[lug] audio dies after applying latest redhat kernel

[D. Stimits]

Hugh Brown wrote:

> FYI,
>
> I updated all my packages against those in the redhat updates dir on
> their ftp server.
>
> After rebooting because of upgrading to the 2.4.18-17 kernel from the
> 2.4.18-10 kernel, my audio died.  The modules loaded fine, but
> everything that tried to play would either play and nothing would come
> out of the speakers (e.g. ogg123), or they would block (xmms).  I
> downgraded and audio works fine again.
>
Anything that depends on the kernel (basically hardware drivers and 
modules) has to be recompiled after reconfiguring or altering the 
kernel, with a few exceptions. If you use ALSA, you can be doubly sure 
that recompiling is necessary, where the kernel is configured to work 
with it, and then the ALSA itself would have to be recompiled.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com