[mythtv-users] Re:nForce2 motherboards

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Saturday, Oct 18, 2003, at 20:16 US/Pacific, Ian Forde wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 19:45, Sean wrote:
>> There is NO sound. Not from the system. Not from mplayer. Not from the
>> notifications panel. Nowhere. Technically this should all be Kool & 
>> the
>> Gang, but it isn't. That is why I was asking about the 2.4.22 kernel.
>
> Okay - so the question is, which kernel are you currently using?  A
> kernel upgrade won't really do much of anything if sound wasn't working
> before...

Agreed.

>> The first 4 times I installed Redhat (noobish, I know installing from
>> the ground up) I went for the ALSA drivers through apt-get. The 
>> trouble
>> is that apt-get seems to call for an older kernel version for one of 
>> the
>> ALSA pieces and the install does not conclude, nor can apt-get install
>> anything else after the case (how do you "reset" apt-get? ).

You must explicitly tell apt what kernel module you want, and it should 
be the one for the kernel you are running, otherwise, potential chaos 
ensues...

>> I have
>> seen several mentions of this around the internet leading me away from
>> using apt-get for this install (boy does it rock for everything else
>> though...).
>
> Here's how I usually install RH9 boxes.  It may not be the most 
> optimal,
> but I can tell you it's relatively safe...
>
> 1. Install RH9 from CD (or Network install or whatever...).  Let the 
> box
> reboot when finished.
> 2. download rcd and rug from ftp.ximian.com and install them
> 3. Using rug/rcd, subscribe to the redhat-9-i386 and redcarpet channels
> 4. Do a "rug up" to install updates.
> 5. Download the latest RH kernel update (along with kernel-source, 
> since
> it is usually part of the default install) and install them manually
> using rpm or rug.  (rug/rcd doesn't do kernel updates automatically.)
> Reboot the box when finished.
>
> Now you've got an updated RH9 box.  At this point you're probably
> asking, "why use red carpet when I'm going to install apt-get anyway?"
> Because I like to keep the redhat parts of the box as stock as possible
> (and using rcd to do it because, IMHO, up2date... well... sucks.)

But remember, you can do that part w/apt also. Oh, and I'm a convert 
also. up2date sucks.

> So now we continue...
> 6. Follow Jarod's and Axel's directions by installing the apt tools.
> 7. Installing Axel's kernel via apt.  Current version is 2.4.20-20_9, I
> believe.

Almost. 2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at is the current one. (There are also 
Rawhide/2.4.22-based kernels available from ATrpms, one of which I'm 
about to install myself).

> 8. Install the atrpms alsa rpms.  The ones I have installed are
> alsa-kmdl, alsa-driver, alsa-lib, alsa-lib-devel, alsa-utils.

Some actually pull from FreshRPMs, but same difference.

> Note that by using Jarod's HOWTO, you'll be installing the entire 
> mythtv
> suite.  I haven't tried it so I don't know if it includes alsa.

I presume you mean mythtv with native alsa support? No, to date, native 
alsa support isn't enabled in the rpms. It *might* be in the 0.12 
release...

> But I
> can tell you that by going through steps 6-9 above, you *should* have
> sound, assuming that your cabling is correct...

Agreed.

>> I am not married to Redhat in the least. I would gladly use another
>> distro, but the easier to setup the better. Is there an updated 
>> release
>> of Redhat that includes the 2.4.22 kernel? If I update to 2.4.22
>> successfully, can I merely load the config file from the Axel's kernel
>> to the new one?
>
> Stick with RedHat if you're new to Linux.  You'll find more people
> willing to help with RH problems of most types...

And once you have things going, if you still really want to go to a 
2.4.22 kernel:

http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/rawhide/kernel-bleeding/

As I said, I'm installing one myself right now...

--Jarod

-- 
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