Whoever <nobody@devnull.none> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Arthur Hagen wrote:
>
>> J.O. Aho <user@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> To those who wonder how to make a lean, mean kernel:
>>
>> - Alsa must (unfortunately) be built as a module.
>
> Does it? The /etc/init.d/alsasound only loads/unloads modules (plus it
> saves the levels), so this does not have to be run.
>
> You don't have to install alsa-driver if you have built a kernel with
> all the necessary alsa features.

You can't use alsaconf unless it's built as a module, and AFAICT, neither
can you use gstreamer with the alsa plugin -- you have to use oss
(deprecated) or esd (defunct) instead.

Regards,
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*Art