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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:48:42 +0100
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From: warren hm 2 <ubw@iol.it>
Subject: alsa drivers (for yamaha opl3 sa2)
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hi folks

following the howto (updated at Jan 19, 1999) at:

	http://huizen.dds.nl/~valentyn/Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO-3.html


i dwnloaded (from ftp://linux.a2000.nl/alsa) the tar files:

	alsa-driver-0.2.0-pre10p3.tar.gz

	alsa-lib-0.3.0pre2.tar.gz (missing of the "configure" 			script, which i
had via: 
			configure-0.3.0pre2)

	alsa-utils-0.0.8.tar.gz


and tried to compile and install in order to get some sound from my linux
box, but (due to the different ver of the 2 packages, "driver" and "lib")
the ./configure in alsa-lib-0.3.0 gave me an error msg like "you'd better
install 0.3.0pre1+ drivers, first!!"

so i came back and found a newer ver of the drivers package (ehm!, the 1st
time i just had watched into the ../stable dir ...) and took from 

	ftp://linux.a2000.nl/alsa/driver

the newest tar:

	alsa-driver-0.3.0-pre2.tar.gz	

then i compiled and install the 3 pkg (driver, lib, uts) and started the
script ./snddevices in the /tmp_alsa i created for my needs

unfortunately, the last line of that script does 

ln -sfv /proc/asound/dev /dev/snd

while there is no /proc/asound directory neither a /proc/asound/dev file to
be softlinked to /dev/snd

thus, i have no mean, at the moment, to make my box speaking to me and
friends wishing to leave windoze and join linuz :((

may u kindly give just a hint on how to proceed?

thanx a lot, dudes!

		ubw


