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Old 09-01-2006, 03:53 PM   #1
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Question alsa package and driver


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are the alsa package has drivers for sound card, or it only install the driver module which define in kernel source and configure it?
 
Old 09-01-2006, 06:17 PM   #2
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The alsa-driver package installs precompiled modules for all the sound cards. If you compile your own 2.6 kernel, the alsa modules you choose in the config will be compiled out of the kernel-source.
 
  


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