ALSA on 9.2

[Kylotan]

I have an Aureal-based sound card, which I managed to get working in 9.0 with drivers I got from Sourceforge. However in 9.2 it gives an error saying that it's trying to link code compiled with gcc 2 with code compiled by gcc 3.

 

I read that recent ALSA builds have support for Aureal cards built in. So I'd be interested in trying this on my system. However, I have no idea how to go about this. It looks like I already have ALSA 0.9.6 installed:

 

] rpm -qa | grep alsa
libalsa2-0.9.6-3mdk
libalsa2-devel-0.9.6-3mdk
libalsa-data-0.9.6-3mdk

 

... but I have no idea how to do anything with that. Additionally, I think I need version 0.9.7 but don't know where to find an RPM for it. My usual resource, RPMFind.net, was no help.

 

I don't seem to have any entries on my KDE menu for Alsa or any sound configuration tools except for KDE asking about aRts.

 

Any information would be appreciated as I have little to no clue about what to do here.

[beesea]

i told about how i got my aureal card working here:

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...opic=8654&st=45

 

i never went the alsa route in mandrake, but you could try compiling it yourself:

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index...r-Aureal#matrix

 

following the directions here should get you set up (worked for me in gentoo)

[Kylotan]

If you remove the "alias sound au8820" line, won't that break anything that uses OSS for sound? Sorry if that's a dumb question, as I'm pretty new to sound on Linux.

[beesea]

it worked for me, so i guess not (although i can't guarantee it'll work for you)