[SOLVED] alsa 1.0.24 utils issue

nova49 · 03-18-2011, 07:41 PM

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Alsa-sound-4.html
This is the guide I am using.

I am trying to update alsa from version 1.0.21 to 1.0.24 and am having some issues. While trying to build the alsa until I get an error. I've been googling around and so far have found nothing. I was getting more errors earlier but that was solved by installing xmlto.

Code:

root@Jacob:/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2# make
Making all in include
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/include'
make  all-am
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/include'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/include'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/include'
Making all in alsactl
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl'
Making all in init
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl/init'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl/init'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl'
xmlto man alsactl_init.xml
/usr/bin/xmlto: line 334:  4086 Segmentation fault      xmllint --xinclude --postvalid "$INPUT_FILE" > /dev/null 2> "${VALIDATION}"
xmlto: input does not validate (status 139)
make[2]: *** [alsactl_init.7] Error 139
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ethan/Downloads/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

willysr · 03-18-2011, 07:55 PM

what version of Slackware do you use?
Why don't you use Slackware's SlackBuild script to build your Alsa-utils?

Also i found this thread on Arch Forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=889342

nova49 · 03-18-2011, 08:04 PM

Using slackware -current

I'll try the slackbuilds and see what happens

willysr · 03-18-2011, 08:08 PM

Slackware-Current already has alsa-utils-1.0.24

nova49 · 03-18-2011, 09:05 PM

when I checked /proc/asound/version it said 1.0.21

Do I have to do something special to upgrade alsa while syncing with -current

willysr · 03-19-2011, 02:32 AM

as -Current is a moving on targets, you must sync regularly.
I suggest you use slackpkg to make sure your machine is synced with -Current

nova49 · 03-19-2011, 11:50 AM

I believe the problem was that I had messed with alsa so slackpkg wasn't updating it. I'm going to reinstall slackware and sync it first. If all goes well I will close the thread.

willysr · 03-19-2011, 06:17 PM

you don't need to re-install again though
just run

Code:

slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all

and you will be synced with -Current again