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  • From: "Eric Sandall" <eric AT sandall.us>
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  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire]Re: [SM-Discuss] latest update makes alsa screwy!
  • Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:17:48 -0700 (PDT)

I fixed the 'provides' part a few days ago, and the rc3 bug a day ago or
so. Try updating your grimoire.

-One of Four
a.k.a. sandalle

Robin Cook said:
> The alsa-driver spell is missing the provides file that the
> alsa-driver-virmidi has and the rc3 also fails to build for me with a
> parse error.
>
> The missing provide is what is causing the alsa-lib to dispel
> alsa-driver and try casting alsa-driver-virmidi.
>
> Lyon Lemmens wrote:
>> On Monday 09 September 2002 06:43, Eric Sandall wrote:
>>
>>>Jeremy Kolb said:
>>>
>>>>ok, just sorcery updated and now when i cast alsa-driver i get a
>>>> whole bunch of undefined symbols in my
>>>>/lib/modules/2.4.19-preempt-3/kernel/sound/*.o files. then i go to
>>>> cast alsa-lib and it decides to uninstall alsa-driver and install
>>>>alsa-driver-virmidi instead (which is at rc2 where as the rest of the
>>>> alsa spells are rc3). then it finally gets to compiling alsa-lib and
>>>> then dies because halfway through the /usr/src/alsa-lib-0.9-rc3
>>>> (something like that) directory mysteriously disappears. just posted
>>>> to bugzilla bug 919.
>>>>
>>>>Jeremy
>>>>
>>>>P.S. and what is the difference between alsa-driver and
>>>>alsa-driver-virmidi? that should be clearly defined in the DETAILS
>>>> section, but i see no difference between the two. is this "better"
>>>> then the plane old alsa-driver?
>>>
>>>Are your linux modules installed into /lib/modules/2.4.19-preempt-3/,
>>> or does the alsa-driver spell create that? If so, then I believe the
>>> problem is that the alsa-driver spell is misreading the kernel version
>>> of where to put it (it's set to go to /lib/modules/`installed_version
>>> linux-new`/).
>>>
>>>And I have no idea what the difference is, though I've been asked a
>>> few times already. :)
>>>
>>>-One of Four
>>>a.k.a. sandalle
>>
>>
>> I have got the same problem with the plain-vanilla linux kernel. After
>> alsa updated I get the undefined symbols.
>>
>> The problem, IMHO, is that alsa keeps pace with the kernel releases.
>> So eg. after 2.4.19-rc3, you also get a alsa-rc3.
>>
>> Now, we don't do kernel rc's (I hope), so we probably shold hold off
>> on alsa updates until the next kernel release. I would suggest you
>> revert to the previous alsa version.
>>
>
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