Re: Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

2006-06-05 Thread Dominique Brazziel
Addendum: The PCM volume setting in gnome-volume-control was not retained after each clip after removing alsa-base and alsa-utils. It was necessary to reinstall those packages in order to get alsactl, which saves the state of the sound card. :-( But, a fresh install after purge got rid of the

Re: Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 08:15:15PM -0700, Dominique Brazziel wrote: I'm trying to get rid of modprobe error messages (FATAL: Error trying to install sound_slot_1) and think it has to do with the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. I configured a custom-built 2.6.8 kernel to have modular alsa

Re: Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

2006-05-31 Thread Dominique Brazziel
I have alsa as module in the kernel and selected Crystal Logic CS46XX as the driver in the .config. I think it is OK, I purged alsa-base and alsa-utils but was able to play streaming audio. I had read that Alsa was included in the 2.6.8 kernel so I think this is OK to do. Thanks. -- To

Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

2006-05-30 Thread Dominique Brazziel
I'm trying to get rid of modprobe error messages (FATAL: Error trying to install sound_slot_1) and think it has to do with the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. I configured a custom-built 2.6.8 kernel to have modular alsa support and have it working correctly with the one sound card I have