The SuSE kernel includes Alsa in the source, so recompiling doesn't mess with the sound. But if I compile a vanilla kernel, it does, because SuSE wants to load the alsa drivers for the soundcard. My soundcard is supported by the vanilla kernel drivers and works very well with that too. Is there a way to persuade Yast2 to use the kernel driver instead? When I click on options for the souncard (Ensoniq 1371 (?) based Creative SoundBlaster PCI 128), it tells me there's no options. Thanks Hans
On Friday 20 June 2003 11:19 pm, H du Plooy wrote:
The SuSE kernel includes Alsa in the source, so recompiling doesn't mess with the sound. But if I compile a vanilla kernel, it does, because SuSE wants to load the alsa drivers for the soundcard.
My soundcard is supported by the vanilla kernel drivers and works very well with that too. Is there a way to persuade Yast2 to use the kernel driver instead? When I click on options for the souncard (Ensoniq 1371 (?) based Creative SoundBlaster PCI 128), it tells me there's no options.
Thanks Hans
Hi, AFAIK Yast only works with Alsa. You could try downloading the Alsa driver source from http://www.alsa-project.org/ Compiling and installing will create the sound modules. Then fire up Yast to configure the sound. I used to do this before I discovered the Mantel kernels, back in the early unstable days of 2.4 -- of course YMMV. I now prefer to use the SuSE kernels because they have the extra drivers for sound, my Alcatel speedtouch and the nice boot up animations. Saves quite a bit of time. I've tried the vanilla 2.4.21, and hope SuSE use the same scheduler for their version, as it seems to solve the performance problems with OpenOffice.org behaving like a dog when the system is loaded... Regards, Jason
I now prefer to use the SuSE kernels because they have the extra drivers for sound, my Alcatel speedtouch and the nice boot up animations. Saves quite a bit of time. I've tried the vanilla 2.4.21, and hope SuSE use the same scheduler for their version, as it seems to solve the performance problems with OpenOffice.org behaving like a dog when the system is loaded...
Regards,
Jason
Is your Alcatel speedtouch a usb modem ?
bit of time. I've tried the vanilla 2.4.21, and hope SuSE use the same scheduler for their version, as it seems to solve the performance
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 00:44, Jason wrote: problems
with OpenOffice.org behaving like a dog when the system is loaded...
This is exactly why I want to use a vanilla kernel. None of my hardware is in any way special or require special drivers - everything supported by the vanilla kernel. I have the source for vanilla 2.4.20 and don't see the need to pull a newer one through my dial-up. I tried downloading a mantel kernel once (With SuSE 8.1). It kept timing out somewhere close to the end, and the server just wouln't let me resume - grand waste of money. Thanks Hans
Hi, On Saturday 21 June 2003 7:35 am, H du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 00:44, Jason wrote:
bit of time. I've tried the vanilla 2.4.21, and hope SuSE use the same scheduler for their version, as it seems to solve the performance
problems
with OpenOffice.org behaving like a dog when the system is loaded...
This is exactly why I want to use a vanilla kernel. None of my hardware is in any way special or require special drivers - everything supported by the vanilla kernel. I have the source for vanilla 2.4.20 and don't see the need to pull a newer one through my dial-up.
If it works for you, thats good!
I tried downloading a mantel kernel once (With SuSE 8.1). It kept timing out somewhere close to the end, and the server just wouln't let me resume - grand waste of money.
I don't know if it's your case, but I've given up using ftp.suse.com, and use a local mirror. Performance and reliability is _much_ better -- I assume simply because ftp.suse.com is busy all the time. Jason
I don't know if it's your case, but I've given up using ftp.suse.com, and use a local mirror. Performance and reliability is _much_ better -- I assume simply because ftp.suse.com is busy all the time. Problem is, there isn't a local mirror (at least that I know of) in South Africa. The fastest one I could find was in Spain, iirc, but I
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 09:06, Jason wrote: tried a few others too, same result. Hans
On Saturday 21 June 2003 1:33 pm, H du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 09:06, Jason wrote:
I don't know if it's your case, but I've given up using ftp.suse.com, and use a local mirror. Performance and reliability is _much_ better -- I assume simply because ftp.suse.com is busy all the time.
Problem is, there isn't a local mirror (at least that I know of) in South Africa. The fastest one I could find was in Spain, iirc, but I tried a few others too, same result.
Hans
Fair enough. You can't use a local mirror if there isn't one. Bad luck. :-( Jason
Hi, Am Samstag, 21. Juni 2003 18:21 schrieb Jason:
On Saturday 21 June 2003 1:33 pm, H du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 09:06, Jason wrote:
I don't know if it's your case, but I've given up using ftp.suse.com, and use a local mirror. Performance and reliability is _much_ better -- I assume simply because ftp.suse.com is busy all the time.
Problem is, there isn't a local mirror (at least that I know of) in South Africa. The fastest one I could find was in Spain, iirc, but I tried a few others too, same result.
Fair enough. You can't use a local mirror if there isn't one. Bad luck. :-(
"local" is relativ. Anyway, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to resume a lost download. Have you ried with wget yet? Greetings from Bremen hartmut
On Friday 20 June 2003 18:19 pm, H du Plooy wrote:
The SuSE kernel includes Alsa in the source, so recompiling doesn't mess with the sound. But if I compile a vanilla kernel, it does, because SuSE wants to load the alsa drivers for the soundcard.
My soundcard is supported by the vanilla kernel drivers and works very well with that too. Is there a way to persuade Yast2 to use the kernel driver instead? When I click on options for the souncard (Ensoniq 1371 (?) based Creative SoundBlaster PCI 128), it tells me there's no options.
Thanks Hans
I've installed a vanilla kernel on 5 machines... and have only had to play with the sound on 3 of them. Download the: libs, drivers, utilities from www.alsa-project.org and do a ./configure, make, make install on each of them (after you've booted to the new kernel) and you'll be all set. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 06/20/03 19:50 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Working as a journalist is exactly like being a wallflower at an orgy." - Nora Ephron
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