[olug] Kernel upgrade knocked out sound?

[Jason Mollner]

I hope not to start a war...but what do I gain by always installing my
kernels by hand?

I see it like this...
By hand:
Pro - Takes longer so I can't update my kernel as often
Con - optimized for my needs/hardware.
Not by hand:
Pro - I can easily (and thus, more frequently) update to a bleeding edge
kernel
Con - it isn't optimized.

I used to be in the Gentoo crowd and thought that having everything
optimized for my hardware was important but after switching to
debian, I haven't found any noticeable loss in performance, so now
I just use whichever distro is the easiest to maintain.

Here is an article comparing the speed of sources vs. binaries:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Lederer" <blederer at cashflowbilling.com>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] Kernel upgrade knocked out sound?


> You Should always install your kernels by hand in my opinion.
>
> CM Miller wrote:
>
> >--- Jason Mollner <jjmollner at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>did you install a new kernel image with apt-get? or
> >>did you apt-get the
> >>kernel source and use your own configuration?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Downloaded the kernel by hand and did the install by
> >hand as well.
> >
> >Did not use apt-get to get it and for the install.
> >I've used apt-get under Redhat for kernel installs,
> >but I am new to Knoppix and wasn't sure if this was an
> >option or not.
> >
> >-Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>From: "CM Miller" <cmmiller1973 at yahoo.com>
> >>To: <olug at olug.org>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:05 AM
> >>Subject: [olug] Kernel upgrade knocked out sound?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm running Knoppix, another form of Debian, on a
> >>>Averatec laptop, which is a very new laptop with
> >>>
> >>>
> >>KDE
> >>
> >>
> >>>desktop.
> >>>
> >>>When I created a new kernel, I am not getting any
> >>>sound whatsoever, and now I am getting these
> >>>
> >>>
> >>errors:
> >>
> >>
> >>>root at Probot:/etc/init.d# uname -a
> >>>Linux Probot 2.4.21-acpi #1 Mon Jul 7 18:49:46
> >>>
> >>>
> >>CEST
> >>
> >>
> >>>2003 i686 GNU/Linux
> >>>
> >>>root at Probot:/etc/init.d# ./alsa-autoconfig
> >>>Preparing modules for alsa...
> >>>Building card database..
> >>>Configuring via82xx...
> >>>Running update-modules...
> >>>Creating snddevices...
> >>>Setting default volumes...
> >>>aumix: error opening mixer
> >>>
> >>>root at Probot:/etc/init.d# ./aumix
> >>>Usage: /etc/init.d/aumix {start|stop|save}
> >>>
> >>>root at Probot:/etc/init.d# ./aumix start
> >>>Restoring mixer settings: failed.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I've trolled around http://www.knoppix.net/forum/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>and
> >>
> >>
> >>>irc and haven't been able to get an answer.
> >>>
> >>>BTW, I still have the older kernel lying around if
> >>>this is any help.
> >>>
> >>>thanks
> >>>
> >>>-Chris
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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