ALSA configure error
 

Hi,

I have an old Aureal Vortex soundcard which Red Hat 8 doesn't recognize. So what I understand is that I need the Alsa driver to get it working. But when I use the follow command in the alsa-driver directory:

./configure --with-isapnp=no --with-sequencer=yes --with-oss=yes --with-cards=au8820 --with-redhat=auto --with-kernel=/usr/

... and then type "make", I get some unexpected errors that I don't know how to work around.:

hwdep.c: At top level:
hwdep.c:516: parse error before "config_must_be_included_before_module"
hwdep.c:516: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `config_must_be_included_before_module'
hwdep.c:516: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
/alsa-driver-1.0.3/include/sound/hwdep.h:64: storage size of `open_mutex' isn't known
hwdep.c:309: storage size of `snd_hwdep_f_ops' isn't known
hwdep.c:39: warning: `DECLARE_MUTEX' declared `static' but never defined
make[1]: *** [hwdep.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/alsa-driver-1.0.3/acore'
make: *** [compile] Error 1

I've read others having similar problems but none have been quite like mine. I've read tons of pages and suggestions on forum without any luck. Does anyone have a clue?
Thanks a lot! :)

hmm... the only thing i can suggest is upgrading your alsa. youre using 1.0.3, the latest is 1.0.4

Thanks for the reply.
I downloaded the newest version (1.0.4) and compiled it, but now I got a different error:

In file included from /usr/include/linux/highmem.h:5,
from /usr/include/linux/pagemap.h:16,
from /usr/include/linux/locks.h:8,
from /usr/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h:6,
from /root/alsa-driver-1.0.4/include/adriver.h:249,
from /root/alsa-driver-1.0.4/include/sound/driver.h:42,
from /root/alsa-driver-1.0.4/alsa-kernel/core/oss/rate.c:22,
from rate.c:2:
/usr/include/asm/pgalloc.h:6:24: asm/fixmap.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [fastdep] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/alsa-driver-1.0.4/acore/oss'
make[2]: *** [_sfdep_oss] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/alsa-driver-1.0.4/acore'
make[1]: *** [dep] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/alsa-driver-1.0.4'
make: *** [include/sndversions.h] Error 2


I'm still confused... Maybe I'm better off spending money on a new card, I don't know.

Hello,

you must have at least an full configured kernel-source (and running this kernel), or install the matching kernel-header (or kernel-includes) of your distribution.

The ALSA-Source searchs for the '/usr/include/asm/pgalloc.h' (and follows).

Zwickel

Yeah, I downloaded the proper kernel-headers and installed them, but now I get yet another configuring error *sigh*

[...]
In file included from memalloc.c:922:
memalloc.inc1:29: parse error before "config_must_be_included_before_module"
memalloc.inc1:29: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `config_must_be_included_before_module'
memalloc.inc1:29: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
memalloc.c:48: warning: `enable' defined but not used
memalloc.c:63: warning: `DECLARE_MUTEX' declared `static' but never defined
make[1]: *** [memalloc.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/alsa-driver-1.0.4/acore'
make: *** [compile] Error 1