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protest_boy
07-20-2001, 07:36 AM
I'm trying to install the drivers for my Aureal sound card and I'm brand new to linux and having some difficulty. Here are the instructions in the readme file:
1. Unpack the distribution:
tar xvzf aureal*.tar.gz
2. Change to the driver directory and become root: cd aureal*
su
3. Edit the Makefile to suit your system (SMP, CPU type, etc)
4. Type the following install commands: If you have an 8830-based (Vortex 2) card:
make install
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It's the last step that confuses me. The terminal window doesn't seem to recognize the command 'make'. I'm using mandrake, if that makes any difference? Any help GREATLY appreiciated! I want sound!
bdg1983
07-20-2001, 08:51 AM
You will need to install the development packages that include 'make' and probably the kernel sources.
What type of install of Mandrake did you do?
Any Mandrake users here that can help with what packages are necessary?
EyesWideOpen
07-20-2001, 08:51 AM
Are you typing make install from the driver directory that you should have changed to in step two?
bdg1983
07-20-2001, 10:44 AM
Does 'su' inherit the $PATH of root?
Try 'locate make' to see if it can be found.
EyesWideOpen
07-20-2001, 12:01 PM
Originally posted by mdwatts the 3rd:
Does 'su' inherit the $PATH of root?
If it doesn't then su - or su -l or su -login will.
[ 20 July 2001: Message edited by: EyesWideOpen ]
bdg1983
07-20-2001, 01:00 PM
Thanks as I couldn't remember if it did or not.
Was wondering if that is the case for 'make' not being found for protest_boy.
protest_boy
07-20-2001, 05:25 PM
I installed the most recent version...8.0 I believe. So there is an additional download that I need to access or have this 'make' command? Because I've noticed a few other commands that are mentioned that aren't recognized when I type them in....
As mdwatts said, if you can't find the make command on your system, you probably need the development packages and kernel sources. They are not installed by default, unless you did a custom install and specifically chose them. Unfortunatley, I only recently installed Drake 8, and haven't gotten familiar enough with it to tell you what you need.
Before you jump into that though, make sure you've followed through on the other suggestions: Make sure you're issuing the command as root, and that you are in the aureal directory.
verify that you have make on ur box, verify that your in the right path, then type make, make install, make linux, ./make, ./make install, or ./make linux as root. and u should be set, if not - let us know and I am sure that someone hre can shell to your box as a temp guest account and get further progress then u have now. Good luck - btw - never give out the root pw and be sure ur passwd file is shadowed
-Good Luck