ah crap.

[10striker01]

i finally got tired of windoze crashing on me and the multitude of viri available for the os so i have gone over to mandrake linux 8.1

but now i cant find any drivers for my over the hill sound card (ess 688 chipset)

anybody got any ideas where i can find them?


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Mandrake linux 8.1 for Retards(or Windoze users)
"Damn it, this reads like stero instructions.  Im not installing this crap."

[voidmain]

I see support for that chipset in the kernel source (the "sb_ess" module).  I also saw that chipset specifically listed on Mandrake 7.0 hardware list, but not in 8.1. All that means is they probably didn't include it in the stock kernel or they don't support it. You'll likely need to install your kernel source and recompile/install the new kernel, but make sure you turn on the "sb_ess" module when you configure the kernel. Also, reading over the source for the kernel driver your card may or may not be automatically detected upon loading the driver but you should be able to pass the driver specific parameters to make it work.

excerpt from sb_ess.c:

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[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

[10striker01]

ok im a noob to linux.

i have no clue what you just said

[voidmain]

The best way to learn is spending time searching google and reading over the vendor web sites, FAQs, HOWTOs etc. Then you can decrypt my secret messages, and find out that it's really not all that tough.  But it's way more than I can explain in this forum, especially since there is plenty of good info out on the net.  I would suggest starting with Mandrake's web site.  Search for "recompiling the kernel" or "configure kernel howto" for instance. I would start by browsing the FAQs though... And I'm not trying to be unhelpful, but to the contrary.

You could always take the easy way out (get a card supported by your distro) but that would take all the fun and excitement out of it.

[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

[10striker01]

half the fun is learning to do it yourself.

[Master of Reality]

quote:i finally got tired of windoze crashing on me and the multitude of viri available for the os so i have gone over to mandrake linux
             8.1  

welcome into the light,  i got rid of windoze (then re-installed it because i'm insane) and got amndrake 8.1 a couple weeks ago. (too bad i cant seem to get into it right now)

[10striker01]

i need some one to direct me to a good site with linux drivers or one that will teach me to compile the kernel

[Mojo]

www.getlinuxonline.com

a m8s site - made for n00bs (everyone has been a n00b at one point so don't consider it a n insult) - kernel recompiing okay...


get to  www.google.com  and simply search for 'How to recompile the kernel' simple! or 'Kernel Recompiling' - its easy to find m8  

I remember mandrake i could never stand it. you may find Redhat better - mandrake 'hides' some stuff from you - makes everything 'nice' - or maybe thats just my subconscious mind spewing forth my sub-conscious opinion. Bleh.

[10striker01]

ok i was able to get a general driver from www.opensound.com and i was able to install it corectly now i need to figure out how to install an isa pnp card (aztech washington) it is on the list but ill let you see where the problem is

soundconf.log
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb01, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0686] at 00:07.0
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f7b40
PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at f0000:6a14, dseg at f0000
PnP: 12 devices detected total

parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38)
parport_pc: Strange, can't probe Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378, irq=-1, dma=-1
OssProbe: 1
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so what do i do about this?

this is acually kind of fun which is scary

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"Damn it, This reads like stereo instructions.  Im not installing this crap."

[voidmain]

Hey striker, I love your "location" in your profile! I see you have your priorities straight on your selection of utilities. (:

[10striker01]

i know my priorities
city water costs too much anyway just dig a well