From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17BbE9-0001t2-00 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 09:04:57 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4PD4nT06164 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 09:04:50 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 09:04:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Sound on the Motherboard In-Reply-To: <001301c20384$0eabc620$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Actually, you don't need to recompile the kernel as long as sound support was selected. You do have to obtain appropriate Red Hat binaries for ALSA, or compile ALSA and add it to /etc/modules.conf appropriately, removing OSS support. But, it's possible to go back and forth between OSS and ALSA, as long as you get all the details. I have done this in the past and have thought of building a script to do it. On Fri, 24 May 2002, Cecil H. Whitley wrote: > Hi again Janina, > It was my understanding that she was dealing with a "stock" kernel, which > for RedHat means OSS? Don't you have to recompile etc. for ALSA? If I > misunderstood the situation I apologize. > Regards, > Cecil > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org