SuSE Linux: Versions 6.1 to 7.0
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Kernel: Versions 2.2.5 to 2.2.18
lspci -v | grep -A4 Multimedia
. Determine which
of three types of chipsets: Vortex1 (Au8820), Vortex2 (Au8830), and
Vortex Advantage (Au8810) your soundcard is using.tar -xzvf au88xx*.tar.gz
, respectively tar xIvf au88xx-*.tar.bz2
cd 'aureal'
make install
make install10
make install20
README
file for more details./etc/conf.modules
. At the end of the
file you will notice that the Aureal install script added two lines:
alias sound au88** alias midi au88**Where au88** is the version of the chipset. Unfortunately, the install script forgot to chnage three lines, which you must change yourself. Approximately on line 28 starts the Soundcard modules configuration. After the comments, change the lines:
alias char-major-14 off alias sound off alias midi offto
alias char-major-14 au88** # alias sound off # alias midi offOf course, you will need to change the "
au88**"
to the chipset version you are using.depmod -a
to register these changes for
your modules.lsmod
.