Hi, everyone. I'm trying to load the Nforce2 drivers in Ubuntu so I can finally have some sound, but following the tutorial on this forum states:

Also, if you're running any kernels released after January 26th 2004, make sure you have the kernel source downloaded and installed correctly. The installer will need it to compile the drivers correctly.

I know that I need to do this, cause when trying to install the drivers, it gives me an eroor stating pretty much the same thing. How do I download the kernal source and install it correctly? I'm a newb, so lamans terms if you could.

Thanks,

check apt-get for an kernel-source package. It should be there somewhere. try ( as root):

apt-get update
apt-get install kernel-source

and see if that works.


NOTE: If Ubuntu ships with a patched kernel you will not be able to download one from www.kernel.org unless you build a new kernel.

does the snd_intel8x0 module work with that card? I've never had an nforce 2 board but that module worked great for me with the nforce board I had. the nvidia drivers were an offshoot of the i810_audio module ( for the oss drivers, not alsa) and were essentially the same thing. might want to give that a try.

I Received this message:

root@ubuntu:/home/boots # apt-get install kernel-source
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package kernel-source is a virtual package provided by:
kernel-source-2.6.7 2.6.7-3ubuntu2
kernel-source-2.6.6 2.6.6-2
kernel-source-2.6.5 2.6.5-4
kernel-source-2.4.26 2.4.26-6
kernel-source-2.4.25 2.4.25-3
kernel-source-2.4.24 2.4.24-3
kernel-source-2.2.25 2.2.25-3
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package kernel-source has no installation candidate


What do I need to do? I'm guessing that in place of just "kernel source" on the apt-get, I need to replace it with one of those above. How do I know which one though?

PS thanks for the quick reply.

Bueler.....Bueler......

Anyone know which I need to install, or how to find out which one to install?

type uname -a at a terminal, that will tell you what kernel your running. Download the package that corrosponds to that version of the kernel.

First you need to determine which kernel you are running.
At a console, like Konsole in KDE, enter the commands
su
(root password)
uname -a
that will tell you the name of your kernel, and then you will know which kernel source to install.

Ok...I have kernel 2.6.8.1-5-386 which doesn't seem to be one of the choices.

So what do I need to do now?

Thanks again.

It's on the mirrors just search for it. Check google. It's really not that hard to find.

Maybe you need to update your apt package list?

Thought i did update.... apt-get update
the highest it goes is 2.6.7.

Am i doing something wrong?

check your install cd for it - should be there.

i thaught nforce2 was a gfx board

nforce2 is my motherboard chipset.

Where would it be on the disk? there are folders for the following:

dist
doc
install
isolinux
pics
pool
tools
ubuntu

Also, once I find it, how do I "get" it so i can install the nforce sound drivers?

Thanks to everyone for the help. I really like this distro, but I have to have sound for music when i do homework. And windows sux now that I upgraded my comp. To keep it from crashin have have to decrease my FSB from 200*2 to 100*2, so I will not go back to it. Thanks again.

check in that dist directory. Also, is it an ac '97 codec sound chip?

Ok, I'll check there, thanks. Yes, to your second question.

have you run alsaconf yet? most ac '97 will run with the alsa drivers already supplied. As i said above, never had an nforce 2 but on my nforce 1 board the nvidia drivers were virtually identical to the oss drivers from the kernel.