I am using the instructions at http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=ESS+Technology&card=.&chip=ES1938+%28Solo-1%29%2C+ES1946+%28Solo-1E%29&module=es1938 everything works up until this instruction /configure --with-cards=es1938 --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install here is my output. root@tluxus:/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9# ./configure --with-cards=es1938 --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install 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 ranlib... ranlib checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details. make all-deps make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-deps'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9' Please, run the configure script as first... rm -f /snd*.*o /persist.o /isapnp.o make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/acore' Makefile:6: /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/Makefile.conf: No such file or directory make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/Makefile.conf'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/acore' make: *** [install-modules] Error 1 root@tluxus:/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9# apt-get install cpp Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done cpp is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 293 not upgraded. root@tluxus:/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9# after this I can't switch to any of the diretories I am supposed to go to. Any idea what might be wrong? I have been using feather linux for a while but I don't know how to compile things. -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user