From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DLFTh-0004IB-00 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:06:29 -0400 Received: (qmail 18912 invoked by uid 0); 12 Apr 2005 07:06:26 -0000 Received: from user-24-236-69-150.knology.net (HELO localhost) (24.236.69.150) by smtp6.knology.net with SMTP; 12 Apr 2005 07:06:26 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DLFXL-0006ES-Pe for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:10:15 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:10:15 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050412071015.GE20583@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: Re: alsa and kernel 2.6 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:06:30 -0000 Hi. the easiest way to get alsa running in Debian is to apt-get install alsa-base With the 2.6 kernel using alsa, that's all you should need. Debian is a package based distro, you can build from source, but (most of the time) can just install the package and start using the app. Hope this helps. Kenny On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 04:53:53PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Kernel 2.6 uses alsa drivers by default, and that is great, but the alsa > utilities are not available and need to be installed separately. The > problem with that is that the util package matching the kernel alsa > version will not compile. It dies with this error: > > mv: cannot stat `t-ja.gmo': No such file or directory > > Anybody have a similar problem? or is there another way to get the > utilities? I need aplay, arecord, and amixer. > > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (10% of Full) > "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson > Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup