Debian and SB Live!

[Wonock]

I just installed Debian to take a look at it and I must say I really do like it! One thing though is I can't get Sound Blaster Live to work. I tried compiling the source but it can't find cd version.h or autoconf.h (int the kernel source dir). I sintalled the sources but it still can't install (and tere isn't either of those files in the source). It's kernel 2.2.17. Any ideas, a /deb or anything :-P ... Thanks!

[H. M. Murdock]

hmmmm...sounds like your out of luck to me....... i would pull it out of your computer....and since you arent using it anymore.....why not send it to me!!!

make sure you have the <something>-dev packages installed, i had trouble compileing some apps for X until i installed the dev packages.

Murdock

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[Craig McPherson]

Are you sure you have the kernel sources unpacked into /usr/src/linux? If you install a kernel-source package, it'll just dump a tarball in /usr/src, you have to unpack it and then rename the directory to /usr/src/linux or symlink /usr/src/linux to the resulting directory.

$5 says that's your problem.

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[This message has been edited by Craig McPherson (edited 29 November 2000).]

[Skroob]

I'm using ALSA in woody. Seems to work well but I haven't tested/pushed it much.

[:strain:]

First:
apt-get install libncurses5-dev g++ gcc autoconf make bin86 bzip2 libc6-dev kernel-package

Second:
download linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2 from kernel.org
OR
apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17

Third:
cd /usr/src && copy the tarball of linux source there.

Fourth:
untar the kernel source, tar zxf (source name), tar Ixf (source name) depending on whether its .tar.gz or .tar.bz2.

Fifth:
cd /usr/src/linux-2.2.17 && ln -s ./ ../linux

Sixth:
make menuconfig and hack your kernel to fit your needs. under sound select Sound Blaster Live! (emu10k1)

Seventh:
make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install

Eigth:
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17

Nineth:
mv /vmlinuz /vmlinuz.old
ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 /vmlinuz

Tenth:
lilo

TenthpointFive:
If you compiled things as modules, edit /etc/modules and put their names in there so they will be probed on bootup.

Eleventh:
adduser {youruser} audio

Twelfth:
su -c "shutdown -r now"

Thirteenth:
After your system comes back up from reboot, cat somefile.wav > /dev/dsp and see if it works. If so, help others and share the knowledge. If not, I must have forgotten something and I apologize.

[Wonock]

Awsome! Thanks for all the advice guys :-P


Wonock