On Friday 31 October 2008 01:04:42 Andrey Vul wrote: > 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.
From my experience i would recommend to use alsa-in-kernel + alsa-libs + alsa-headers + alsa-utils + alsa-tools This combination works perfect on my 3 gentoo machines
