(I am sending a copy of this reply to the debian-user list. It'll probably be useful for others. That way, the information shows up in web searches. I hope alsa-modules-2.4.19-* binaries will be released soon, so all this becomes moot.)
> "Jack O'Quin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I ended up downloading kernel-source-2.4.19, building that > > (using kpkg), downloading alsa-source, building it with kpkg, > > and installing the resulting images. Takes some time and a bit > > of fiddling, but not*terribly* difficult. If you want to do > > that, let me know. I'll provide more details. Lourens Steenkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks for the offer, I would be happy to receive a copy of your notes > on this one as I am a Debian newbie and about to do this on one of my > machines. This is an edited version of my notes from back in early October. Note that the ALSA version has changed since then. But, this should be approximately what you need to do. You need kernel-package installed to use the make-kpkg script. There are a lot of fussy details to get right, but it's really not *that* difficult. :-) As a starting point, I decided to use the exact configuration of my working kernel-image from /boot/config-2.4.19-k7. The "joq.1" revision name is just my initials. I use "sudo" to gain root access on my system. Some prefer "fakeroot", but this worked for me: # first, build a kernel like your current kernel-image apt-get -t testing install kernel-source-2.4.19 cd /usr/src tar xvjf kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2 cd kernel-source-2.4.19 mv .config .config.old cp /boot/config-2.4.19-k7 .config # working kernel's .config make xconfig # no changes needed make-kpkg --rootcmd sudo clean make-kpkg --rootcmd sudo --initrd --revision=joq.1 kernel_image # now, build the ALSA drivers apt-get -t testing install alsa-source cd /usr/src tar xvzf alsa-driver.tar.gz # unpack alsa-driver cd kernel-source-2.4.19 # compile from kernel directory sudo make-kpkg --revision=joq.1 modules_image (Apparently, "--rootcmd sudo" does not work with the alsa-driver modules sources. That's why I compiled it all with sudo.) This built two .deb files in /usr/src: kernel-image-2.4.19_joq.1_i386.deb alsa-modules-2.4.19_0.9.0rc3+0.2+p0+joq.1_i386.deb Install these using "dpkg -i", remove them with "dpkg -r" (or -P). My alsa-modules package would not install, because it depended on alsa-base (>= 0.9.0rc3-0.1), but 0.9+0beta12-3 was installed. So, I installed the required alsa-base from testing. This is the coolest thing about building .debs from source: dependency checking still works. Make sure LILO (or GRUB, if you prefer) is updated to handle the new kernel and initrd images, and that there's a stanza to boot the old kernel in case of trouble. The kernel-image install will remind you about this. Then reboot and see what happens. If all this works, you can experiment with customizing the kernel for your system by changing .config and rebuilding again. If you do, increment the revision number. Then, both sets of .deb's will play together nicely. > Debian tools are amazing, I do not know why/how I survived my time in > rpm_dependency_hell! Agreed. I ran RedHat for years and upgrading was *always* a hassle. Let me know if I've got this all fouled up... :-) -- Jack O'Quin Austin, Texas, USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
