On Saturday 09 June 2007 19:53, Jerry Houston wrote: > I don't believe he was > talking about a kernel rebuild, because an earlier message from him > stated that such would be beyond his skills.
Recompiling kernel is easy if all you want is newer version with same configuration. With openSUSE is in this moment small problem that the latest kernel is built for new 10.3 release that has more depending changes. I don't follow this so I can't say what else has to be updated. > Where can I install updates to ALSA? Is there a patch RPG somewhere > that will update it? Are there directions somewhere that are simple > enough for a Windows software developer to follow? The ALSA web page is: http://www.alsa-project.org/ the unofficial wiki is: http://alsa.opensrc.org/ You can check by yourself is it easy enough. > > > One idea would be to try 10.3 alpha 4. It has new kernel. > > Is it possible to leave 10.2 installed and switch between them? Yes. Linux grew up as second installed OS and multiboot is very well developed and stable feature. Guys that use proprietary solutions because have many better ways to use that money. > I wouldn't mind trying a new kernel if there's an easy way to return to > what I now have. It is easy for kernel that have different version strings. All that has to be done is to add new kernel and initrd to /boot/grub/menu.lst. Mimic one of linux entries that already exist with vmlinuz<version_string> and initrd<version_string> replacing default vmlinuz and initrd, and save changes. On next boot you will have new entries on boot screen. > It's annoying not to have sound, but everything else > is working very well indeed, and it appears that 10.3 will solve the > problem once it's released. I can be patient for that long, if that's > the best answer. Well if you can be patient till end of year than that would be the easiest way. > Thanks again for all your help -- I've learned a lot in a short time! -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
