Installation Guided of ADI AD1986A Linux Driver

Date : 7/1/2005

Driver website : www.alsa-project.org

Please download the latest drivers from the above web site.

Need:               Install:    Fedora Core 3 (2.6 kernels)

- alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4    05-23-2005

- alsa-utils-1.0.9rc4a   05-23-2005      

- alsa-lib-1.0.9rc4        05-23-2005

Installation Guide:

1.  Extract and go to alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4 folder:

            ./configure

            make

            make install       à  install driver

            ./snddevices      à  to create new sound devices in /dev directory.

Note:  For further instruction on how to install alsa driver, you also can view it in ¡§INSTALL¡¨ Alsa driver folder.

2.  Extract and go to alsa-lib-1.0.9rc4 folder:

./configure

            make install

Note:  For further instruction on how to install lib, you also can view it in ¡§INSTALL¡¨ lib folder.

3.  Extract and go to alsa-utils-1.0.9rc4a folder:

            ./configure

            make install

After utils successfully installed, do the following for ALSA Configuration:

            alsaconf            à ALSA Configurator

You will see an applet that asks you to configure the ALSA driver.  Just follow the direction on the applet and select the soundcard.

Click YES on to modify /etc/modprobe.conf.

You will see a message say:  Now ALSA is ready to use.  This mean you installed and configured correctly.

Note:  For further instruction on how to install utils, you also can view it in ¡§INSTALL¡¨ utils folder.

Test:

Type    ¡§alsamixer¡¨ to see playback mixer is on the screen with codec id.

Elsa Contact window:

Takashi Iwai (tiwai@suse.de)