[PlanetCCRMA] how to do planetccrma-core with planetedge kernels

[Peter Lutek]

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 10:07, Peter Lutek wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 20:45, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 18:11, Peter Lutek wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 11:20, Peter Lutek wrote:
> > > > greetings, all!
> > > > 
> > > > having fun setting up FC2 here, but have one (possibly stupid) question:
> > > > 
> > > > if i wish to use a planetedge kernel, alsa-driver, alsa-utils, etc.,
> > > > should i FIRST install planetccrma-core and THEN upgrade with planetedge
> > > > kernels, etc.?  or is it possible to do a complete equivalent of
> > > > planetccrma-core from the planetedge repository?
> > > > 
> > > > if the latter is possible, is there somewhere a complete list of which
> > > > packages to install from the edge repository (since there isn't a
> > > > "planetedge-core" meta-package?
> > > > 
> > > > (hmmmm.... i guess that turned into 3 questions!)
> > > > 
> > > > thanks!
> > > > -p
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > well, i will partially answer my own question, but pose some new ones
> > > which have arisen...
> > > 
> > > i installed the FC2 planetccrma-core and then upgraded the kernel and
> > > alsa-module to 2.6.8.1-1.520.2vS7. all seems fine so far, but i haven't
> > > really tested much yet.
> > > 
> > > if i (temporarily) enable planetedge in the sources list and then select
> > > all the alsa stuff for upgrade from planetedge (driver, firmware, lib,
> > > lib-devel, oss, tools, utils -- all 1.0.6a-1.cvs), synaptic tells me it
> > > must remove planetccrma-core (which installed all those at 1.0.5a-1.cvs)
> > > and also bump my kernel back to 1vP9.
> > > 
> > > my questions are:
> > > 
> > > does planetccrma-core contain stuff other than THOSE alsa-things, which
> > > i would lose in removing planetccrma-core, or do those in fact
> > > completely replace the core? 
> > 
> > planetccrma-core is an empty package :-)
> > 
> > It only contains dependencies designed to install what is needed with
> > the correct versions and architectures. Do an "rpm -q --requires
> > planetccrma-core" to see what I mean (or an rpm -q -l to see what files
> > it contains :-)
> > 
> > > also, why does the kernel need to be
> > > dropped back to 1vP9? are there incompatibilities between the latest
> > > planetedge kernel and the planetedge alsa-stuff?
> > 
> > Aha, good catch. The S7 version of the kernel that's there is using alsa
> > 1.0.7, which is newer than the alsa-* packages that are also there. That
> > is why apt wants to keep everything at the R9 level. Most probably if
> > you install R9 with all the alsa stuff (which will keep apt happy), and
> > then add just the S7 kernel and kernel-module packages all will work. 
> > 
> > I need to add newer versions of the alsa-* packages that are 1.0.7 or
> > above. 
> 
> thanks, fernando -- all clear.
> 
> i'll be interested in any new alsa packages because, with 1.0.5,
> hdspmixer shows almost-full meters on the analog channels of my
> multiface all the time, whether there is signal or not. then, when i
> apply a signal, there is a little yellow horizontal line moving up and
> down in each meter strip (on top of the constant almost-full display
> which is the regular green) - this yellow line does correspond to the
> actual signal. this is all just a meter display anomaly - peaks display
> as usual, and there is nothing wrong with the actual signal (in or out),
> so it is still usable. i had no such problems with this same multiface
> on FC1, on both a desktop and laptop machine, so i guess there is
> something strange with the 1.0.5 firmware or mixer.

upgraded alsa-* to 1.0.6, letting apt remove planetccrma-core and take
the kernel back to P9. this fixed the hdspmixer problem.

i then took the kernel back up to S7, and hdspmixer again displayed the
anomolous meter behaviour. i'll stick with kernel P9 for now.

-p