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  1. I dont think my instructions will help you since i'm talking about Fedore Core 1 Linux, and not mandrake.
  2. No problem, glad to be of help. Asus makes great hardware, i've used many boards including a dual athlon from Asus. Hardware-wise they are superb. Yes their support is crap, but then again, everyone's support is crap. I dont think you'll get anything better from other board manufacturers.
  3. The instructions above are for Fedora Core 1. btw, Fedora Core 2 test1 is using 2.6.x kernels, so ALSA is used by default. Sound works here out-of-the-box.
  4. 1) Yes you need to download all of them. Here are direct links to the RPM files ALSA driver http//ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/1/alsa-driver/alsa-driver-1.0.2-1.fr.i386.rpm ALSA lib http//ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/1/alsa-lib/alsa-lib-1.0.2-2.fr.i386.rpm ALSA utils http//ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/1/alsa-utils/alsa-utils-1.0.2-1.fr.i386.rpm ALSA kernel module Now this is not very simple, you have to go to this page http//yarrow.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=656 See the long list of kernel-module-alsa files? You need one of them. But you need to choose the correct one for your CPU. So if you use an Intel Pentium3/4 you need to get the file that has "i686" in it, if you use an Athlon then you need to get the file that has "athlon" in it. Once you know which CPU you have, you also need to figure out which KERNEL version you have installed. If you just installed fedora, and haven't updated your installation with up2date then you are using the default kernel which is version '2115'. So, if you use an athlon, and a 2115 kernel you'd get the filekernel-module-alsa-1.0.2-1.fr_2.4.22_1.2115.nptl.athlon.rpm 2) Once you've downloaded these files you need to drop into command-line. Or as we say in unix, drop to the shell. 3) Now chance into the 'root' user. The root user is the administrator who has access to install/uninstall system wide stuff or to make system changes. You can change into root by running "su -" and typing the password as asked. 4) Now as root, go to the directory you downloaded the RPM files and run "rpm -ivh *.rpm". That should do it. 5) Next, you will need to run "alsaconf", but i may be mistaken here. Check with alsa-project.org. Have phun.
  5. The SoundMax is using an AD1980 or AD198x chipset. You can easily get full support if you install the ALSA drivers. The ALSA drivers are the next-gen sound drivers for Linux and they are the default sound driver for 2.6 kernels. I'm guessing you are using 2.4 with Fedora Core 1, so your best choice is to go to http//yarrow.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=656 (alsa-driver) http//yarrow.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=669 (alsa-lib) http//yarrow.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=672 (alsa-utils) Download the RPMs provided and install them (rpm -ivh), then run alsaconf (or alsaconfig, can't remember). Mine works nicely like that.
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