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.
