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linux sound - alsa install problem

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11/5/05 at 2:06pm
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Not sure if this should go here or in the linux section above. Anyway, I have an emachines M6811 with Fedora Core 3 installed. I would like to install alsa support for this - I tried yum but it did not work. The problem was "no match for Kernel-module-alsa". Next, I went to the realtek site where I ususally download sound (AC'97) drivers for windows and grabbed their linux package (alsa 1.0.9). I tried the basic ./install and it seemed to go well until it terminated with:

checking for libasound headers version >= 1.0.9... not present.
configure: error: Sufficiently new version of libasound not found.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/libasound.*': No such file or directory
Remove Folder.....
./install: line 55: alsaconf: command not found

Can I even install ALSA on an M6811 and if so what do I need to get this going.
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post #2 of 2
11/5/05 at 3:27pm
Heh the linux forum is probably your better bet, but as I read both Ill take a stab at it here...

It sounds like your kernel wasnt compiled correctly. Go through the ALSA docs, you will probasbly have to recompile your kernel from source, and follow those docs to the letter Pretty much you could either just compile in the alsa driver in the kernel, works fine, but you cant upgrade later, easiest method...

Or you can compile in support for ALSA but not the drivers themselves, download the newest drivers and compile them like normal, following the documentation for either method. This later method is more difficult and confusing, but you dont need to recompile your kernel to upgrade the ALSA drivers later.

If you dont have experience compiling a kernel, I would suggest method one first just for simplicity. Chances are if your card is supported you wont need to upgrade it to much, and getting used to compiling a kernel is a good thing to learn anyways so practice isnt a bad idea.

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