[linux-audio-user] ALSA on debian/unstable

[Burkhard Ritter]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Atte André Jensen wrote:

> I just installed debian/unstable on my new laptop and am eager to get ALSA running.
> But it seems that the ALSA modules in unstable are for kernel 2.4.20, which is not
> in unstable. The closest is 2.4.21. What to do? Would ALSA work with the modules for
> kernel 2.4.20 running on 2.4.21? If not, is the only solution to install ALSA from
> source?
>
> Thanks in advance...
> --
> peace, love & harmony
> Atte

If I am not mistaken there is an image of the 2.4.20 kernel in unstable.

~: apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4.20
kernel-image-2.4.20-3-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.20 on 386.
kernel-image-2.4.20-3-586tsc - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.20 on
Pentium-Classic.
...

Anyway, I would suggest compiling from source. So you probably want
to install:

kernel-source-2.4.[...] (or 2.5)
kernel-patch-2.4-preempt
kernel-patch-2.4-lowlatency
alsa-source

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Burkhard