On Monday 05 June 2006 15:42, Bill Unruh wrote: >> Sounds like the snd-riptide.ko file isn't installed. Perhaps Mandrake >> (Mandriva?) doesn't include this driver by default > snd-riptide came into alsa with 1.0.10 I believe. Mandriva 2006 uses kernel > 2.6.12 which uses alsa 1.0.9
Ah, that would explain it then. I'm intrigued, though (assuming that Claude hadn't already tried installing alsa 1.0.11 manually), that the system already knew that snd-riptide was the module to use, even though it didn't yet exist :-) I would think that up-to-date Mandriva RPM packages would probably be available by now, though. >> If you're going to install the drivers manually (it shouldn't really be >> necessary if Mandrake have done their job properly), you'll need to get > ??? Do you mean the kernel developers? Mandriva does not remove modules. I assumed that riptide would be an established module (given the vintage of the hardware) rather than a new driver. What I was trying to say was that, if the packages were built properly and whatever configurator program Mandriva uses was fed the right data to enable it to choose an appropriate driver, it should be unnecessary for the average user who just wants a working desktop system to compile stuff from source just to get something as basic as sound working. I may not object to compiling my own software but I have seen countless disgruntled users who have tried Linux after seeing me using it with apparent ease then given up in disgust a few weeks (or even a few hours) later when they can't get basic functionality to work properly or at all. They then pop in a Windows CD and have a fully-working system in an hour or so. The worst of this is that they then spread the word to all their friends that Linux is a waste of time for "normal" people - which doesn't exactly do the "cause" much good. (It does, however, boost my reputation as some kind of IT planet-brain... I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not, given that it raises expectations at "point of delivery".) I shall stop here before I go further off-topic. Regards, Stephen _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
