Many thanks for this. I will give it a shot. On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Adam Myrow wrote: > Try removing the alsa-driver package, grabbing the source code, and > re-building from source. It's rather poorly explained, but the Alsa modules > seem to depend on what else was compiled into the kernel, and thus, seem to > be specific to the kernel for which they installed. In plain English, I've > had to re-compile, not just reinstall the Alsa drivers every time I build a > new kernel. 2.6.X kernels have Alsa built in, but I still prefer to leave it > out and compile Alsa separately because the 2.6.X Alsa drivers are often > older versions than what you can get stand-alone. > > Here is how to rebuild ALSA from source. You could do it manually, but this > method basically re-builds the Alsa-driver package based on your current > kernel. Assuming you have a full Slackware set, insert disk 4 and change to > the "src/l" directory. Do a "cp -R" on the "alsa-driver" directory to put it > on your hard drive. Now, cd into the newly-created directory and give the > "alsa-driver.SlackBuild" file execute permissions. Then, run that as root. > This will compile Alsa-driver, and stuff the output into a package in /tmp. > When it completes, you can do a "tar tzf" on the .tgz file to make sure > everything is in it. In particular, make sure the modules are in place. > Once the package has been created in /tmp, remove any existing alsa-driver > package, and install the one in /tmp. It will contain modules based on your > current kernel, and will hopefully behave itself. If you switch to kernel > 2.6, you will have to modify the script. It hard-codes the kernel version > and also assumes that modules end in .o. If you wish to upgrade to a later > version of Alsa when it comes out, I'd just say to build from source and > remove the Slackware package. Just be sure to copy the rc.alsa script from > /etc/rc.d before you remove the Alsa package, so it can be put back in place. > It takes care of loading the modules, and runs alsactl to restore your mixer > settings. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (11% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
