On Sunday 21 December 2003 11:50, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: >Felipe Contreras wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 08:00:05PM +0100, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: >>>I got alsa working with the new kernel, but there are two >>> questions remaining: >>> >>>1. Automatic alsa start: >>>Unlike with former kernels, the alsa-driver doesn't get loaded >>>automatically when it is used by an application (I have configured >>> the driver supplied with the kernel source). I have to issue >>> modprobe snd-ice1712 or >>> service alsasound start >>>to get alsa going (Redhat 9 system). >>> >>>2. Proper location of alsa-driver in kernel source tree: >>>I'd like to merge a more recent driver into the kernel source (in >>>linux-2.6.0 from kernel.org there's version 0.9.7). Following >>> Jaroslav's advice from a recent thread, I'd copy the contents of, >>> say >>> >>> alsa-driver-1.0.0rc2/alsa-kernel >>>to >>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.0/sound. >>> >>>But in the former directory (alsa-kernel) there is a subdirectory >>>/include which isn't in the latter (sound). >>>Should the contents go to >>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.0/include/sound/ ? >>>TIA >>>Klaus >> >> Yes exactly. > >Well, I dared to copy over the rc2 files as indicated; moreover I > moved the /Documentation directory to its place in the kernel > source. > >Result: The kernel compiled without any errors (attached you find > the sound portion of my .config file). Even the snd-modules loaded > automatically when I opened an application (AlsaPlayer). > >- BUT: The sound is terribly distorted, all bar graphs for PCM Out > in envy24control are to their limit. > >So I started from a fresh linux-2.6.0 kernel source and recompiled > the kernel ---> nice sound again, but of course coming from driver > version 0.9.7 supplied with the kernel. > >Finally, I compiled alsa-driver-1.0.0rc2 seperatly from the tarball. >Sound is nice when restarting the rc2 driver, but after a reboot: >distortion again. >So one might conclude: alsa rc2 and kernel 2.6.0 don't go together > very well ... >Klaus
I'm running 2.6.0, but with all the alsa stuff compiled in. Its working quite well except for the low audio in tvtime or gnomeradio. -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
