Go ahead and save the configuration to prevent hassles whenever you rebuild your kernel in the future.

After a few more prompts about components to be compiled into the new kernel, the system starts the compilation process. Some systems have extra steps involved here, depending on how LILO is configured on your machine. The compilation can take anywhere from a couple of minutes to thirty minutes, depending on the speed of your machine and the number of components that have to be compiled.

You’re not finished yet! After recompiling the kernel you have to configure the device files properly. Again, this process might be explained in a README that came with your sound card drivers. Rather than do the device file configuration manually, a better approach is to look for the Readme.linux file that is usually stored in the /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound directory. The bottom of this file contains a short shell script that can do the device file settings painlessly for you. Cut these lines out and paste them into another file, make it executable, then run the script. After the kernel is recompiled and the device files configured, you can reboot the machine.

The script that should be run (cut from the Readme.linux file) looks like this (superfluous comment lines have been removed for clarity):

#!/bin/sh

AUDIOPERMS=622

# Create the devices



#        Mixer devices



if [ -e /dev/mixer ]; then

        rm -f /dev/mixer

fi



if [ -e /dev/mixer0 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/mixer0

fi



mknod -m 666 /dev/mixer0 c 14 0

ln -sf /dev/mixer0 /dev/mixer

if [ -e /dev/mixer1 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/mixer1

fi

mknod -m 666 /dev/mixer1 c 14 16



#        Sequencer      (14, 1)

#

if [ -e /dev/sequencer ]; then

        rm -f /dev/sequencer

fi

mknod -m 666 /dev/sequencer c 14 1



if [ -e /dev/patmgr0 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/patmgr0

fi

mknod -m 666 /dev/patmgr0 c 14 17

if [ -e /dev/patmgr1 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/patmgr1

fi

mknod -m 666 /dev/patmgr1 c 14 33

#   music  (14, 8)

    #

    if [ -e /dev/music ]; then

            rm -f /dev/music

    fi



    mknod -m 666 /dev/music c 14 8

    if [ -e /dev/sequencer2 ]; then

            rm -f /dev/sequencer2

    fi

    ln -s /dev/music /dev/sequencer2



#   Midi devices



if [ -e /dev/midi ]; then

        rm -f /dev/midi        # Old name. Don’t use it

fi

    if [ -e /dev/midi00 ]; then

            rm -f /dev/midi00

    fi

    mknod -m 666 /dev/midi00 c 14 2

ln -sf /dev/midi00 /dev/midi



    if [ -e /dev/midi01 ]; then

            rm -f /dev/midi01

    fi

    mknod -m 666 /dev/midi01 c 14 18



    if [ -e /dev/midi02 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/midi02

    fi

    mknod -m 666 /dev/midi02 c 14 34



    if [ -e /dev/midi03 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/midi03

    fi

    mknod -m 666 /dev/midi03 c 14 50



#    DSP           (14, 3)



if [ -e /dev/dsp ]; then

        rm -f /dev/dsp

fi

if [ -e /dev/dsp0 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/dsp0

fi

mknod -m $AUDIOPERMS /dev/dsp0 c 14 3

ln -s /dev/dsp0 /dev/dsp





#    DSPW      (14, 5)

if [ -e /dev/dspW ]; then

        rm -f /dev/dspW

fi

if [ -e /dev/dspW0 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/dspW0

fi

mknod -m $AUDIOPERMS /dev/dspW0 c 14 5

ln -s /dev/dspW0 /dev/dspW



if [ -e /dev/dspW1 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/dspW1

fi

mknod -m $AUDIOPERMS /dev/dspW1 c 14 37

#    SPARC compatible /dev/audio   (14, 4)

#

if [ -e /dev/audio ]; then

        rm -f /dev/audio

fi

if [ -e /dev/audio0 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/audio0

fi

mknod -m $AUDIOPERMS /dev/audio0 c 14 4

ln -s /dev/audio0 /dev/audio





#       DSP1           (14, 19) /dev/dsp for the second soundcard.

#                             Also the SB emulation part of the

#                             PAS16 card.



if [ -e /dev/dsp1 ]; then

        rm -f /dev/dsp1

fi

mknod -m $AUDIOPERMS /dev/dsp1 c 14 19

#       SPARC audio1        (14, 20)

#                                   /dev/audio for the second soundcard.

#                                   Also the SB emulation part of the

#                                   PAS16 card.



if [ -e /dev/audio1 ]; then

       rm -f /dev/audio1

fi

mknod -m $AUDIOPERMS /dev/audio1 c 14 20



#    /dev/sndstat  (14,6) For debugging purposes



if [ -e /dev/sndstat ]; then

        rm -f /dev/sndstat

fi

mknod -m 666 /dev/sndstat c 14 6

exit 0