Re: udev doesn't creat /dev/audio

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

John L Fjellstad wrote:
> Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> writes:
>
>
> > I think the easiest solution is to upgrade to a newer kernel which
> > includes snd-hda-intel. For Sarge you will need a special "backported"
> > version. These are available at
> > http://www.backports.org/package.php?search=linux-image-2.6
>
> ...
>
> > to install a 2.6.15 kernel on your system. After you boot into that
> > kernel you should be able to load the snd-hda-intel module and udev
> > should create /dev/audio; maybe this will even happen automatically.
> > Then "alsaconf" should do be able to do the rest.
>
>
> My understanding is that later kernels (2.6.12 or later, I think) needs
> a newer udev. 

Good point, but I had hoped that that would have been taken care of by
the backport. I gave this advice to the OP because he had been trying
for a while to insert 2.4 alsa-modules in a 2.6 kernel, or 2.6.15
modules in his standard Sarge kernel. Following Sid myself, I could not
check if this approach actually works. I would appreciate it if anyone
has more info; I unfortunately never got any feedback from the OP.

Regards,
          Florian