Mailing List Archive: Help - how to patch 0.9.0-rc5 on Debian unstable?

Help - how to patch 0.9.0-rc5 on Debian unstable?

Nov 18, 2002, 10:06 PM

Post #1 of 3 (1271 views)

OK, so now I'm hitting the infamous hang problem as well. Switch channels
and the system locks up tight. I'm using Alsa 0.9.0-rc5 (Debian unstable
binary packages). Looks like I'll be waiting awhile for the packagers to
update to rc6 or later, so I'm thinking about getting the Debian source
package and applying the patch myself.

I haven't worked with Debian source packages before, so can anyone provide
some tips (or better yet, a walkthru) on how to get the source package,
patch it, and build it?

Even better, anyone built an unofficial Debian binary package for the
latest Alsa?

Regards,

Dan

Re: Help - how to patch 0.9.0-rc5 on Debian unstable? [ In reply to ]

ijr at po

Nov 19, 2002, 12:36 AM

Post #2 of 3 (1217 views)

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On Tuesday 19 November 2002 12:06 am, dschwarz@bellatlantic.net wrote:
> OK, so now I'm hitting the infamous hang problem as well. Switch channels
> and the system locks up tight. I'm using Alsa 0.9.0-rc5 (Debian unstable
> binary packages). Looks like I'll be waiting awhile for the packagers to
> update to rc6 or later, so I'm thinking about getting the Debian source
> package and applying the patch myself.
>
> I haven't worked with Debian source packages before, so can anyone provide
> some tips (or better yet, a walkthru) on how to get the source package,
> patch it, and build it?

I'd just build your own kernel and alsa modules, as it's fairly easy to do
both in a single command with make-kpkg. You'll have the full source to the
alsa drivers sitting in /usr/src/modules, so you can easily patch things
manually.

Isaac

Re: Help - how to patch 0.9.0-rc5 on Debian unstable? [ In reply to ]

mdz at debian

Nov 19, 2002, 8:16 AM

Post #3 of 3 (1242 views)

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On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:06:15AM -0500, dschwarz@bellatlantic.net wrote:

> OK, so now I'm hitting the infamous hang problem as well. Switch channels
> and the system locks up tight. I'm using Alsa 0.9.0-rc5 (Debian unstable
> binary packages). Looks like I'll be waiting awhile for the packagers to
> update to rc6 or later, so I'm thinking about getting the Debian source
> package and applying the patch myself.

Why do you say that you'll be waiting a while? While the ALSA packages were
bitrotting for a while, Jordi Mallach has been doing a lot of work on them,
fixing a lot of bugs and updating to rc5.

> I haven't worked with Debian source packages before, so can anyone provide
> some tips (or better yet, a walkthru) on how to get the source package,
> patch it, and build it?

Are you using the stock kernel, or a custom kernel? If you're not already
building a custom kernel, and thus familiar with the module building
process, you're better off waiting for the official packages.

> Even better, anyone built an unofficial Debian binary package for the
> latest Alsa?

The binary package would need to exactly match your kernel.

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- mdz