Ingo Müller schrieb: > bajongo schrieb: > >> Hi Lee, >> >> I do know nearly nothing about these things yet. I only want to get my >> Gina24 running under Linux. I'm a Linux beginner. >> Until you told me I didn't know that there is ALSA already in my kernel. >> I searched the net for a howto to install drivers for my audio card and >> found this a little dated howto on the ALSA page. >> How do I do it? >> >> Thanx in advance, FRitz >> >> > > > Hi! > > Unfortunately, there is really no howto that is up to date and > "beginner-ready". I'll try to explain how to do it and if it works, this > email can serve as a base for a new howto. > > First, download the latest alsa packages from the official website: > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/alsa-oss-1.0.12.tar.bz2 > > There is another package, alsa-tools-1.0.13, but I don't know exactly > what's up with that. I think most users won't need it. > > Now untar the packages you just downloaded: > > tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > tar -jxvf alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > [...] > > Then, for each of the packages, enter the newly created folder, > configure the compiler, compile and install. Preferred order is driver, > lib, utils, other, as some packages need to be installed before others. > > cd alsa-driver-1.0.13 > ./configure > make > sudo make install > > cd ../alsa-lib-1.0.13 > ./configure > [...] > > The configure command of the driver package without parameters sets the > compiler to compile and install all available drivers, which is OK in > most cases. If you only want to install some drivers, you can specifiy > them with ./configure --with-cards=<list> (see ./configure --help for > available drivers and other details). Only execute the make command if > the ./configure command didn't show any errors and only execute the make > install command if the make command didn't either. > > If everything worked fine, you only have to restart your computer (well, > you don't have to, but it's easier than restarting alsa and loading the > new drivers manually). > > I hope this works for you! If you have any questions or ideas about how > to improve this explanation, please let me know! > > Regards, Ingo > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > Yeah! Thanx a lot, Ingo. After following your detailed instructions (not suited for the total Linux beginner but it was OK for me as I already read a few hours in my Linux book) cat /proc/asound/cards gives me this: 0 [Gina24 ]: Echo_Gina24 - Gina24 Gina24 rev.0 (DSP56301) at 0xfeae0000 irq 185 So I seem to be closer now. But I still can't e.g. play a mp3 file. Xine tells me "Einrichtung aller Audiotreiber fehlgeschlagen" (something like configuration of all audio devices failed). And now? :-) Best wishes, FRitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
