[K12OSN] esd_ALSA_sound_on_LTSP_4_2 on K12LTSP 5.0.0

[john]

Thanks for putting that together Gadi. Your work put an end to my 3
looooooooong days of trying all sorts of stuff to get sound working on
Ubuntu 6.06 and Ntavo 6020A's. Hats off to you!

John

On 12/13/06, Gideon Romm <ltsp at symbio-technologies.com> wrote:
>
> Heh, or you could just *ask* me.  I don't bite.  Hi, Gadi here - I put
> together said package.  Actually, to revert back on a K12 box, you could
> just ask yum to reinstall the original rpm, and it should put the K12
> box back the way it was originally.
>
> I wouldnt recommend just copying back the old rc.sound file, because the
> esd binaries in this package are compiled against ALSA (as opposed to
> the originals, compiled against OSS), so to revert you would need the
> originals.  But, luckily, you are on a package-based system, so yum or
> apt or any other package manager you use should be able to reinstall the
> original rpm, if you ask nicely. :)
>
> BTW, as long as the version of K12LTSP you are using is using LTSP 4.2,
> the package should work without problems.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Gadi
>
> On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 05:53 -0800, Rob Owens wrote:
> > Carl,
> >
> > I just installed this package in Xubuntu 6.10 running
> > LTSP 4.2, and I can say it worked well for me.  There
> > is no uninstall script, but I just took a look at the
> > install script and I think I know how you would
> > manually uninstall it.
> >
> > Besides copying some driver files to your ltsp tree,
> > it also modifies /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/rc.sound --
> > luckily, it makes a backup of the old file as
> > rc.sound.symbiont.bak  I think this is the only file
> > you would have to change to revert back to your
> > original state.
> >
> > I don't think the mere presence of driver files would
> > cause any harm -- I think it is the rc.sound file that
> > calls those drivers.  If you wanted, you could also
> > delete /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/audiolist-alsa, which is
> > another file that the install script places in your
> > ltsp tree.
> >
> > If you want to track down all the driver files, you
> > could untar the ltsp-alsa-*.tgz files that came in the
> > original tar file, then track down those files in your
> > ltsp tree and delete them.  I just tried it, and there
> > are a lot of files to track down, and I don't think
> > it's necessary to do.
> >
> > Summary--  I think you can revert to your original
> > settings with this command:
> > mv /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/rc.sound.symbiont.bak
> > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/rc.sound
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > --- Carl Keil <carl at snarlnet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried this on K12LTSP 5.0.0
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WorkInProgress#esd_ALSA_sound_on_LTSP_4_2
> > >
> > > NTAVO is recommending this as a possible solution to
> > > a choppy audio problem on my 6030P's during major
> > > screen redraws that I asked about here a while ago.
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if this works and/or is recommended
> > > with K12LTSP 5.0.0 and also if there's a way to
> > > uninstall this (revert back to what I have now) if
> > > it does nothing or harm.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > ck
> > >
> > >
> > >
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