On April 10, 2004 02:22 pm, Curtis Sloan wrote: > I don't use Gentoo, but I do compile the most recent ALSA source releases > in addition to the kernel driver (can't get enough bleeding edge ;-)
Which would be a good reason to use gentoo. ;-D > and > when specifying ./configure options, I have to add > --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux, even though that path is (supposedly) the > default. Interesting. Maybe I'll modify the ebuild and try it. > I don't know why I have to manually specify it but when I do, it > works, and when I don't, it doesn't. Not sure if that helps at all. :-P > > Does having an ALSA USE flag on Gentoo mean for the kernel, or for > compiling ALSA separately? Sorry for not being "hip" and in-the-know about > Gentoo. ;-D Actually it tells emerge [gentoo package manager] to add in ALSA support to packages which have it as a compile-time option. That in turn causes ALSA to become a necessary dependancy, hence it gets compiled. When I said I injected it that means I told it ALSA was installed, which it was, but in a different way. Kinda confusing, esp if another package needs the ALSA source to be able to compile. > > The kernel ALSA driver is usually pretty close behind the source releases, > and the only other reason for compiling ALSA source releases are the libs > (for other programs that may need ALSA libs) and the utils (for mixer > settings, etc.). The rest is pretty esoteric (for the average user). The > kernel driver should pretty much take care of your audio needs. > So I still need alsa-lib, but alsa-driver is in the kernel? > HTH, > Curtis > > On Sat April 10 2004 13:03, nick wrote: > > When compiling Gentoo with a 2.6 kernel if your ALSA USE flag is set it > > attempts to compile the packages but fails saying it cant locate the > > kernel sources. My /usr/src/linux link points to the correct place. I > > injected it [emerge -i] seeing as the kernel has ALSA built in but I > > think that might cause issues later. Has anyone had luck with Gentoo and > > 2.6? Any other gotchas anyone knows of so I can avoid them? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
