-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/25/07 15:14, Steve Kleene wrote: > In another thread ("sound problems on debian"), I explained that my new etch > installation didn't drive my Intel onboard sound card. It was suggested that > I try upgrading from source from alsa-1.0.13 to alsa-1.0.14. I've done this > and have sound now but wonder what kind of pain will be ahead with the > package-management system. > > What I did was to put in alsa-base 1.0.14-rc1 from Debian experimental and > alsa-lib and alsa-driver 1.0.14rc2 from source. I made deb files of these > two but couldn't install them that way because of conflicts. I tried > checkinstall from unstable as well as dpkg -i. > > I'm a little worried what sort of mess I'll have when it comes time to > upgrade any of the debian packages involved. dpkg still shows libasound2 > 1.0.13-1 installed, but many of those files were overwritten by the install > of alsa-lib from source. alsa-driver replaced files from the package > linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 and a couple of others. I did save archives of the > original files but don't know if that will be enough. > > Am I likely to have a mess on my hands upgrading any of the packages > involved? Thanks.
Yes, you are. :) Getting your packages installed will/should solve that, though. What error messages were you getting? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF4gctS9HxQb37XmcRAgyXAJ4sXQSFQxkCb8JccE9Wep1RWr6raACgt4di 2NML9WzRokjz8kAam0Azdag= =8nFk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]