Install alsa on mandrake 9.1

This only for mandrake 9.1

-- dget mandrake kernel source ftp://sunsite.cnlab-

HYPERLINK "ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS"HYPERLINK "ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS"

<a href="ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS"switch.ch/mirror/mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS>

-- <a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/"http://www.alsa-project.org">

stable release: get driver && library

tar xvfj http://alsa-lib-0.9.5.tar.bz2/"alsa-lib-0.9.5.tar.bz2

cd alsa-lib-0.9.5

./configure

make

download checkinstall

<a href="http://www.checkinstall.com">

rpm -i checkinstall

cd alsalib

checkinstall

vim /etc/ld.so.conf

add to ld.so.conf

/usr/local/lib

ldconfig

tar xvfj http://alsa-driver-0.9.5.tar.bz2/"alsa-driver-0.9.5.tar.bz2

cd alsa-driver

see what is loaded / check what soundcard it is

lspci

or lsmod

in case that you have not installed the kernle source: rpm -i kernel-source-

this installs the kernel sources at /usr/src/linux-2.4.21.-0 ....

cd /usr/src/linux-

find . -name \*'

cp arch/i386/defconfig /usr/src/linux/.config

make xconfig (if you have xconfig)

or make menuconfig

klick

save + exit

in xconfig

make dep (in /usr/src/linux)

cd /tmp/alsa-driver-0.9.5

./configure —with-cards=all

make

--- > checkinstall to make rpm.......

./snddevices

chmod 777 /dev/dsp

run alsaconf to automatically change entries in /etc/modules.conf (in some versions alsaonf has a bug - you so you then you need to change that manueally

rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S18sound

rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S17alsa

needs to be removed because it loads the oss-drivers

if the module pcm-oss is not loaded you also need to to load the module pcm-oss