How do I do this??

[Richpickings]

Hi chaps
I asked a while ago about getting my Creative SB XFi working. when I reported that it was unsupported the help sort of dried up.
I've now found a driver from the Creative website, but the instructions (to my Windows infested mind) appear to be gobbledygook.

I've pasted them below, could one of you fine gentlemen explain in fairly plain English what I need to do. I'm a near complete Linux novice.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04




Quick install


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1) You must have the fully configured source for the Linux kernel and

ALSA which you
want to use for this device driver. Partial installed

kernels (e.g. From distribution makers) may be unusable for this

action.





2) Run one of the following commands as root in the terminal:





./installer





OR




./installer --with-alsainc=<ALSA_include_directory>





* ALSA Source Tree





On 2.6 kernels, the location of the ALSA source include directory


is parsed automatically from the running kernel.


If it is not in the standard place, specify the path via


--with-alsainc=<ALSA_include_directory>.





On 2.4 kernels, the location of the ALSA source include directory


must be specified via --with-alsainc=<ALSA_include_directory>.





* Note

If integrated ALSA is to be used to build, --with-alsainc option


must not be specified.

[fenian]

The driver from creative stinks,awful instructions and I don't believe it works with the newer versions of alsa.You should use the OSS driver from 4front-tech you can download it here (http://www.4front-tech.com/oss.html) ,they have forums where you can get more info.The downside is that the OSS driver may only give you 2.1 sound (when I used it several months ago this was the case but I sold that card and got a different one so I'm not 100% sure on the current staus.),but some sound is better than none.

[Richpickings]

Ok, maybe I'm getting somewhere. Stupid question now, how do I become root? I tried typing su into the terminal thingy but it asked for a password which I don't have. When I set up Ubuntu it only asked for a user password.

[pmlxuser]

Ok, maybe I'm getting somewhere. Stupid question now, how do I become root? I tried typing su into the terminal thingy but it asked for a password which I don't have. When I set up Ubuntu it only asked for a user password.

In ubuntu we don't use su we use $sudo <command>
when asked for password you use the password for the user password

[Richpickings]

OK. So I've got a file called oss-install in my tmp folder which I think is the one I need to install. What exactly would I type into the terminal thingy to get it to run?

[Richpickings]

Everything I try it says "This program must be run as the super user (root)"

[Richpickings]

Say what you like about Windows, but double clicking executables has it's advantages.

[Richpickings]

OK. I got it to run, but still no sound, all I got was "volume control quit unexpectedly". I'll try and re-boot and get back to you (If anyone is listening)

[Richpickings]

OK. Still no sound. Does anyone else have any suggestions. Maybe I downloaded the wrong package. Which one should I have used?

[fenian]

To install OSS on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) follow the instrucions in this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4874981&postcount=2).

[Richpickings]

Sorry for the delay in reply, I've been away and busy. Thanks for the tip, however I've come to a bit of a halt again on step 6. Here's what happens:

richard@richard-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i oss-linux_v4.0-1016_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing oss-linux_v4.0-1016_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
oss-linux_v4.0-1016_i386.deb
richard@richard-desktop:~$ sudo soundon

the DEB file is in my Home folder and on my desktop......

[cariboo907]

Instead of trying to install the deb by hand why not just double click on it and use gdebi to install it.

Jim

[Richpickings]

Elaborate please.........

[SunnyRabbiera]

There is a application installer called gdebi that installs .deb files like windows .exe files.
If you double click a .deb file it will install with gdebi