> And this,
>
> Atte Andr <atte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I just installed debian/unstable on my new laptop and am eager to get ALSA running.
> > But it seems that the ALSA modules in unstable are for kernel 2.4.20, which is not
> > in unstable. The closest is 2.4.21. What to do? Would ALSA work with the modules for
> > kernel 2.4.20 running on 2.4.21? If not, is the only solution to install ALSA from
> > source?
>
> If you select the alsa modules first dselect will autoselect the kernel bits you need
> There's only the 5, 9beta and 10 stuff no? {I've not used unstable recently.} If you
> select 10 or whatever it will tell you what kernel source package, headers, kernel,
> etc it requires. If you select the source package it will grab all the components
> and set everything up. If you get the sndconfig package you can do the rest of it
> with that.
>
> {tho' I have had to get the package from alsa and compile it a few times. {Even
> Debian's not perfect {mentions that somewhere in their documentation.}}}
>
