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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] My Continuing ALSA Woes [SOLVED]
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:11:35
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b0510291406u1016d72bs114e580d2b53ff3f@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] My Continuing ALSA Woes [SOLVED] by Michael Sullivan
1 On 10/29/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 17:53 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
3 > > On 10/21/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 > > > >
5 > > >
6 > > > I was told by people on this list and by the Gentoo ALSA Guide that
7 > > > alsa-drivers conflicts with the kernel module drivers. Should I emerge
8 > > > it? It's not installed now...
9 > >
10 > > NO! Use what's in your kernel.
11 > >
12 > > My mistake on the driver name. The 810 driver is intel8x0, so I
13 > > assumed the HDA driver was intel_hda. Apparently the Alsa guys did the
14 > > naming backward.
15 > >
16 > > If you see the device under /proc/asound/cards then you did it right.
17 > > (And you did!)
18 > >
19 > > At a minimum you should reemerge all the Alsa support stuff but use
20 > > ~x86 for all of that, as per my easlier message. (in
21 > > /etc/portage/package.keywards) You need the newest Alsa stuff out
22 > > there. I doubt even this is new enough though.
23 > >
24 > > - Mark
25 >
26 > I fixed my ALSA problem. I booted off the 2005.0 LiveCD and rebuilt my
27 > kernel with genkernel (based off the LiveCD's config), then rebooted
28 > with the new kernel and emerged alsa-driver. alsamixer worked fine and
29 > I got my card unmuted. A funny thing about it is that although sound
30 > was playing I couldn't hear it through my speakers until I unplugged the
31 > speakers from the back of the computer and plugged them back into the
32 > headphone jack in the front. Go figure...
33 > -Michael Sullivan-
34 >
35
36 Hey, cool. Persistence pays off. Congrats!
37
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Re: [gentoo-user] My Continuing ALSA Woes [SOLVED] Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>