Can soneone please explain this..

spendabuck · Apprentice Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 256

Do i still follow the Desktop guide after emerging these modules? and how do I "update /etc/modules.d/alsa file?" one more thing I don't see a (CONFIG_SOUND=y) in the kernel where would I find that?
Thanks

ALSA packages version 0.5.X are now officially deprecated and no
longer supported by the ALSA developers[1]. Gentoo now offers
packages to compile and install the latest version of ALSA packages
from the 0.9 tree. Namely, the following Ebuild scripts have been
updated to 0.9.0rc1, committed to the portage tree and unmasked:

alsa-driver
alsa-lib
alsa-utils
alsa-oss
alsa-tools

Feel free to update your portage tree and install them. If you are
upgrading from the previous versions, please first have a look at the
upgrade instructions below.

Installing ALSA for the first time
==================================

If you want to install ALSA modules for the first time, make sure that
you have generic sound support compiled into your kernel
(CONFIG_SOUND=y), but don't compile in any other sound-related
drivers. Then merge the above packages, update /etc/modules.d/alsa
file, and you should be on your way.

crashman · Posted: Mon May 20, 2002 5:46 am Post subject:

You need to emerge the scripts, recompile your kernel and update /etc/modules.d/alsa

Here it is step by step:

1: emerge -p alsa-driver alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss alsa-tools

this will show you all the stuff that portage will do
If you are happy with what portage will do renter the above without the -p arg

emerge alsa-driver alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss alsa-tools

2: cd /usr/src/linux

(I assume you have your kernel source here)

make config|menuconfig|xconfig (choose one, I recommend menuconfig)

configure your kernel according to your installed hardware
when you get to the sound submenu only select the top option (either M or Y)
unselect ALL other options

mount your /boot partition (if applicable)
make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage.test
nano -w /boot/grub/menu.lst (add a test item to the menu)

3. nano -w /etc/modules.d/alsa

edit according to your hardware, it's pretty self explanitory

I hope this helps. You may have to adjust the above if your system is not as the default installation.

Guest · Posted: Mon May 20, 2002 3:19 pm Post subject:

Thjanks sound is working. now I have this problem...

here is my glxinfo info

name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 16 tc 0 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 16 dc 0 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

now what did I do wrong? I'm running kde3 using a matrox G200 card.

plem · Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 6:53 pm Post subject:

Do you have the glx module commented out in your XF86Config file? If you do uncomment it and see if that helps.
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