I have Mandrake 10.1 Community, which comes with Alsa 1.0.6, but unfortunately without the emu10k1x module compiled in, and that's the one that I need for my Dell soundcard. So I wonder, do I only have to compile and install alsa-driver, or do I also need all the others, like alsa-lib, alsa-utils and alsa-oss-whatever? I guess most of it should already be in place, but who knows.
The reason why I'm asking is that I didn't manage to compile alsa-lib. there was a complaint about "/lib/cpp failed sanity check" or something like that. This was late last night and I'm at work now, so I don't remember everything exactly. I might post more details tonight.

Best regards,
Hans Petter

Yeah you definetily need alsa-lib, and when you're finished reboot and see if alsa is started automatically, if not, add it to your default init level (I'm not sure how to do this on Mandrake), and remember to unmute and turn up the volume, you can run 'alsamixer' to set volume and unmute it ..

Hello from Santiago de Chile (spanish user)

I resolve this problem in my RedHat 9 : (NOTE : Always i have installed the kernel sources)

Step 1.
- First download alsa sources from http://www.alsa-project.org (alsa-driver, alsa-lib, alsa-utils, alsa-oss)

Step 2.
- unpack alsa-lib and compile. (./configure && make && make install)
- Compile alsa-oss (./configure && make && make install)

Step 3.
- Unpack alsa-driver
- ./configure --with-isapnp=no --with-sequencer=yes --with-oss=yes
- touch include/linux/workqueue.h
- make install
- run the ./snddevices script
- run alsaconf ( here this must be configure your modules.conf )
- run alsamixer ( your channels are muted by default )

Step 4.
-- Check if you have unresolved simbols with depmod -ae. If you get errors repeat step 3.

Step 5
-- run ldconfig

Step 6.
- unpack alsa-utils and compile. (./configure && make && make install)

Step 7.
- Download the xmms sources from http://www.xmms.org
- Unpack the .tar file.
- ** This source have a alsa module source.
- ./configure && make && make install

Step 8
- reboot
- cd /etc/init.d/alsasound start
- startx
- run xmms
- If all was OK. Choice the alsa plugin.

- Enjoy!

NOTE : IF AFTER THIS LITTLE GUIDE IS NOT RESOLVE YOUR PROBLEM YOU MUST TRY THIS TOO.

Step 1
- Get mpg123 sources from http://www.mpg123.de/. You must get the last mpg123 sources (VERY IMPORTANT)
- Unpack the mpg123 sources
- ./configure && make && make install

Step 2
- Get GQMPEG sources from http://gqmpeg.sourceforge.net
- ./configure && make && make install

Step 3
- startx
- If you have KDE ALT-F2 and type gqmpeg
- If all was okey enjoy yours mp3s files.

HISTORY NOTE: THIS PROBLEM TAKE ME 4 DAYS TO RESOLVE.

If you beliave this guide was util please send me a email to leo.nunez@gmail.com

Cheers !

Bye!

Well, this is my problem. ./configure does not finish right for alsa-lib. You have no solution for that.

Hans Petter

Give more information please. May be you post your ./configure error ?

Cheers from Santiago de Chile !

Bye!

Output from ./configure:

[root@home alsa-lib-1.0.6]# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
[root@home alsa-lib-1.0.6]#


So it seems like I need g++, but I have not been able to find it anywhere on the net yet.

Hello again from me beatiful country! (spanish user)

1.- Have you must installed the development tools ? (gcc, nasm, gtk, glib, perl, etc)

2.- It's your sound card supported by the ALSA Project ?

3.- If you compile another source file give the same error ?

PD: I have installed RedHat Linux 9 in "Workstation mode" and this install all the "development" tools i need. I have the kernel sources installed too.

May be this can help you!

Cheers!

Bye!

Thanks for your effort, vbsoftware, but I have managed with other help. I needed the package gcc-c++. I got it yesterday and now I'm ok. Just need to find some time to finish.


Bye,
Hans Petter