On Sunday 19 January 2003 12:52pm, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > +-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-+ > +-+ You've asked a question of The Answer Gang, so you've been sent the > +-+ reply directly as a courtesy. The TAG list has also been copied. > +-+ Please send all replies to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so that > +-+ we can help our other readers by publishing the exchange in our monthly > +-+ web magazine Linux Gazette,http://www.LinuxGazette.com. > +-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-+ > > +-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-+ > +-+ Original question from: "Joydeep Bakshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"ilug-cal" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > +-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-+ > > > Hi there, > > u know alsa in not built in debian 3.0 by default. but alsa utils... & > > driver & header files are present in the 7cd set. could any one please > > tell me how to build the alsa modules in debian & the required packages 4 > > this ? > > > > Note: there are some alsa-modules ( in the cds ) based on 2.4.16 kernel, > > but mine is 2.4.18 > > Where you got the kernel-image-2.4.18 you should also find the > relevant alsa-modules-2.4.18. Anyway here is the procedure to build > alsa modules for debian. > > 1. Use apt-get to install the relevant alsa-source package. You could > also download the sources from the alsa ftp site --- I haven't tried > that but it should work. > > 2. Install the relevant kernel source package, and the package > kernel-package. > > 3. Unpack the kernel source and alsa-modules in /usr/src. > > 4. Run "make-kpkg --config=menuconfig" configure in the kernel source > directory. > > 5. Run make-kpkg kernel-image and make-kpkg modules-image. > > 6. This should build a pair of compatible kernel-image and > alsa-modules package files which you can install with dpkg. > > 7. Of course you need to edit your grub menu or lilo conf file and so > on to run this kernel. > > 8. You can then configure alsa with alsa-conf alsa-base and so on. > Remember to set and save the mixer settings so that > /etc/init.d/alsa script (which is part of alsa-base) can restore > these settings. > > Kapil.
Thanks 4 the solution. I must try it & let u know the result. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
