thanks

[kubicle]

Re: Downgrading Alsa?

That sort of depends on how intertwined dependencies are...basically you can downgrade packages, if:
1. The older package is available (preferably from the repositories)
2. The downgrade won't conflict with newer dependencies (theoretically you can downgrade those too, but it starts getting tricky fast)

If the older package is available from the repositories, you can force a version (downgrade) with Synaptic or in the CLI:

sudo apt-get install <package>=<version>

If the package is downloaded, you can install it with the kubuntu package menu (right-click on the deb) or with 'dpkg -i'.

(NOTE: be warned, downgrading packages can be tricky/dangerous, so I'd first try to get the newer version to work)