mtdean at thirdcontact
Apr 12, 2006, 9:58 AM
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On 04/12/2006 12:20 PM, PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
> When searching for a solution for my sound problem, I've noticed that
> in the dmesg output, I get a "kernel tainted" message. I've searched
> and can't come up with a solution. I can post the exact error
> when I get home if necessary.
>
Kernel tainted simply means that you're using a non-free driver with
your free kernel. The "solution" is to use only open-source drivers.
In the real world, however, you'll find that some of the non-free
drivers are useful (i.e the NVIDIA video drivers), whereas some (like
the NVIDIA nForce, ethernet, sound drivers) aren't necessary as the free
drivers are as good (or better). (Note that last sentence reflects my
opinion, not a "proven fact.")
> I'm using the onboard audio (intel8x0) that appears to load
> properly, but I get no sound. When I try to run alsamixer,
> I get a segmentation fault. Where does alsamixer come from?
> Is it provided by anything on atrpms? Is there a way for me
> to force reinstallation to see if that could fix it?
>
alsamixer is from alsa-utils. However, I don't know what atrpms calls
their package that contains the programs from the alsa-utils sources,
and I don't know how to use RPM's, so I'll leave those to someone else.
Mike
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