Okay, but how do I get it to work?
If I remove ALSA completely, then what do I use to get the sb module
to actually create sound?
Thanks a lot for the information as I had no idea how/why ALSA works
or what it does exactly.
Any info on actually producing sound from the sb module would be
great.
Todd
On 17 Sep 2001, at 20:15, Matthew Garrett wrote:
From: Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: sound! aargh!
Date sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 20:15:24 +0100
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 04:20:11PM -0500, Todd Witter wrote:
> > What am I doing wrong?
> > I have an ESS688 on-board sound card not recognized by the progeny
> > installer. Fine, I say. I'll compile the driver as a module in my
> > shiny new 2.4.9 kernel, install the latest version of ALSA (which
> > works just fine when I've used Libranet) and all will be well.
> > Right?
>
> If you've compiled the kernel module for your sound card, you don't
> need ALSA. ALSA is a complete replacement for the kernel sound
> drivers, not something that's used alongside them.
>
> > It says it can't find module snd.
>
> snd is the ALSA driver that sits between individual card drivers and
> the kernel. You'll only have it if you've compiled the ALSA modules
> for the kernel that you have installed. Installing a set of ALSA
> modules that are compiled against a different kernel version will not
> work.
>
> > Again, I have the latest version of ALSA, I compiled the sb sound
> > driver as module in my 2.4.9 kernel and this card works with every
> > other distro I've installed on my old box.
>
> The easiest way is probably to uninstall alsa and just use the sb
> module.
>
> --
> Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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