On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:22:04 +0100
fraser via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> I know this has been 'discussed' on dev1glaxy...

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Thanks to everyone for all their suggestions.

Updating list with revised information.

A clean install (including repartitioning the whole drive) using the
Excalibur 'rc1' iso restored the audio, which is working at the moment.
The use of a 'targeted' initrd seems to get it working, the use of a
'generic' one doesn't. The use of a usb webcam seemed to be the kiss of
death: the audio worked up to the point that it was plugged in, and
didn't work thereafter; unplugging and rebooting didn't help, but
reinstalling into fresh partitions proved to be quicker and more
reliable than trying to troubleshoot. The usb webcam is probably
faulty: it also took down the sound on a windows 11 laptop, although
the W11 sound worked after unplugging the webcam and rebooting.

The revised installer works very well, so thanks to the efforts of the
dev(s) behind that. I have one question: on the 'usrmerge' symlinking
step, although the default option has been changed from no to yes, the
text still says that the 'no' response is the safer option. Is this
correct?

fraser