[alsa-devel] unable to get alsa configured on Acer Aspire 1640Z

[Richard Lyons]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 04:25:18PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> At Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:22:01 +0100,
> Richard Lyons wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:51:05AM +0800, Jiang zhe wrote:
> > 
[...]
> > > Your kernel is 2.6.17. Its alsa driver is too older.
[...]
> > 
> > It looks as though I have to wait to try kernel 2.6.24 as in debian
> > unstable.  When I have a fast internet connection one day, I shall try
> > this. It is not practical or affordable to upgrade over GPRS.
> 
> You can build alsa-driver modules externally.  It's more standard
> procedure for debugging sound problems.  Just configure and
> install as usual.  See alsa-driver/INSTALL for details.
> 
> In your case, maybe better to try alsa-driver daily snapshot tarball
> than 1.0.16.  See alsa-driver.project web page.

Oh, thanks.  Sounds intimidating, but I'll see if I can manage that.

ll it matter if I do it with the 2.6.17 rather than 2.6.18 kernel, as
the .18 flavour breaks ACPI on my box?

-- 
richard