tc2.9 alsa

[oldgit485]

I have two 400mhz pentium11 IBM 600e Thinkpads, model  2645-4bg,  each with about 327 Mb of memory and a 10 gig hdd.Over the years I have tried just about every linux distribution always with sound and  wireless problems (I use Linksys Dual Band A+G  mod WPC55AG ver 1.2 pcmcia card).
Tiny core has been a fantastic solution to the low speed and memory limits of the machines and I have gone from TC 2.3 to 2.8 with no real problems.I use xmms as cd/mp3 player,  alsa for sound  and got chrome-browser i686  working very well (c-b i386 wouldn’t work for me).
I have just tried 2.9 final release on one of the machines and alsa seems to be broken (I dont get the recognition that I have a 600e/700 and the ability to change etc/modprobe.conf to reflect the 4236 sound card when I do alsaconf.I notice that chromium-browser i686 has vanished from the repository.
I have now reverted to 2.8 using minefield as my browser and all is well.My question is: if TC  keeps up its rapid evolvement and my machines do not cope,could I freeze my systems at  2.8 and still use the apps repository for the foreseeable future or will the format  of TCZ’s change also.
Thank you Roberts and all the team for all your hard work TC is such a brilliant concept and your support via the forum  is excellent also.
Best regards oldgit

[Jason W]

Chromium is now i686 compliant, and we do not need an i686 version.  It did not vanish without notice, it was announced in the TCE News thread.  Big changes like removing an extension and why are usually announced there.

[curaga]

Please update your alsa extensions for them to work with 2.9.

[oldgit485]

Thanks for the info about chromium it does now work,I must pay more attention, as to the alsa problem it still doesn't work for me, the 600e has always been problematic with sound in most linux distros I have tried and I was pleasantly surprised by Tiny core up until 2.8 that when I ran alsaconf it automatically recognised that it needed to change modprobe.conf to reflect the sound card cs4236 instead of 46xx and worked beautifully.I have updated the extensions  and have shuttled between 2.8 and 2.9 several times today to no avail .I will now curtail my regular updates as 2.8 appears to be the zenith of my machines and my capabilities.Thanks for your help, I have enjoyed the fast moving development of Tiny Core.
Best Regards Oldgit

[oldgit485]

Just realised I had not updated this,retried tc and have been using it happily with every release upto and including tc3.5