source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa/driver/alsa-driver-inst.xml@ 96ee548

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<title>Installation of <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Driver</application></title>

<para>Before installing the <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym></application> 
drivers, note that in your 
kernel configuration you should have <userinput>Sound Card Support
(CONFIG_SOUND)</userinput> enabled but <emphasis>nothing</emphasis> else in
the Sound menu (with the possible exception of TV Card Mixer support.)  In
particular, you should <emphasis>not</emphasis> have <userinput>OSS Sound
Modules</userinput> enabled as this will cause problems when loading the
<application><acronym>ALSA</acronym></application> driver modules.</para>

<note><para>Because <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym></application> drivers 
are kernel modules, they must be compiled with the same compiler used to 
compile the kernel.</para></note>

<para>Install <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Driver</application> using 
the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>CC=/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc ./configure \
    --with-moddir=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/sound \
    --with-kernel=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build \
    --with-sequencer=yes \
    --with-oss=yes \
    --with-isapnp=no \
    --with-cards=all &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If this is the first time you have installed the
<application><acronym>ALSA</acronym></application> drivers, you
will need to create the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> entries
using the script provided in the
<application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Driver</application> source
tree:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>./snddevices</command></userinput></screen>

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