From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DucM8-0000d7-Av for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:36:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6IKZADw013071; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:35:10 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.204]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6IKUHbQ025489 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:30:18 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id m7so979745nzf for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:31:08 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lqlzmFeZ04Vi1W+Evk+aMd7Cel9VRB5jW4sHsrj+akwGlUFZJX5W0pAKveVG8pxKmXTFYT13NLGXFiaYrOcQqfwh4PcFJr3TuPVgtKIfvKxVZCx3S28msqeWKAtc27o9nyKpnkyA835rL/eqBlxdO3WQ+gZAUWzRVJ3VNdEti/8= Received: by 10.36.221.51 with SMTP id t51mr119891nzg; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:30:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.10? ([24.30.171.44]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id r1sm480239nzd.2005.07.18.13.30.42; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:30:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42DC11A4.4050201@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:31:32 -0700 From: Zac Medico User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (X11/20050715) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver emerge error References: <342e109050718113217b45ff9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 11043ac3-35d8-40c2-8dd3-9de940de0c6b X-Archives-Hash: 8381d7fd5e1cc3af9b2deb330e0a62e2 Stuart Howard wrote: > thx for the response > > I think we missed each other with the point though, currently my sound > works just fine and I am happy with it as it is [ie. built in] I am > not sure where the alsa driver in "world" came from unless it is a > hangover from my initial genkernel instalation. > I would like to remove this package from my system simply because I > "think" I dont need it, this being the bit I am not sure about. > I am afraid that there are two things on linux that I have never got > on well with, sound and optical drives. :) > > stu > In the gentoo alsa guide lists the pros and cons of alsa-driver vs. the alsa modules from kernel.org. If alsa already works then you don't need alsa-driver. Portage would certainly notify you of any dependency. After you prune the world file, you can use "emerge -a depclean" to remove unneeded packages. Of course, after a depclean (or any library changes), revdep-rebuild may be necessary. Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list