Hi everybody,
I'm still new to linux (using Redhat v6). Got stuck up with my sound
card. Okey here's what I did to setup my sound card. After installing
Redhat v6. I read the manual, HOWTO and many collections of Linux
Documents (but still confuse). I bravely start to setup my sound card
(using the steps provided by Josh's Linux Guide - Setting Up Sound).
Steps:
goto "/usr/src/linux"
then type command "make menuconfig"
then goto "Sound"
then type "y" on "Sound card support"
then I'm stuck with this instruction:
"Enable support for /dev/audio and /dev/dsp. In make menuconfig this can
be done by
simply pressing "y" when "/dev/audio and /dev/dsp support" is
highlighted. If you want to hear
sound, be sure to enable it."
but I couldn't find the "/dev/audio and dev/dsp support" so I ignore it
(so I assume that it must be one of those difference in other version).
Then I continue with the steps.
I check the system information looking up for the I/O, DMA and
Interrupt. then follow the steps:
make dep
make clean
make zImage
but after typing the zImage (a long scroll of text appear on my
screen)...then something went wrong giving me an error message and a
message that I should try the command bzImage or modules. Then
following the computer suggestion I use the command "make bzImage". So
after again a long scroll of text appear on my screen it finally end on
the prompt again. So following the step again I command:
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz
(there was no error message up to this point)
then still no sound so I guess that I have to reboot my computer. Then
after rebooting and going to X-window, I tried playing wav files, but
still no sound.
I'm so confuse on compiling my Kernel. Still confuse with
Kernel-HOWTO. Anyone could help me will be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
gamie :)
Note: I'm using:
Creative Sound Blaster 32 AWE
Redhat v6.0
