Re: [gentoo-user] Problem Installing alsa-driver

[Richard Fish]

On 9/4/06, Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@×××××.com> wrote:
> Yes, I had it set to AC97 when I took the screenprint, but I had it set
> to "intel8x0" and I *still* got the error message that it couldn't
> recognize the sound card.

I suspect you simply typod something, or that your new kernel
introduced an incompatibility with alsa-drivers-1.0.11 and the failure
is not the same message, but something else.   intel8x0 is definitely
a recognized sound card option for alsa-drivers:

# ALSA_CARDS=intel8x0 emerge --buildpkgonly =media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.11
[...]
./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share
--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --with-oss --without-debug
--with-kernel=/usr/src/linux --with-build=/usr/src/linux
--with-isapnp=yes --with-sequencer=yes --with-cards=intel8x0
--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu
[...]
checking for which soundcards to compile driver for... intel8x0
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating version
[...]

> > You could also just use the in-kernel drivers, assuming they work for you.
>
> I'll try this, but I don't see why I should have to when I never had to
> before.

Well, it isn't so much a matter of "have to", but you probably "want
to".  The advantages of the in-kernel drivers are a bit easier
configuration since you can just select the driver you want in the
menuconfig/xconfig interface, and you never have to worry about any
incompatiblity between the kernel and the drivers.  There is always a
risk when you upgrade kernel versions that the new kernel will change
something that breaks out-of-tree drivers.  Such breakage usually
appears as a failure in the compile the new drivers.

For pretty much any driver that has versions both in-tree and
out-of-tree, I recommend using the in-tree version if possible.

-Richard
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