Re: [Sound] No sound with kernel 2.4.18-17.8.0

["Jimmy " <bananashipz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have RedHat 8.0 and sound problem with Kernal 2.4.18  i686

Which package should I run to upgrade the ALSA..?
And with what command?

Jim


----- Original Message -----
From: "William W. Austin" <waustin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <sound-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Sound] No sound with kernel 2.4.18-17.8.0


> Mario J. Borgnia <mborgnia@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Same problem as reported before. Sound modules broke when upgraded the
> > kernel. Any suggestions?
>
> I upgraded yesterday and found a simple solution.
>
> 1. Obtain alsa-driver-0.9.0rc3-fr11.src.rpm from ftp.freshrpms.net (in
> /pub/freshrpms/psyche/alsa-driver)
> 2. Install it (rpm -iUvh alsa-driver-0.9.0rc3-fr11.src.rpm)
> 3. Build it (cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS ; rpmbuild -ba alsa-driver.spec)
> [it gets installed by the build process anyway, but to keep your rpm
database
> happy...]
> 4. Install it (cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/<YOUR CPU>/ ;
> rpm -iUvh alsa-kernel-0.9.0rc3-fr11_2.4.18_17.8.0.<YOUR CPU>.rpm
> 5. You're done...
>
> On a fast machine, this won't take all that long; on a slow machine, go
get
> dinner while it runs.  On a really slow machine, a trip to Hawaii might be
> nice... :-)
>
> Good luck,
>
> --
> William W. Austin                          waustin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>    bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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