new ac97 sound problems

[jesus]

Ok I just changed distros to slack and I got everything working so far except for sound (seems to be a common problem around here :) ). When I start KDE I get an error /dev/dsp (no such device) and sure enough there is no dsp folder in dev at all. I tried to compile and install the ALSA drivers but they wont "make". Is there a way I can create a folder in the dev directory so I can get something working or is the ALSA drivers supposed to do that? Im really stumped on this one

[jesus]

hmm strange -when I try to build alsa I get a "linux/malloc.h is depriciated use linux/slab.h instead -Im assuming this is a bad thing :p

[z0mbix]

Originally posted by jesus
...seems to be a common problem around here...

which is why it's very well documented:

http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=distro#9

[jesus]

Well I think I found the correct driver but when I try to run the makefile I get tons of errors from the kernal source. Maybe the source is nerfed -Im going to try to reinstall it