[linux-audio-user] Upgrading ALSA on Mandrake 9.1

[Daniel James]

Thanks for the response, Austin - after posting I figured out that 
Mandrake builds the alsa-driver package into its kernels, unlike the 
other ALSA packages which are seperate RPMs. 

I'm even more confused now about how I managed this on the other 
machine...

> Mandrake 9.2 beta3 should be out very soon, and it includes ALSA
> 0.9.6.  If you have time to test it, it would be a very big help to
> us.

I am planning to test 9.2 - I think Mandrake does a great job of 
balancing the latest software with user friendliness. It would be 
easier not to be on the bleeding edge sometimes, but Linux audio is 
developing so fast it would be a shame to miss out on the new stuff.
 
Cheers!

Daniel