Hi.
I would think so too, but apt-cache says alsa-utilsis a dependency of
alsa-base.
Kenny
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:28:40AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote:
> Won't he also need alsa-utils?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:58 AM
> Subject: Re: sarge: getting als to work
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > The easiest way will be to upgrade to a 2.6 kernel. This way you won't
> > need to duild the alsa modules from source.
> >
> > The 2.4.27 kernel on the installer has an old version of speakup, and
> > was only intencded for installing.
> >
> > I am running a 2.6 kernel with alsa built as modules. All I have to do
> > to get alsa working is
> >
> > apt-get install alsa-base
> >
> > You will need to install additional packages to build software that uses
> > alsa, but that should get sound up and running.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Kenny
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:31:09PM -0400, Christopher Moore wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I've recently installed debian sarge and want to get sound working. Which
> > > debian packages to I need to install? I am running the 2.4.27
> > > speakup-enabled kernel which came with the talking debian install cd.
> > >
> > > I could go back to my old ways and follow the alsa-howto in the goodies the
> > > goodies directory. But I'm trying to learn the "debian" approach to doing
> > > things.
> > >
> > > tia
> > > Chris
> > >
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