Jaromír Mikeš wrote, on 2008-10-07 10:44: > Hi, > > I've compiled new kernel for me 2.6.24.7-rt20 which seems to have a bug in builded alsa modules (RME Digiface,Multiface). > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=fmv935%24cls%241%40ger.gmane.org > > I would like to upgrade alsa modules from 1.0.15 wich coming with kernel source to 1.0.17 > I already builded new kernel without alsa module, but with sound support and now I would like to build alsa from source. > I am using debian based distro so make a debian package would be best for me. > > Is there any way how to do it? > I didn't found any new howto which I dare to follow most of them are quite dated. # This all assumes that you have Lenny/testing or # Sid/unstable in your /etc/apt/sources.list # If you have compiled a kernel the Debian way: apt-get install kernel-package build-essential # (plus some curses development package whose name escapes me) apt-get linux-source-2.6 # or more specific version of linux-source-2.6 if needed cd /usr/src bzip2 -dc linux-source-2.6*tar.bz2|tar -xvf /dev/fd/0 ln -s <name of newly created linux-source directory> linux cd linux make menuconfig # note, you can/should leave alsa active in the kernel # to get alsa source ready apt-get alsa-source cd /usr/src bzip2 -dc alsa-driver*.tar.bz2|tar -xvf /dev/fd/0 dpkg-reconfigure alsa-source # this should prompt you for which alsa modules to compile. # On a fast machine, all should be fine # Then to compile the kernel and additional ALSA package, do cd /usr/src/linux make-kpkg --initrd linux-image modules-image # you then get linux-image*.deb and alsa-modules*.deb # install them both: cd /usr/src dpkg -i linux-image*.deb alsa-modules*.deb # and you'll get a new grub entry created for this kernel, # which you can select at boot or make default by tweaking # /boot/grub/menu.list (assuming grub-legacy) If you want more Debian-specific help, find the Debian-user mailing list either through www.debian.org or as a newsgroup through gmane.org Hope this helps, Arthur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
