snip This only 2 examples. gcc-3.3.1-6 kernel-2.4.22-1.2097.nptl kernel-source to match gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/home/ric/alsa-driver-0.9.7c/include -I/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2097.nptl/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c hwdep.c In file included from /home/ric/alsa-driver-0.9.7c/include/sound/driver.h:42, from hwdep.c:22: /home/ric/alsa-driver-0.9.7c/include/adriver.h:134: error: redefinition of `PDE'/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2097.nptl/build/include/linux/proc_fs.h:17: error: `PDE' previously defined here make[1]: *** [hwdep.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ric/alsa-driver-0.9.7c/acore' that's with 0.9.7c now with an other .. gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/home/ric/alsa-driver-0.9.6/include -I/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2097.nptl/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c hwdep.c In file included from /home/ric/alsa-driver-0.9.6/include/sound/driver.h:42, from hwdep.c:22: /home/ric/alsa-driver-0.9.6/include/adriver.h:200: error: redefinition of `irqreturn_t' /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2097.nptl/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:16: error: `irqreturn_t' previously declared here that's with 0.9.6 -_- about the same for 0.9.7 0.9.7a and b At some point i been told that the drivers needed be fixed to compile in fedora.so. well if you can make out something out of this.. ill appreciate Thanks :) Richard

I think Red Hat have publically stated that what used to be the stable distribution will now be a test bed for the Enterprise distros, breaking compatibility on a regular basis. From my point of view, I don't want to be an alpha tester all the time - there's enough to keep track of in Linux audio as it is. I regard the situation as unfortunate, because I think stable, free as-in-beer distributions that can be installed and used by the average person are important. The number of distributions that meet this criteria seems to be shrinking, not growing. Red Hat and SUSE have become the new proprietary UNIX with 'enterprise' pricing, Debian and Gentoo (and to a lesser extent Slackware) retain their tech elitism - and then there's Lindows, Lycoris, Xandros, Libranet etc competing for the pay-to-play market. At least Mandrake is still interested in taking free software to the general public, and dyne:bolic has that vibe which I suspect got most of us interested in Linux audio in the first place. Cheers Daniel

Indeed the driver built. The folowing is a bit more machine specific and im not sure how to fix this at all.. Not for a lack of cards , i decided to use the onboard network adapter and sound card.With that setup ,i do the alsaconf. the /etc/modules.conf is written .. all looks good and when i reboot disaster strikes.The network is gone. I have no idea what's going on.But everytime alsa is installed im loosing the hardware eth0. This is a SiS K7S5A Pro mobo with Athlon 1800 CPU Now i could always try and throw in a network card ( got tons) but id rather use the onboard if possible. Any ideas what's going on ? Ric On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:24:12 +0200 (METDST) Clemens Ladisch <clemens(a)ladisch.de> wrote: