On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:35:13 -0700 Monte Milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Discussing OSS and Debian > > I'd be interested in knowing _how_ you got it to work on a Debian box? > Did you recompile your kernel? According to the OSS docs, > > "- Debian Linux (most versions) > The kernel image shipped with many Debian releases differs from the > standard > kernels. For this reason OSS will need the sndshield module to be > rebuilt > in your system. Unfortunately this may fail because the directory > structure > of Debian differes from all other Linux distributions. " > > It goes on to refer to how to deal with this under 'Solving "sndshield" > version incompatibilities', but never really addresses the Debian > situation. I hadn't read that at all!!! I have always recompiled the Linux kernel, though. It is the first thing I do when I install a Linux system. I kind of like the idea that the kernel I use is actually built on *my* system and has only what I need compiled in. I tend to compile in much of what I need rather than using modules - that way everything works first time! Having said that, I did nothing special for OSS, apart from removing the sound config from the kernel after I had installed it - I did nothing before. It installed perfectly. I did need to add 'soundon' manually to /etc/rc.boot - this consists of a simple command: #!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/soundon OSS starts eavery time I boot and has been completely hassle free ever since. -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux 2000
