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Old 05-14-2004, 11:22 PM   #1
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install Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Driver ( ALSA )


Hi,
I would like to install Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Driver ( ALSA ), but the installation guide using a lot of technical literateur- not easily understands by newbies. I can't understand what to do after running make install, ie the following steps.
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6) Run the './snddevices' script to create new sound devices in /dev directory.
Skip this step, if you have a kernel with the DEVFS support.
7) Edit your /etc/modules.conf (see the kmod support section below).
8) Run 'modprobe snd-xxxx' where xxxx is the name of your card.
Note: All ALSA ISA drivers support ISA PnP natively, so you don't need
isapnptools any more. Don't use both together. It will
conflict. For disabling the ALSA ISA PnP support, specify
--with-isapnp=no configure switch.
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My sound card details are given below ( from sound car detecion),

Vendor: nVidia Corporation
Model : nForce Audio
Module: i810_audio

and the /sbin/lspci gives

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01b0 (rev c2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio (rev c2)

My OS is Fedora Core1
Thanking You,
Ras
 
Old 05-14-2004, 11:49 PM   #2
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need to know more info...the directions in your post sound like the ones i've been reading while trying to install Alsa using my downloaded Asus drivers...i'm trying to use it using Mepis....

when i installed using Mandrake i think i left out the ./snddevices line....

but i need more info from u...to tell if u should do the same thing
 
Old 05-15-2004, 01:56 AM   #3
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Yes. Above I posted the instructions from Install file ( ALSA ), but I can't understand those steps.

Can you tell me the exact command to run?, My mother board is ASUS A7266VM, and I didn't download any driver for it.

Thanks
Ras
 
Old 05-15-2004, 08:33 AM   #4
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go to Asus.com....find the alsa drivers for your motherboard.....follow the instructions that come along with it....make sure u have the kernal-source installed on your computer....do the ./configure command just as ut says in the instructions....then do make install....think u can leave out the ./sndconfigure....try it if it stll doesn't work ...do the sndconfigure line... u still didn't tell me what distro ur using...

good luck
Tom
 
Old 05-15-2004, 01:07 PM   #5
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Thanks, I will try ..
I aleady said that My OS is Fedora Core 1, in my first post.
 
Old 05-15-2004, 03:18 PM   #6
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You'll need to recompile the kernel to get ALSA working. Enable sound support but nothing else on the sound menu (say no to everything else) then follow these instructions http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...odule=intel8x0
 
Old 05-16-2004, 11:36 AM   #7
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I serached www.asus.com for the linux drivers for my motherboard but not found there, and find drivers in www.nvidia.com.
If installed the these drivers, then any need of ALSA ?.
 
Old 05-16-2004, 12:56 PM   #8
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Nvidia do graphics cards. ALSA do the sound. You need to tell the ALSA drivers to build the drivers for intel8x0
 
Old 05-16-2004, 08:11 PM   #9
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But I found in Device Manager ( Windows ), nVidia nforce audio codec, nVidia n-force MCP Audio processing unit.?.
 
Old 05-17-2004, 12:48 AM   #10
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sorry about directions to the asus.com site....you have to search their site with your MB model....mines a P4PE-X....but the last few days the server has been busy or down or something...luckily i still have a copy i saved on a CD....glad u found then elsewhere...
 
  


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