Re: [Sound] Re: Re: Re: alsa and kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0

[Steven Rubenstein <SJR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Just for troubleshooting info:  I missed your original posting that 
OSS stopped working with kernel 2.4.18-17.8.0.  OSS did not stop working 
form my SBLive!.  On the other hand (repeating I think), alsa stopped 
working with Psyche, even with kernel 2.4.18.14.  Somewhere there's a 
missing puzzle piece.  (I think it's that there are too many numbers in 
2.4.18-17.8.0 -- sounds like a quarterback signalling for the snap... :^] )

SJR


Mario J. Borgnia wrote:

> On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 15:33, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>  
>
> > Mario J. Borgnia (mborgnia@xxxxxxx) said: 
> >    
> >
> > > I meant that I expected Redhat to handle the situation in such a way
> > > that the only thing I would have to do is to run the upgrade. 
> > >      
> > Um, Red Hat can't possibly determine what external drivers you have
> > installed, and rebuild them for you. 
> >  
> >
> > > And it installed something called:
> > >
> > > /lib/modules/2.4.18-17.8.0/kernel/drivers/sound/maestro3.o
> > >      
> > That's not an ALSA driver. Red Hat Linux does not ship with ALSA
> > drivers.    
>
> OK, then: Why is the driver in the new kernel broken? and, considering
> that RHN hold info on my system, why did RedHat forget to send me a
> warning about the new update being incompatible with my system?
>
> I first sent a message to this list asking for help to fix my problem
> with RH8.0 and was advised to install the alsa drivers. That did not
> help either.

> > > I am not completely sure that the problem resides in maestro3.o
> > > It could be anything else. The only thing I am sure is that booting to 
> > > 2.4.18-14 does not disrupt sound, while 2.4.18-17 does.
> > >      
> > There is a bug in the maestro3 driver that shipped with 8.0; we're
> > working on a fix.
> >    
> UH? But, it WORKS under kernel 2.4.18-14, I am truly confused now.
>