Re: [Alsa-user] Problems with compiling ALSA for vanilla kernel 2.4.25

[Clemens L. <cl...@la...>]

Christian Schneider wrote:
> But now there are warning and failure messages when booting the other
> kernel (as a result of small changes in the drivers?), e.g.:
> /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:784: failed to obtain info for control
> #67 (No such file or directory)
> or
> /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:797: warning: numid mismatch (152/153)
> for control #152

The newer driver has added/changed some mixer controls, so the other
driver doesn't want to load them.

> As a workaround I edited the script /etc/init.d/alsasound and created
> different asoundcfg files for each kernel. Is there another way to fix
> the warnings or is this workaround ok?

Using the --file option is just fine in this case, although I would
just compile the new ALSA for the other kernel, too.


HTH
Clemens