[mythtv-users] Upgrade ALSA on FC4

[Nick]

On 20/02/06, Michael Haan <michael.haan at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I tried to  upgrade ALSA to 1.0.11-rc3 on FC4.  I downloaded it, ran
> "make" and "make install".  Sunsequent reboots have "cat
> /proc/asound/version" still displaying 1.0.10.  I thought maybe I had to
> recompile the kernel, but that doesn't seem to work:
>
> [root at tibeaux 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4-x86_64]# make menuconfig
>   HOSTCC  scripts/lxdialog/checklist.o
> In file included from scripts/lxdialog/checklist.c:24:
> scripts/lxdialog/dialog.h:32:20: error: curses.h: No such
> file or directory
> In file included from scripts/lxdialog/checklist.c:24:
> scripts/lxdialog/dialog.h:130: error: syntax error before âuse_colorsâ
> .....
>
> So, I'm not sure what to do next, but I do think I might need 1.0.11.  Any
> ideas why this isn't getting in?

If you want to (re)compile the kernel ensure you have the kernel
source install appropriately.

If installing a new version of ALSA, make sure the old version is
removed from your system, and verify this by searching for old modules
in your /lib/modules/'uname -r' directory. After you have installed
the new version (alsa and alsa-lib and utils if you want them) run
depmod to update the module dependencies and then try modprobing the
new ALSA modules.

Nick