On 9/4/06, Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, I had it set to AC97 when I took the screenprint, but I had it set to "intel8x0" and I *still* got the error message that it couldn't recognize the sound card.
I suspect you simply typod something, or that your new kernel introduced an incompatibility with alsa-drivers-1.0.11 and the failure is not the same message, but something else. intel8x0 is definitely a recognized sound card option for alsa-drivers: # ALSA_CARDS=intel8x0 emerge --buildpkgonly =media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.11 [...] ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --with-oss --without-debug --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux --with-build=/usr/src/linux --with-isapnp=yes --with-sequencer=yes --with-cards=intel8x0 --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu [...] checking for which soundcards to compile driver for... intel8x0 configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating version [...]
> You could also just use the in-kernel drivers, assuming they work for you. I'll try this, but I don't see why I should have to when I never had to before.
Well, it isn't so much a matter of "have to", but you probably "want to". The advantages of the in-kernel drivers are a bit easier configuration since you can just select the driver you want in the menuconfig/xconfig interface, and you never have to worry about any incompatiblity between the kernel and the drivers. There is always a risk when you upgrade kernel versions that the new kernel will change something that breaks out-of-tree drivers. Such breakage usually appears as a failure in the compile the new drivers. For pretty much any driver that has versions both in-tree and out-of-tree, I recommend using the in-tree version if possible. -Richard -- [email protected] mailing list
