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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.
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