From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BD5On-0006vB-00 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:39:09 -0400 Received: from toccata.rednote.net (IDENT:gbvkzrgzqRXWG1lQ+VqCCOQ7LbrMnpeg@toccata.rednote.net [66.92.170.85]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Debian-4) with ESMTP id i3CHd7C7022673 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:39:07 -0400 Received: from toccata.rednote.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by toccata.rednote.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3CHbY8E013071 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:37:34 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.12.10/8.12.11/Submit) id i3CHbYBF013069 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:37:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:37:34 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040412173734.GC12551@rednote.net> References: <20040412150234.GA8582@dalek> <0HW200L7LH3X6N@l-daemon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0HW200L7LH3X6N@l-daemon> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: alsa and 2.6 kernels X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:39:10 -0000 And, I didn't have any issues. Of course the ALSA that's part of the kernel won't necessarily be the latest ALSA drivers, but I would certainly build them. David Csercsics writes: > >For when I screw up my courage to try alsa again, does enabling it in the > >2.6 kernel make any difference in how you actually install it compared to > >when it wasn't a kernel option? And what is the best version of utils, > >libs and drivers to use? > > > > I would not use the ALSA that comes with the 2.6 kernels because it > has issues. Just build it the same as you would for 2.4 as modules. Get > the latest version of ALSA which is 1.04. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175