From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KvtP7-0002R9-DE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:47:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC6EEE03FD; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:47:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ECD3E03FD for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:47:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zaphod.digimed.co.uk (zaphod.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7EDF53F316E for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:47:01 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:46:56 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: alsa in-kernel vs. alsa-lib Message-ID: <20081031124656.609f79c9@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <200810310146.19875.markaki2002@yahoo.gr> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.6.1cvs13 (GTK+ 2.14.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/Nlc_oza0KG/6OnSXuanat5r"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: bd1c148a-0285-47e7-9142-e8d498de87d5 X-Archives-Hash: 9fe542b579114b634d9012fa41709698 --Sig_/Nlc_oza0KG/6OnSXuanat5r Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:05:47 +0100, Pupino wrote: > But i read this after building alsa-lib: > * Please try in-kernel ALSA drivers instead of the alsa-drivers ebuild. > * If alsa-drivers works for you where a recent kernel does not, we want > * to know about this. Our e-mail address is alsa-bugs@gentoo.org > * However, if you notice no sound output or instability, please try to > * upgrade your kernel to a newer version first. >=20 > and this makes me think i should get rid of those packages as it say > "instead". Is this wrong? do we still need alsa-lib and co.? It says "instead of the alsa-drivers ebuild". you use either the in-kernel drivers or alsa-drivers, whichever you choose, you still need alsa-lib. --=20 Neil Bothwick Captain, I sense millions of minds focused on my cleavage. --Sig_/Nlc_oza0KG/6OnSXuanat5r Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkK/kQACgkQum4al0N1GQN5OQCgtW9OprMeqxygIlNNMDoJQEFE qN4AoNQMXXh5cQ8MC2zj+bMk2spoIWyF =R5pm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Nlc_oza0KG/6OnSXuanat5r--