On Wednesday 29 April 2009 17:25:09 Tom Metro wrote:
> Randy Cole wrote:
> > Alsa-driver is still broken in Ubuntu 9.04 for...IDT 92HD71B7 chipset
> > 
> > Workaround:
> > Go to alsaproject, download alsa-driver & alsa-kmirror. Compile
> > alsa-kmirror first. I used git checkout to pull the source, followed by
> > ../gitconfigure and make install.
> > 
> > Recompile alsa-driver every time the kernel is changed.
> 
> I've been going through a similar procedure after every kernel upgrade 
> in Ubuntu 8.10 for my Acer laptop. Sounds like I might need to keep 
> doing it with 9.04.
> 
> I've been hoping that someone would put together a DKMS config to 
> automate the rebuild. I took a look at doing this, but the DKMS stuff 
> seemed too convoluted to grasp in the limited time I was willing to 
> spend. (The download/rebuild procedure has already been automated with a 
> script, it just doesn't get automatically triggered after kernel upgrades.)

In theory, if your script were in /etc/kernel/postinst.d/, it should get
run automagically after a kernel upgrade. You'd want a corresponding
removal script in /etc/kernel/prerm.d/ too. Both Ubuntu and Fedora
support this, more or less at the request of Dell to allow dkms to
trigger a module rebuild after a kernel install but before the next
startup, but it can be used by just about anything if you're crafty.

That reminds me... I wonder if the rpm fusion akmods packages hook
into that at all or if rebuilds are handled solely at the next system
start up...

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