For ALSA - per the directions - build sound support into the kernel as a MODULE - soundcore. Do NOT include support for the sound card either via modules or built-in.
> Tom Nicholson wrote: > > Can anyone suggest why my sound doesn't work or where to look for > > further clues? > > > > I've built a gentoo box from older parts to learn with. I wanted just > > command line stuff to study servers like apache, proftp, samba, etc. > > so no gui. I remembered there's a sound card in the system and I > > can't figure out how to make it work. I enabled sound support and the > > soundcore.o and driver are built into the kernel (rather than as > > modules). See snippet below from .conf file. > > I believe for alsa you DO NOT build the sound drivers in the kernel, > they should be modules that Alsa builds you when you install Alsa. I > quit using alsa a while back though, the struggle was more than it was > worth, sometimes. > > I would recommend that you look at the part of the Alsa install > directions concerning kernel/module requirements. -- Brett I. Holcomb AKA Grunt <>< -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
