On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Pupino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > i was used to intall alsa-lib and co. and use tools like alsamixer to > manage the audio on my gentoo; now i've tryied to switch to the > in-kernel way. > I've built the relevant part into the kernel, no module, but now i'm stuck. > If i try to emerge alsa-utils (wich has alsamixer) it pulls in also > alsa-lib, alsa-header, etc... > is this the correct behaviour? i tought i'll get rid of those > packages(-header, -lib) switching to the in-kernel drivers. alsa-lib and alsa-headers are unrelated to the kernel modules. alsa-lib and alsa-headers are userspace. If you ditch alsa-lib and go full kernel: Will you have sound? Maybe. Will alsa-using apps be able to use it? Absolutely not. They need alsa-lib.
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