From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ccs.covici.com([209.249.181.196]) (1892 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:37:23 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBT5bS410550; Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:37:28 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Alsa 0.5.10 w/ Debian - was: Re: not working yet References: From: John Covici Date: 29 Dec 2000 00:37:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: Frank Carmickle's message of "Thu, 28 Dec 2000 02:03:44 +0000 (UTC)" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-Id: Well, alias got changed onb me without even being asked, so I am glad my alsa stuff was in a separate file. Frank Carmickle writes: > No no no. Geoff. aliases does not get changed. modules.conf gets > changed. Kirk and I have always used aliases for alsa. > > Frank > > > On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Geoff Shang wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > Under debian, you don't need it all in aliases. In fact, it's better if > > it's not, as aliases can get replaced during an upgrade. It will ask you > > about it, but it's easier to let it do what it has to do rather than have > > to manually change it out and then back in again. Update-modules will put > > in any files that are in /etc/modutils, so if you have a file called alsa > > (like Terry does), it will get pulled in after aliases. > > > > Note that this is how debian does it. Don't know about anyone else. > > > > Geoff. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com