Comments on: Howto install Alsa on Debian (kernel 2.4)

By: admin

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:42:58 +0000

for Mike : yes launch “alsa”, utils and sound too ..

But anyways, now Alsa works out of the box on a debian, this post is old now !

By: mike

mike — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:31:07 +0000

i did all the steps to “make install”.
Then I dont understand what the last command line “/etc/init.d/alsa start means. Do i have to go to /etc/init.d/alsa and then enter the command start? Besides i in the directory /etc/init.d/ i only find “alsasound” and “alsa-utils”.

Thanks for your help!

By: jkx

jkx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You can build the debian package too like this:

cd modules/alsa-driver
./debian/rules build-binary

By: Dominic

Dominic — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think the recommended way is to do it from the kernel source directory and use something like:

apt-get install kernel-source-x.x.xx apt-get install alsa-base apt-get install alsa-source

cd /usr/src/linux

kpkg-make --initrd --config menuconfig kernel-image kpkg-make --initrd --config menuconfig modules

By: Jkx

Jkx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dominic: Right, except that I hate to use apt for kernel stuff. So I always avoid this kind of features..

By: Spastik

Spastik — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi,

I'm trying this on a powerbook G3 (awacs).

After I execute ./configure I get

The file /lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/source/include/linux/version.h does not exist Please, install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory (default = /lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/source

any help ?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I tried it and got million errors doing make.

By: raziq

raziq — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

im using realtek high defination audio. i downloaded alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a.tar.bz2 from alsa-project
but when i run ./configure it gives me error like this,,

checking for kernel version… The file /lib/modules/2.6.9-x1/build/include/linu
x/version.h does not exist.
Please, install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution
or use –with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel
sources (default is /lib/modules/2.6.9-x1/build).

please help me to get the sound and im using XANDROS 3.0 DELUX

By: chan

chan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Im too, i use soundmax high defninition audio,and message is:
The file /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h does not exist.
Please install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution
or use –with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel
sources (default is /usr/src/linux).
i use ubuntu

By: J

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry but this doesn't work for the 2.4.27 Standard Kernel. The sources are needed and so simple like here it does't seem to be. I have many error executing make

But if someone wants to tell that it is simple please let me that, that i'm wrong and teach me :)