Quote:
Originally posted by S.B.
I have a simple, stupid question:
What is meant by 'Look in the sound drivers directory'? Where can I turn the sound support soundcore module on/off?
I'm running SuSE 9.1
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That is not a stupid question, but if you need to ask it, you're not ready to
recompile your kernel without help. Take a look at this file:
Code:
root@paul:/home/mingdao# pico /usr/src/linux/.config
<snipped unrelated, earlier portion>
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m <--- sound support soundcore module
# CONFIG_SOUND_ALI5455 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FORTE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_RME96XX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AD1980 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_WM97XX is not set
#
<snipped unrelated, later portion>
That is the kernel config file from my computer. I have recompiled the
kernel and removed support for every sound card, and as the ALSA
instructions suggest, compiled soundcore support as a module.
There are two guides that I'll suggest you read to learn about recompilng
your kernel. Read them thoroughly
before attempting this. I like the
first one especially well, because it has a lot of information - specifically
how to gather information about your hardware. To recompile your kernel
properly, you must know your hardware intimately.
http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=73436
Disclaimer: For S.B. - your distribution (SuSE) does not do things in what
has been conveyed to me as "the normal Linux way," so be aware that ymmv.
As for the thread starter, I believe that since Gentoo is a source-based distro,
the same info as for Slackware will apply.