trying to install ALSA
Hello everyone
I'm still trying to install ALSA on my new potato system. I've
progressed some, but I'm still stumped. Here's what I've done so far:
1. I realized I didn't have the kernel source installed, so I did
apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.18pre21 from stable. However, this did
not create a
/usr/src/linux directory, so I made a symlink /usr/src/linux/ pointing
to
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.18pre21/.
Then I added the unstable line to sources.list.
Then I did apt-get install alsa-source.
I su'd into /usr/src/modules/alsadriver, and typed ./configure
--with-isapnp=yes, as recommended in the INSTALL readme.
I got the following error: 'failed (probably missing
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h)'. I looked, and I am indeed
missing that file.
I suspect that installing the kernel-source-2.2.18pre21 package and
symlinking to it was not the right thing to do. Can you help with this?
Thanks again. I appreciate your time helping an all-too-eager Debian
newbie. :-)
--Jim
Raghavendra Bhat wrote:
> First please insert the following line in
> /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main
>
> Connect to the Internet and do an 'apt-get update'.
> After that process is complete, do an
> 'apt-get install alsa-source'. After the download is
> complete, the install process will ask questions about
> your sound card. Answer clue-fully and now U are ready for
> kernel brewing. Read the /usr/share/doc/alsa-source/README-
> .Debian.gz and hop on to the ALSA band-wagon.
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