On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, John Smith wrote: > On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 08:45:16 +0100, Clemens Ladisch > <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> John Smith wrote: >>> On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:44:17 +0100, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >>>> John Smith wrote: >>>>> With "outdated", you mean everything in the link >>>>> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-opl3-sa2 ? >>>>> Or something specific? >>>> >>>> Only what it says about alsa-driver. >>> >>> But I still have to "$ ./configure" alsa-lib, alsa-utils and >>> alsa-firmware. Right? >> >> Only if you wanted to update those packages. > > And do I want to update those packages in order to compile a snd-opl3sa2 > kernel module that I can then modprobe into my system at boot time? > > And do I have to do anything with alsa-driver? Or how can I get my hands > on such a snd-opl3sa2 kernel module? It is part of the alsa distribution and is included in your kernel source. You just need to compile it. But as I said exactly how to go about compiling a single alsa module I cannot help with. > >>>>> What is still relevant to get my laptop to play/record mp3 files? >>>> >>>> The snd-opl3-sa2 module. >>> >>> I don't have such a module available: >>> $ modinfo snd-opl3-sa2 >>> ERROR: Module snd-opl3-sa2 not found. >> >> Sorry, it's actually named snd-opl3sa2. > > That doesn't help either: > $ modinfo snd-opl3sa2 > ERROR: Module snd-opl3sa2 not found. > > Looks like I'll have to compile that module. But how? > >>> What is the module "opl3" for? >> >> Its an OSS driver for OPL3 chips. >> But you want an ALSA driver for OPL3-SA2 chips. > > Thank you for the clarification. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
