[dundee] kernel compilation

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>  from:    Andrew Clayton <andrew@sol-1.demon.co.uk>
>  date:    Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:23:23
>  to:      dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk
>  subject: Re: [dundee] kernel compilation
> 
> On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 20:04, keirlawson@btopenworld.com wrote:
> > i have sucsesfully recompiled my kernel with con's patchset but im getting a few more errors than before:  as the kernel boots up i get the following message: agpgart: unsupported via chipset (can't remember all of it) and then later on in the boot process: Can't locate module snd-via823xx or something like that. anyway when i get into GNOME i get: cannot acsess /dev/dsp.  also my usb zip 100 cannot be acessed.
> > 
> 
> damm, where the line breaks go?
> 
sorry, bt web mailer
> Just to clarify, you compiled 2.4.21   Con's latest?
yup
> 
> You did include the VIA agp chipset support right? and got rid of the
> others..
i didn't but then i recompiloed with it and know sound works.... to
 a certian extent.  the stardard gnome sound for events (using esd) work but xmms and totem(with xine backend) both crash when i press play (using any sound backend).
> Sounds like you are using ALSA there for the sound. Though I can't
> immediately see where it would have come from.
could this be from the initrd image (just guessing) using the graphical lilo configurator from mandrake i had to choose an initrd image and i think they are kernel specific.
keir