Hi Brad, > I have never used make-kpkg kernel tools. How would I use this to set up the > alsa stuff needed?
You *should* use make-kpkg! :) It makes kernel building and module handling a lot easier. Here's how: Just download the latest "alsa-source" package by typing "apt-get install alsa-source" as root. Oh yeah, and do a "dpkg-reconfigure alsa-source" afterwards so that you can set the packages compile-time settings (what card, what options). After this, go to /usr/src and untar/ungzip the new alsa-source.tar.gz file there. It will make a bunch of sub directories.. modules/alsa-source, I think... then go into /usr/src/linux (or wherever your latest kernel is) and do this: As root, type "make-kpkg kernel_image modules". This will (hopefully) bring you to the kernel configure screen if you've never done it before.. (if you don't need the kernel installed or don't want a kernel deb, just use "make-kpkg modules")tweak whatever you have to tweak and then exit. make-kpkg will continue to build the kernel and the modules and then assemble nicely debianized packages for both the kernel and modules in /usr/src. From there, just "dpkg -i yourkernelpackage.deb yourmodulepackage.deb" and it'll install it for you, lilo and all. If you use grub or something else, remember to reinstall it after a kernel upgrade. hope this helps, Matt
