----- Forwarded message from Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:49:43PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:51:59PM -0500, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > > I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have > > not experienced sound since then, with one exception: In using either > > isapnptools or ALSA a test responded with a sound. I have tried from > > time to time to resurrect sound so that I could listen to music CDs on > > my CD-Rom etc. but I haven't been able to. > > > > > > sam > > packages.debian.org is down at the moment so I don't know what kernels > are available in stable (woody), I think that these are the same > options. > You don't need to recompile the kernel in order to install alsa. If you > want to build the modules yourself, you will need to configure it > though. > To get the precompiled modules you will need the alsa-modules > package. On unstable seems to only be a version for 2.4.22, so if you > don't have a problem with running 2.4.22 on that computer (you should > probably switch to 2.4.23 when the packages will be available) > you will need alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-k6 and kernel-image-2.4.22-1-k6. The most recent package I can easily get is: alsa-modules-2.4.16-k6, which includes the kernel-image-2.4.16-k6 as a dependency. I 'apt-get install'ed the alsa-modules pkg and during the installation of the kernel-image package it stopped and asked me to 'add initrd=/initrd to my /etc/lilo.conf file. I already had an /initrd link to a file in my /boot directory. When I tried to run lilo after changing the lilo.conf file, it balked and gave me a cryptic error message (which I didn't write down). When I tried to resume the installation of the alsa-modules package, the process was halted and exited. What is all that about the initrd entry into lili.conf? Thanks. sam > You'll probably also want alsaconf to configure it. > I'm not sure if both of these are needed or just one but you'll > next to do > ln -s /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 /etc/modprobe.d/alsa > ln -s /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 /etc/modutils/alsa > > and then update modules. Next try /etc/init.d/alsa restart and see if > that works. > If this fails somewhere post the problem and error messages. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
