[mythtv-users] ALSA Install Problem - Jarod's Guide

Jarod C. Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Sat Nov 15 22:58:10 EST 2003


On Nov 15, 2003, at 17:56, Aleaxander wrote:

>>> 3) [root at mythtv mythtv] # apt-get install alsa-kmdl-$KERNEL
>>> Reading Package Lists... Done
>>> Building Dependency Tree... Done
>>> Package alsa-kmdl is not installed, so not removed
>>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 14 not upgraded.
>>> (again seems okay?)
>> It looks like you didn't have $KERNEL properly set, because the 
>> package isn't alsa-kmdl, it is alsa-kmdl-2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at.
>
> Okay, I admit that I'm lost at this point.  How do I set $KERNEL 
> properly.  Is this part of "# export KERNEL='uname -r'", or am I 
> totally off track?  If I'm on track, in this case what is the line 
> that I would enter to set the $KERNEL properly?:
>
> # export KERNEL='kmdl-2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at -r'

No, do it like it says in the doc. :)

# export KERNEL=`uname -r`

(and those are back-ticks, not single-quotes)

> I tried the above, but when I ran: #apt-get install alsa-kmdl-$KERNEL, 
> I received the following error:
>
> E: Command line option 'r' [from -r] is not known

To be expected.

>> Since you didn't get the right kmdl up above, apt is attempting to 
>> solve the problem on its own. Go back and get the right kernel module 
>> installed (reset that KERNEL variable before doing anymore updating, 
>> and note that I mention you'll always have to reset it after a 
>> reboot).
>
> I'm guessing that the area where you mention that a variable will not 
> survive reboot was under "7. Get and install custom ATrpms kernel".  
> If that is so, then I think where I got confused in the guide was that 
> you said "Those running uniprocessor systems and standard kernel can 
> skip to the next section", which I think describes me (Athlon 2000 XP 
> on an Abit AT7; only one processor?), so I failed to note when later 
> you said, "And please note: this variable will NOT survive a reboot".

Ah, sorry 'bout that. I'll move that line up a tad in the next rev (in 
progress right now...).

> Hopefully, I'm somewhat on the right track, but I can't figure out 
> exactly what command I need to issue to actually reset the Kernel 
> variable and proceed.

Getting warmer... :)

>> Cygwin and/or Putty are your friends if you're on a Windows machine. 
>> Use them to ssh into your MythTV box, and do all this from there. 
>> Then you can copy and paste from the Cygwin or Putty window. If 
>> you're on a Mac OS X machine or another Linux machine, you already 
>> have everything you need to ssh in, then copy and paste while doing 
>> everything on your workstation.
>
> Great information!  Although I'm planning on eventually making my 
> Win-XP box a dual boot Windows/Linux machine, in the meantime I was 
> hoping to find a way to do some sort of "remote desktop" between my 
> main machine and the mythtv machine, but I had no idea where to start. 
>  I will definately chack out Cygwin and Putty.

For remote desktop, look at VNC. Just install the vnc-server package on 
your MythTV box, and download a VNC client for your Windows machine. I 
don't have the link handy, but a google for "Windows VNC" should find 
it. There are VNC server and client packages for Windows, Mac, Linux, 
and a number of other platforms, I'm sure. It doesn't work as well as 
Windows Terminal Server/Remote Desktop, but its free and 
cross-platform.

> Sorry if I seem like an idiot with these questions, but I really am 
> new to all this, and I am doing searches of the web, the mythtv-users 
> mailing list archives and a book on "Using Linux" before I send 
> e-mails.  I am very much interested in learning the in's-and-out's of 
> both MythTV and Linux, not just getting it up and running once.  It's 
> difficult going from being a Master of Windows to the Linux Idiot, but 
> I've never been afraid to start over.

Heh, we all gotta start somewhere! I'm going the opposite direction 
right now (sorta). My new job responsibilities include administering 
Exchange 2000 and Active Directory, which I've never done before 
(though I know Windows in general pretty well also). Exchange and AD 
are pretty easy, and nice when they work, I just don't like the price 
all that much. :)

And for the record, my primary desktop machine is a Mac, to make things 
even more interesting.

> Thanks again,

No problem.

> P.S. Axel - Is this e-mail also in HTML format?  I've checked my 
> settings, and it looks like it should be sending in Plain Text now.

Looks like plain text to me. Good man. =]

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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