On Wednesday 28 February 2007 20:32, bajongo wrote: > 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 MP3 can be a problem in itself. It may be best to try playing a .ogg, or just a .wav file with Xine. You may need some extra stuff installed for Xine to play MP3's. Nigel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
