On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 08:00:12PM +0000, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 18:25:49 +0100, Philipp Schulte wrote: > >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 ...
modprobe emu10k1 > So ... I am now running 2.2.18pre21, and the alsa .debs are all the > versions that use those kernel headers. I think the 2.2.18pre-series have the emu10k1 module included. Install the kernel-source and do: $su $cd /usr/src/linux $make menuconfig Select the emu10k1 module in the "Sound"-section by typing "m" $make modules modules_install $modprobe emu10k1 Phil
