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From: Kevin <gentoo-dev@××××××.biz>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Kevin <gentoo-dev@××××××.biz>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ALSA and kernel 2.6.1-gentoo-r1 and /etc/init.d/alsasound
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 02:00:43
Message-Id: 200402172100.34683.gentoo-dev@gnosys.biz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] ALSA and kernel 2.6.1-gentoo-r1 and /etc/init.d/alsasound by Kevin
1 Bug 34929 in bugzilla says it's resolved, but it sure looks related to
2 what I describe here (or is that bug the reason why emerge announces that
3 this does not work with 2.6.x kernels?).
4
5 On Tuesday 17 February 2004 18:57, Kevin wrote:
6 > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 15:44, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
7 > > Follow my device since I'm the developer ;)
8 > >
9 > > I'm not on gentoo-users, so please feel free to forward my response
10 > > there as well.
11 > >
12 > > media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.2c should work with your 2.6.x kernel.
13 > > The results of emerging this package would give you the same
14 > > configuration as configuging alsa to be built as modules in the
15 > > kernel's 'make config' (aside from version differences). The ones in
16 > > 2.6.x are KNOWN to work correct, and the alsa-driver ones SHOULD work
17 > > correct (according to alsa, they DO work, but I don't take their word
18 > > for it).
19 > >
20 > > So the prefered method for alsa usage if you want to help test things
21 > > is:
22 > > alsa-driver-1.0.2c
23 > > alsa-lib-1.0.2
24 > > alsa-utils-1.0.2
25 > > alsa-oss-1.0.2
26 > > alsa-tools-1.0.2
27 >
28 > Um... should this be a bug report or...
29 >
30 > I can emerge alsa-lib, -utils, -oss, -tools (1.0.2) just fine with:
31 >
32 > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge alsa-*
33 >
34 > but cannot do so for alsa-driver (1.0.2c).
35 >
36 > When I try, the emerge process announces:
37 >
38 > * This does not work with kernel 2.6 !!!
39 >
40 > and then fails with:
41 > !!! ERROR: media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.2c failed.
42 >
43 > Apparently a known bug, but unless I misunderstood, you just said the
44 > preferred method was...
45 >
46 > Pls advise...
47 >
48 > Thx.
49 >
50 > -Kevin
51 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] ALSA and kernel 2.6.1-gentoo-r1 and /etc/init.d/alsasound Jeremy Huddleston <jeremy@×××××××××××.org>