Le lundi 07 mars 2005 à 00:03 +0100, Christoph Hellwig a écrit : > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:41:27PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > When you install an alsa-modules package for the 2.4 kernel, you get > > alsa-base per the dependencies. However, when you install sarge with a > > 2.6 kernel, alsa-base doesn't end up being installed. > > It's not a depency in any way. I play sound just fine with OSS drivers > without the ALSA mess getting in my way anywhere.
Without alsa-base installed, hotplug and discover will load both modules, resulting in various disasters depending on the hardware. It's not because things work with your setup that they are suitable for a stable Debian release. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
