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 1KvwGq-0003fE-20 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:50:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ECA19E042C; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:50:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.184]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4DE1E042C for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:50:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so238180gve.39 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:50:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=pnpREFxPRANoBnK4BFsEoGv+sU6I4I5iQgCjFqDqCO8=; b=e+6vn60M+dUGoHsF+DAiLhLnji3b7zqMVQwWQA78ayn6ZrBJ7BKe0z0R8X50ajTnaV Ec39B7QdfB3y6sfueynPstUhhvZdYZMe88zygwf6QoVUNYnNWEd2Tt0UY8nVHqZgsxe0 sdqtG66vCdM3rZ2gifDegzY4Lyt0vZR7pcMow= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=cb/hyQQZRs9h00eqa9JOzoH+hb1IATrBYoVJVLMH0voWkGHi7VNz9jZWsdTZ6y8oLw f2goJfhekOTlf0dI7+sJmqRQtc6jgGFowxlCx/W9i1RpeNQINtYvwBooCjVpy8qWBTY8 KHh51RcjDOlLyANI2hKqts1eThr5QtJGs89JQ= Received: by 10.103.214.8 with SMTP id r8mr5600428muq.64.1225467823047; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:43:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.103.225.14 with HTTP; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:43:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:43:43 +0100 From: Pupino To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: alsa in-kernel vs. alsa-lib In-Reply-To: <20081031124656.609f79c9@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200810310146.19875.markaki2002@yahoo.gr> <20081031124656.609f79c9@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: dbc40dd5-739a-485f-b0dd-8c54a5e3be51 X-Archives-Hash: 63bee05db48e324fe697f19663b0155a 2008/10/31 Neil Bothwick : > 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. >> >> 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. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Captain, I sense millions of minds focused on my cleavage. > good, this clarifies everything. Thank you all!