I've played with xconfig many hours, trying to make it better than it
already is, and maybe I know the source:
"make menuconfig" runs in drivers/sound "make mkscript" which in turn
overwrites the standard drivers/sound/Config.in with an experimental one.
"make xconfig" in turn uses this experimental one, but does'nt know that
it don't works for configuring some sound cards!
cd drivers/sound;cp Config.std Config.in
... should cure the problem, but you loose the xconfig-Interface for
the sound configuration, however, you need do it only if your sound
configuration has a problem with it.
Besides, you may have to look at the tty(xterm) from which you started,
because the standard Config.in may ask questions to this tty when you
save the configuration.
I would like to get in contact with a people which are interested
in approving an xconfig with better integrated sound configuration, not
excluding other possible tune-ups and fixes.
Bernhard
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| Bernhard Kaindl, author of the original menuconfig(without curses- |
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