randy, try using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7 that's the version I'm using now. On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2 at texasisp.com wrote: > hi adam, > i got that working fine, > i would like to ask you and the group > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2 > with slackware 8.0, > i am getting an error with the sound.o module, > i have installed soundcore, > i compiled the kernal with sound > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver. > thanks in advance > randy > > On 2001-11-28 speakup at braille.uwo.ca said: > sp>It depends. If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with > sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out > sp>of the box. This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for > sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for > sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble. There are > sp>a number of solutions. > sp>1: Build a new kernel. The advantage here is you can clean out the > sp>default modules and install just the ones you need. You can also > sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card or > sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP > sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD. You would copy the > sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19. The > sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or > sp>replace it. > sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org. > sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you > sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo." The advantage of this > sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files. I > sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next > sp>Slackware release. > sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded the > sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt. I think > sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut > sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent > sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably. > sp>Hope this information helps. > sp>_______________________________________________ > sp>Speakup mailing list > sp>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > sp>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
