Douglas Tutty wrote: > Before I poked around the usual way I wanted to make sure there was no > new snazzy sound auto setup. It seems there isn't.
There isn't... but you shouldn't need one. Alsa should work after you run alsaconf. > I'm not sure why nothing depends on alsa packages. It seems strange > (from a newbie perspective) that one could install a CD player and not > get the package that's necessary to actually hear the CD. Lots of stuff depend on alsa. apt-cache rdepends libasound2 shows 218 packages in my sid box (although I have some non official debian repositories). Also, lots of players don't really need alsa, but rather need a sound engine, such as gstreamer or xine, which in turn needs alsa. So the dependency would be indirect. On the other hand, other apps use OSS, but alsa provides a compatibility layer, so they will work too. Remember that alsa is made of lots of parts: kernel modules, the user interface libraries and some client tools. That's why noone depends on the alsa-* packages. > > Maybe its one of those things that will get fixed before Etch is > released? Right now, (supposedly) only bug fixes will be accepted into etch. New features most probably won't get into etch. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
