Rough notes, taken from my bash_history here: http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in/AccessGridNodeOperation.html#buildlog
Monika Rabarison wrote (on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 at 11:21): > Gavin, > > Could you email the steps you took for building the ALSA driver? > > TIA, > > Monika > > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Gavin W. Burris aka 86 wrote: > > > I do recommend Debian over Gentoo. I have to agree with Ivan. I > > would not use Gentoo as a production system. But I admit my bias for > > Debian. Though I came to this bias because I have found Debian easier > > to maintain in a production environment, as well as for personal use > > and experimentation, mostly due to the package management and the > > Social Contract of Debian/GNU Linux. > > > > The Gotcha with Debian is to install ALSA sound drivers. In Linux, > > the ALSA sound drivers are much better than the default OSS drivers. > > I had to install the kernel-source package and built my own kernel, > > then build the alsa-source package against it. Not really a big deal. > > I'll email you the steps I took If you like. Maybe I should include > > this info on my webpages? > > > > I had no bugs. :) Even my multiple video capture devices worked > > "out of the box". You do have to wrap your head around the ALSA > > mixer settings, though. > > > > Victor M. Babson, Jr. wrote (on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 at 10:14): > > > Gavin, > > > > > > I'm about to change the OS from RHEL WS3 to Gentoo in order to get some > > > bug-fixes in the 2.3 version. I've tried installing 2.3 on the current > > > OS, > > > but no dice. > > > > > > I use Debian for a number of things on a number of machines. I've never > > > tried installing the AGTk. Are there any gotcha's? Some bugs that you've > > > found but can deal with?? Examples? > > > > > > Would you recommend Debian over Gentoo for AG, or were you just throwing > > > this out there so people know that someone has done it? > > > > > > Thanks for your advice/time. > > > > > > --Vic > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Gavin W. Burris aka 86" <ga...@psu.edu> > > > To: "Steve Smith" <ssm...@vislab.usyd.edu.au> > > > Cc: "Monika Rabarison" <monika.k.rabari...@ccaix.jsums.edu>; > > > <ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov> > > > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:50 AM > > > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Gentoo or Fedora > > > > > > > > > > I second the suggestion for Debian. I just reinstalled my room based > > > > node with my audio and video machines with Debian. Please feel free > > > > to send me questions. > > > > > > > > I recommend you use the pre-rc2 netinst CD image: > > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > > > > > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso > > > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > Steve Smith wrote (on Sat, 16 Oct 2004 at 15:32): > > > > > Monika Rabarison wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thinking about upgrading the "good old" Linux capture boxes to 2.3, > > > > > > what would you guys suggest Gentoo or Fedora? Any pros and cons? > > > > > > > > > > Another option is Debian (AG packages available at > > > > > http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/debian). The main pros are those of > > > > > Debian: ease of upgrade (no need to do re-installs), good security > > > > > support, large number of supported packages. The main con has > > > > > traditionally been the difficulty of installation (this is much better > > > > > with the recent beta installers). Also, the next stable release isn't > > > > > actually out yet, although it should be soon. > > > > > > > > > > There are also packages available for Slackware, which has good > > > > > support > > > > > and a shorter release cycle if you prefer that. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Gavin W. Burris aka 86 > > > > Senior Systems Programmer > > > > Penn State Visualization Group > > > > http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in > > > > > > > -- > > Gavin W. Burris aka 86 > > Senior Systems Programmer > > Penn State Visualization Group > > http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in > > > > > -- Gavin W. Burris aka 86 Senior Systems Programmer Penn State Visualization Group http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in
