On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 22:09 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/07/11 at 03:41am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 21:18 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > > > On 06/07/11 at 02:46am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 19:38 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > > > > > On 06/07/11 at 01:05am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > > Hi :) > > > > > > > > > > > > after removing all ALSA packages, excepted of libasound2, ALSA is > > > > > > broken. I kept libasound2, because it's a dependency for audio > > > > > > apps. If > > > > > > needed I could replace it by a dummy package. > > > > > > > > > > > What packages did you remove? They were probably necessary for ALSA > > > > > to function. Libasound2 for example is required for any program which > > > > > tries to use ALSA. It *is* the alsa library. > > > > > > > > You have sniped text ;). > > > > > > Ayuh. > > > > > > > I removed all ALSA 1.0.23 packages, excepted of libasound. Just > > > > re-installing the packages won't enable the usage of the kernel's ALSA > > > > or am I mistaken? > > > > > > You are mistaken. At least try it and see. Did sound work *before* you > > > started ripping the guts out of your ALSA install? > > > You should at least have libasound2, alsa-base and alsa-utils (useful for > > > not having to unmute your speakers after every reboot) > > > > > > > My problem isn't that ALSA from the packages is broken, but that I don't > > > > know how to enable the usage of the kernel's ALSA. > > > > > > Try aplay -l and let us see what you have. I don't know what you mean by > > > 'enable', given that ALSA is a library with a set of kernel modules. You > > > load the module, and programs linked against the library should be able > > > to output or configure sound. > > > > > > > I can't use 1.0.23, see > > > > http://wiki.linuxproaudio.org/index.php/Driver:hdspm > > > > > > I see that the driver for hdspm is included in the 2.6.39 kernel tree. > > > > > > > I build packages for 1.0.24, but those failed, hence I removed them too. > > > > > > How did they fail? Why did you try to use it? Why do you think 1.0.23 > > > won't work for you? > > > > The HDSPe AIO card is ONLY supported by 1.0.24, it can't work without > > 1.0.24! > > I thought since you had the kernel which has your driver (2.6.39) you could > work with 1.0.23. The wiki you list does not specify that the driver will > only work with version 1.0.24 of the library and tools. That said, here are > two options: > > Try to make it work with 1.0.23. Reinstall the packages you removed, reload > your kernel and ls /dev/snd/*, check dmesg, possibly modprobe your driver if > needed (it's probably snd-hdspm). Then try aplay -l and see if you get > anything.
I'll try this later, thank you. > AND/OR > > Install alsa 1.0.24 from source. Whether you choose to make a debian package > out of it is your prerogative, but if not you may then need various > dummy-packages to satisfy dependencies, and upgrading will be somewhat more > complicated. > Only one dummy packages is needed, just for libasound2, there were no other dependencies. OTOH, I didn't build a dummy package, but installed my packages with dpkg -i force-overwrite. I can try to do it with a dummy package. -- Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1307414388.2266.80.camel@debian
