Re: [gentoo-user] My Continuing ALSA Woes

[Rob]

Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 20:40 +0200, Sascha Lucas wrote:
>
>>>I've added it to my /etc/make.conf:
>>>
>>>camille linux # cat /etc/make.conf | grep 'ALSA_CARDS'
>>>ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0"
>>
>>You must chose to use in kernel driver or the external provided by
>>sound/alsa-driver. See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml.
>>
>>ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0" indicates you want sound/alsa-driver. But your grep
>>in kernel .config indicates the kernel driver.
>>
>>Read the URL above and skip the part about "Using the ALSA Driver
>>package" in section 2.
>>
>>Sascha.
>>
>
>
>>From the Gentoo ALSA Guide (link above):
>
> Note:  If you activated ALSA in your kernel and did not compile ALSA as
> modules, please proceed to the ALSA Initscript section. The rest of you
> need to configure ALSA. This is made very easy by the existence of the
> alsaconf tool provided by alsa-utils.
>
> I compiled support for my card as a module.  Does this still apply?
>
I recently had to set up ALSA and had some problems.  Some of it I
thought was due to the documentation.  You have to read each paragraph
over a couple of times to actually realize what you have to do next.  I
have set up ALSA before, the instructions were clearer, and I got it the
first time.  Maybe my reading and following instructions skills are not
too good.  Too many things going on at once here.

Anyway, if I have time, perhaps I will try to rearrange the document to
be clearer, and see if anyone thinks it is better.

IMHO, I think each type of install should be presented from start to
finish, without mixing up all of the steps and then relying on the
document to tell you where you go next in the document.

Rob.
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