-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I had problems with the alsa in 2.2.18pre21 also. I just upgraded to 2.4.0 kernel and a newer alsa. In ustable, do: apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.0 (or 1 if you like) alsa-source look in /usr/doc/alsa/README.debian.gz for install instructions
On Saturday 10 February 2001 14:00, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 18:25:49 +0100, Philipp Schulte wrote: > >On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 06:56:58AM +0000, Alan Chandler wrote: > >> I have an sb-live sound card and I am having trouble getting sound to > >> work. > > > >Which kernel-version do you use? In newer versions there is a emu10k1 > >module in the sound section so you don't need alsa at all. > >Before the kernel-module I used alsa too but I compiled it from source > >and followed the instructions from the alsa-mini-howto and never had > >any problems. > >Phil > > I was running 2.4.1 with the module from the kernel - and then I > couldn't get sound to work because all the documentation I could find > (including in the kernel) couldn't tell me how to get the module > loaded. In the end, I did a kernel recompile and started it and it > seemed to destroy the root partition filesystem, so ... > > I reloaded debian from scratch using the potato (stable) cd 1 to get > me to the point where you can edit apt/sources.list and then chose > "advanced" selection of packages to put me into dselect. I have a > potato mirror on another machine with "selected" debs from unstable > (mainly xfree 4, kde 2.1beta and then the libraries etc that that > decision drags you into loading - also the alsa modules 0.5 - because > they have the sb-live drivers in them), so it set sources.list to > point to potato and (in another line entry) an "extra" directory tree > where I have stored the extra stuff (used dpkg-scanpackages to create > a Packages.gz file) > > So ... I am now running 2.2.18pre21, and the alsa .debs are all the > versions that use those kernel headers. > > Alan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.chandler.u-net.com - -- I don't have some cute little signature. Deal with it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjqFv7kACgkQEMmUMjlf2izc/QCfbsU+hLBONnat0L4PDTvrmQVx CpcAniwG+E7wSXA9bDDqU09+WHPfl1Ae =r/RC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
