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dhewton
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 Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject: alsa-firmware: do I need it? |
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Hi folks,
My sound card seems to work fine on my Inspiron 8200, but whilst looking for other firmware updates I came accross "alsa-firmware".
Do I need to install this? Will it enable goodies I previously did not know were there?
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Dan
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gentop
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: alsa-firmware: do I need it? |
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| dhewton wrote: | | Do I need to install this? Will it enable goodies I previously did not know were there? |
Imho there are no goodies. You don't neet it.
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dhewton
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So what is it for?
Dan
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thpani
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just emerged it and - big surprise - it brings a couple of firmware loaders & images.
alsa guide says "Some specific sound cards can benefit from certain tools provided by the alsa-tools and alsa-firmware packages."
so, actually alsa-tools brings the goodies. found a list at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/multimedia/alsa-tools.html ; don't think you need those.
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| thpani wrote: | | just emerged it and - big surprise - it brings a couple of firmware loaders & images. |
Did not happen for me... 
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