[alsa-devel] Install of alsa 1.0.14.final on Fedora 7

[tdavis at dsl-only.net]

Quoting stan <stanl at cox.net>:

> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:09:31 -0700
> tdavis at dsl-only.net wrote:
>
>> Quoting stan <stanl at cox.net>:
>>
>> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:53:47 -0700
>> > tdavis at dsl-only.net wrote:
>> >
>> >> For RPM based systems, I have a build environment for the drivers,
>> >> libs, and utils packages at
>> >> http://members.dsl-only.net/~tdavis/my-build.tar.bz2.  You need to
>> >> be root to build them, but they won't interfere with your rpm
>> >> distribution.  THe driver rpm will also make a backup of your
>> >> current drivers prior to installation.
>> >>
>> >> Tobin
>> >>
>> >
>> > Hi Tobin,
>> >
>> > I unpacked the archive and typed make.  It created 4 RPMs.
>> > Two of them installed, alsa-lib and alsa-lib-devel.  When I run a
>> > test on the drivers rpm, there are conflicts with the kernel
>> > headers already on the box.  And I have no sound now, except in the
>> > audio configuration screen which is using the 14.rc3 packages.  The
>> > packages are named with rh7 instead of fc7 as well.
>> >
>> > Do I have to run make install to get everything working, or is the
>> > header incompatability in the drivers a show stopper?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks.
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>> >
>>
>> I'll have to look at the rpm build process to see why they are named
>> RH7 instead of FC7.  To install, you should just type "audio_install".
>>
>> If there is a conflict, just type "rpm -Uvh <package> --force".
>>
> Thanks Tobin.  I was going to upgrade to the latest kernel to see if
> the header conflicts would go away.  All of the conflicts seem to be
> alsa related (surprise, surprise) so should have only positive effect
> on compiles.  I was concerned about a package update for alsa and what
> these different files would do.  Should I remove the alsa 14.rc3
> packages?

Yes.  I just looked at the audio_install script again, and it doesn't  
upgrade, just forces it's way in (not my script).  I also haven't had  
a chance to work with Fedora Core in a while.

When I get back home on Monday (I'm monitoring email while on a sudo  
vacation), I'll install it in a VM on my desktop system and fix the  
packaging system to recognize that distro.

Tobin