couldnt install my audio driver on redhat 8.0...

[vi3tboi817]

I am new to linux and i couldnt install my audio driver...I extracted the driver to my floppy disk...and i got confused on the 2nd steps, can some1 rephrase it so that i can understand...?

1. Unpack the distribution:
tar xvzf au88xx*.tar.gz

2. Change to the driver directory and become root:
cd au88xx*
su

3. Type the following install commands:

If you have an 8830-based card:
make install

If you have an 8810-based card:
make install10

If you have an 8820-based card:
make install20

[mdwatts]

Redhat 8.0 could possibly already include the necessary support for your soundcard.

First of all, ensure you have PnP OS disabled in the bios as that can actually solve quite a few resource conflict problems.

If necessary... and in a terminal/console/commandline and replacing #.#.#. with the actual version from the filename.

su -
<enter root password>

tar xvzf au88xx*.tar.gz

cd au88xx-#.#.#

Now you have to make the decision depending the model of your soundcard.

Either enter

make install

If you have an 8830-based card

OR

make install10

If you have an 8810-based card

OR

make install20

If you have an 8820-based card

.....

Does that help?

[k4ml]

try using the redhat's sndconfig ...if you're lucky maybe your sound card already in the list and you can save your time configuring and installing the driver.

at the console, just type sndconfig as root ..and follow the instruction.