On Thursday 26 July 2001 13:47, Guy R Gauthier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Hopefully this is the right place to ask. I'm trying to install drivers
> for my Aureal sound card. I downloaded the drivers from a site, but I
> don't know how to unarchive it. The file name is au88xx-1.0.5.tar.gz.
> I've been given examples of how to unzip it, but so far nothing has
> worked. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
Relax, it ain't that hard. I have this card on two different linux boxes and
it works great--Clapton's spinning as I write.
First, according to my notes, you must be sure of which aureal card you have
(there are three different versions--the 8810, the 8820 and the 8830. If you
have a Montego II it uses the 8830.
1. PNP MUST be disabled in the bios
2. Create a directory (mine is /aureal), copy the tar to it and Unpack the
distribution:
tar xvzf au88xx-1.0.5.tar.gz
3. Change to the driver directory if you're not already there and become
root if you're not already:
cd /aureal
su
4. Type the following install commands:
If you have an 8830-based card
make install
If you have an 8810-based card
make install10
If you have an 8820-based card
make install20
You don't need to reboot. If you get "unresolved symbol" errors you need to
rebuild your kernel with the sound support (soundcore) built in (not as a
module) -- but I never have had that problem.
And kudos to BOFH for developing this driver and this how-to, which I am
passing on.
eryl
