[linux-help] Re: setting up sound

[Nate Bargmann <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:03:18AM -0500, Bruce Bales wrote:
> 
> 0.4.1 was the release used in the mini-howto I was following, so I used
> 
> it rather than take a chance on something else.

I understand completely!

> Looks like I'd better rebuild the kernel (without the soundblaster module)
> and dump all the alsa 0.4.1 and download something newer.  The mini-howto
> put it all in /usr/src, but if it doesn't matter, /usr/local makes more sense.

I can clarify this a bit.  It doesn't matter where you untar the source
tarball and compile the packages.  I build everything in ~/src and then
use the su command to get root privilege to do the actual install.  When
you first run the configure script, feed it the option --help.  This
will give you several screenfuls of output which you should be able to
scroll back through with the Shift+PageUp key combination.  You will see
a --prefix option which controls where the ALSA files are installed
along with more options on what cards to build for and what support,
such as OSS, is built as well.

> I had driver, lib, and utils, but ran into the error before I got the driver 
> compiled.

The only thing I can think of, if you still have compile errors with the
new version, is that the kernel header files can't be found, or the C
library headers aren't installed.  If that's the case, then we'll need to 
work on that later.

> The only thing I saw about OSS had to do with putting an alias in 
> conf.modules.

Okay, and if you like I can share the lines I added to get my card up
and going.  This was the trickiest part as the ALSA docs are a bit terse
and assume quite a bit of knowledge on setting up modules.

> Maybe I can work that out.

Keep plugging away, and ask questions!

- Nate >>

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