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Subject: Re: Sound on amd64
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Kurt Buff wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:02:09 -0700
>> "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> Do you have both the generic sound support (sound) as well as the
>> specific hardware driver enabled in your kernel config?
> 
> Sigh. Always something new to learn.

Just wondering, why do people modify the kernel when kernel loadable
modules can handle the sound card?  Is it necessary on some types of
hardware?
-- 
    Tore