Le Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:21:39 -0700, Frank Mackenzie <frank.mackenzie@xxxxxxx> a écrit : > Thanks again. > > I'm trying very hard to make this work. I've downloaded the > alsa-driver source from git, but when I tried to compile it, it said > I didn't have the ALSA kernel source, so I'm downloading that too. > > However, does this mean that I can't use my already-patched kernel > source? Do I have to start all over, using the ALSA project's source? It is 2 ways to install the alsa-driver and they are mutually exclusive: use the alsa-driver included with the kernel or use the package named alsa-driver. That also mean than you can have only one alsa-driver for a given kernel. Which one is used depend on the distribution, or on how you install it. On gentoo, you have the choice, but normally, most gentoo users are installing the driver that come with the kernel. Most other distributions use the alsa-driver package. The only difference between those 2 ways is that an alsa-driver package that was made from an ALSA site snapshot, can be a little bit never than the alsa driver from the kernel and have a few new drivers for the last hardware on the market. But again, you must have only one alsa driver for a given kernel. > > And, Dominique, are you the only one participating on this list? > Other lists I have been part of always resulted in a lot of email in > my inbox, but this one is pretty quiet! No, It is a lot of other peoples here. But I guess that most alsa users are not installing alsa from the sources. And they give a more specific description of the problem, including hardware description, kernel sources version, alsa-driver version if appropriated, and the exact description of the error (copy and paste). Cheers, Dominique ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
