Re: ALSA installation issues.

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On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 17:19, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am So, den 26.09.2004 schrieb W. Guy Thomas um 23:51:
> 
> > I know I need to compile and install and load. That is what I'm
> > attempting to do. But according to the ALSA site, I have three modules:
> > drivers, lib and utils. Apparently there is something else I am missing.
> > The drivers compile as do the libs, but the utils do not.
> 
> No, modules means in this discussion kernel "elements". You may treat
> the things modular when speaking about ALSA havin drivers, libs and
> utils. But modules in this discussion means " hardware drivers", and
> only this part. These modules are located under /lib/modules/`uname
> -r`/.
> 

Believe it or not, I do understand this. I am trying to get back up to
speed on my terminology, and I appreciate your help.

> > I have been looking for rpm's and source on many sites to see if
> > perhapes there is a lower level alsa kernel module that I am missing.
> 
> fedora.us is one source for FC1 RPMs: simply use the fedora.us
> repository with yum or up2date and a simple ALSA installation is
> provided.
> 
this is the first I have seen a complete listing all in one place, thank
you for the tip on achieving this.

> [ ] alsa-driver-1.0.4-0.fdr.2.1.i386.rpm                               
> 05-May-2004 07:31   209k  
> [ ] alsa-firmware-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1.i386.rpm                              08-Apr-2004 11:10   915k  
> [ ] alsa-lib-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1.i386.rpm                                   08-Apr-2004 09:00   304k  
> [ ] alsa-lib-devel-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1.i386.rpm                             08-Apr-2004 09:00   785k  
> [ ] alsa-oss-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1.i386.rpm                                   08-Apr-2004 09:05    32k  
> [ ] alsa-tools-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1.i386.rpm                                 08-Apr-2004 11:10   300k  
> [ ] alsa-tools-firmware-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1.i386.rpm                        08-Apr-2004 11:10    26k  
> [ ] alsa-utils-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1.i386.rpm
> [ ] kernel-module-alsa-2.4.22-1.2199.nptl-1.0.4-0.fdr.2.1.i386.rpm      16-Aug-2004 01:07   1.2M  
> 
> An alternate can be freshrpms.net which has the RPMs for FC1 too.
> 
yes, good place. discovered that yesterday. thanks.

> > If anyone has ALSA experience please let me know. I thought this was
> > going to be so simple. It's just sound drivers! LOL.
> 
> It is very simple indeed ;)
> 
I know it should be. I am having to shed about 20 years of Windows
experience and jump back to where I was 6 years ago when I was at least
fairly well versed in Linux. It's been a while and I do appreciate your
patience with my lack of detailed experience.

> > =G
> 
> Alexander
Thanks Alexander,

-- 
=Guy
Fedora Core 1, kernel 2.4.22.2199, yarrow



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