ALSA update for SuSE SuSE 6.4 / 7.0 / 7.1 / 7.2

Support knowledgebase (swgkern_alsapakete)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
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Kernel: Version since 2.2.14

Symptom:

Your soundcard is only supported by one of the newer ALSA versions.

Procedure:

On our ftp server in the directory ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/ you can find the latest update for the ALSA package. Here you can find the packages for the i386 update version. Please copy both packages of the respective SuSE Linux version

for SuSE 6.4

for SuSE 7.0

for SuSE 7.1

for SuSE 7.2

to your system and install the update by the use of the commands below:

rpm -Uvh alsa.rpm

and

rpm -Uvh --force alsa-driver.rpm

Configuration

Please unload the soundmodules that are loaded, using
rcalsasound stop
or
rmmod xxx
(xxx = name of the soundmodule). Please check if all soundmodules are unloaded with
lsmod
Please open the file /etc/modules.conf with your favourite editor and delete the already existing sound configuration. If you have already configured your soundcard with Yast2 or alsaconf you will find the following entry at the end of the file /etc/modules.conf.

Now you can configure your soundcard anew with

alsaconf
Further information about ALSA: http://www.alsa-project.org/.

Hint

Through the ALSA update Yast2 won´t be updated automatically. For this reason please use alsaconf to configure your soundcard.
See also:
o Sound Configuration with SuSE Linux

Keywords: ALSA, SOUND, SOUNDCARD, UPDATE, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, ALSACONF

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