On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 10:05:30AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > I wonder if anyone has a pointer to any web instructions on how to > replace an Alsa driver that has gotten broken in a new kernel release. > My ATIIXP sound chip has worked fine for months but suddenly it's broken > in a number of 2.6.7 kernels as well as 2.6.8-rc2. It appears that a > broken driver was released without testing, if I understand the Alsa Bug > Tracker correctly. Now there are comments about replacing the driver in > the kernel with the driver from CVS. I don't know how to do this. > > Sorry for bringing this issue here but I'm hoping to get a simple > answer before I go join yet another mailing list for a one time event. > In the kernel config, enable 'Sound card support' but disable ALSA, then download the alsa-driver package from alsa-project.org and compile and install it seperately. cheers, Christian -- "Somewhere in Texas... a village is missing its idiot."
