On Tuesday 27 February 2007, Jakob Buchgraber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] ALSA_CARDS Variable in-kernel drivers?': > I just read about the required ALSA_CARDS variable when using in-kernel > drivers in the Gentoo Newsletter. Since I am using in-kernel ALSA > drivers I would like to know what changed and why this is required? Is > this explained somewhere? I am using vanilla-sources (not > gentoo-sources). So do I need to set ALSA_CARDS when using > vanilla-sources too?
Flameeyes has been blogging about this. Basically, there are other packages (besides the out-of-tree kernel module package) that will now use this package to decide what to install. Please set it in /etc/make.conf appropriately. http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/articles/2007/02/17/alsa-and-disposable-power-tools http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/articles/2007/02/17/alsa-again-alsa-tools-cleanup http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/articles/2007/02/18/alsa-improvements-part-3 -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ New GPG Key! Old key expires 2007-03-25. Upgrade NOW!
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