On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Mark Priestley wrote:
I'm guessing this means there is a kernel configuration or driver problem?
Yes there was, and now all seems to be well, audio-wise. But this experience has left me with a query about the BLFS book.
I've been building my first {B}LFS system on and off for the last few months, and it's been great. In general I've found the instructions awesomely clear and complete, and with the aid of Edgar Alwers' hint got my laptop hooked up to my wireless network, which I'd never managed to do with any of the "major" distros.
But I fell over badly trying to understand ALSA and get sound working. Now partly this was due to my general ignorance, and I have eventually succeeded and learnt a lot from doing it, so I'm not complaining. But my query is: why isn't there a chapter in the BLFS book about compiling ALSA drivers?
This wasn't straightforward: starting from my LFS system, I had to recompile the kernel twice, once (I think) to get the appropriate information that the ALSA configuration needed, and again to have ALSA provided as modules, not compiled into the kernel. This seems to require a significantly higher level of knowledge and confidence than much of the rest of the book.
Could just be me, of course. Anyway, thanks again to all involved in LFS, and this list, and keep up the good work!
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