Re: [aclug-L] alsa-sound (was compiling kernel)

[Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

kewl...  um, first, remove the alsa stuff from debian...  : ^ )  the latest 
version is better...  second, re-compile the kernel w/ _only_ the first sound 
thing
mentioned compiled...  leave out all the modules and everything...  then, go to 
the alsa page and download all the 0.3.0pre4 stuff and the alsaconf 0.3x
version...  compile drivers, then lib, then utils...  then run the alsaconf 
script...  you can use the alsasound script (found in the ./utils dir in the
drivers src tree) to start/stop the drivers...  i have this script copied into 
/etc/initd.rc directory, so it loads on boot...  um, try all this and let me
know what happens (btw, make sure there is a /lib/modules/<kernel ver>/misc 
dir, or it won't work correctly)

jesse

p.s.  i'm running slink, too, so that way, hopefully i can help you out a 
little more than if you were running redhat (tho' i've successfully had it on 
that,
too)

Seth Turner wrote:

> Jesse wrote:
>
> sound?  need any help?  i've had LOTS of experience w/ that!  : ^ )  what card
> do you have?  personally, i like the ALSA (alsa-project.org) sound drivers
> better than the kernel drivers...  they work very nicely, and are relatively
> simple to setup...  if you have any questions, i'd be glad to help out!  it's
> one of the few areas where i can atleast help!  : ^ )
>
> Awesome! I am trying to get alsa to work on my system so I will gladly take 
> any
> advice you can give.  Perhaps we can start at square one.
>
> I have a soundblaster pci 128
>
> with my recent recompiling of kernel I am now using 2.2.5 with sound support 
> as well as the ability to module the ensoniq and creative ensoniq (however 
> with
> alsa perhaps these can be ignored)
>
> I have installed everything from the slink distribution pertaining to alsa.
>
> Pretty much as far as I have gotten, what's next?  BTW, when adding in the
> alsa-modules.deb it did mention that the alsa driver was not running...
>
> tia,
> Seth

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