On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 16:05, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Liam Black wrote: > > > But what do I do now? There is no /usr/src/linux directory on my machine, > > and I've never dealt with reconfiguring/recompiling the kernel (which seems > > to be something I have to do?) > > Yup, if you want sound you'll need to recompile a kernel. > > > > > Is there an "easy" way to do this? > > There's the Debian way, which I'm unfamiliar with, and then there's the > oldfashioned way where you just compile and install a kernel, run lilo, > and reboot. You have to be careful though because your kernel might get > over written on an upgrade. > > The first thing you want to do is get the source. Either go to > kernel.org and down load it from there or: > > #apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.16 > #cd /usr/src > #bunzip2 kernel-source-2.4.16.tar.bz > #tar -xvf kernel-source-2.4.16.tar > #mv kernel-source-2.4.16 linux > > The above lines are just from memory so double check them to make sure > that it all makes sence. > > good luck, > Andy
The kernel I have installed (a Debian-provided-precompiled 2.4.17) already provides modules for sound cards. All I had to do was add the name of the module to /etc/modules Check under /lib/modules/kernel-version/...
