[mclarenvj]

Ok, just finished installing Ubuntu 8.10 got some WiFi working .. downloaded the driver for my Creative SoundBlaster Xtreme Gamer Card... from here

after I extracted it... I followed the instructions in README.txt
Then this is what i did in Terminal...

vj@mclarenvj:~$ cd
vj@mclarenvj:~$ cd vj
bash: cd: vj: No such file or directory
vj@mclarenvj:~$ cd home/vj
bash: cd: home/vj: No such file or directory
vj@mclarenvj:~$ cd /home/vj
vj@mclarenvj:~$ cd /home/vj/sound
vj@mclarenvj:~/sound$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/build M=/home/vj/sound
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
LD /home/vj/sound/built-in.o
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/xfi.o
In file included from /home/vj/sound/xfi.c:14:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
In file included from /home/vj/sound/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/vj/sound/xfi.c:17:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctatc.o
In file included from /home/vj/sound/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/vj/sound/ctatc.c:18:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctvmem.o
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctpcm.o
In file included from /home/vj/sound/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/vj/sound/ctpcm.h:21,
from /home/vj/sound/ctpcm.c:18:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
/home/vj/sound/ctpcm.c: In function ‘ct_alsa_pcm_create’:
/home/vj/sound/ctpcm.c:462: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘snd_pcm_new’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctmixer.o
In file included from /home/vj/sound/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/vj/sound/ctmixer.h:21,
from /home/vj/sound/ctmixer.c:19:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctresource.o
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctsrc.o
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c: In function ‘put_src_rsc’:
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:569: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:576: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c: In function ‘put_srcimp_rsc’:
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:883: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:887: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c: In function ‘srcimp_imap_add’:
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:916: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:922: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c: In function ‘srcimp_imap_delete’:
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:936: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:942: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c: In function ‘srcimp_mgr_destroy’:
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:1004: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctsrc.c:1006: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctamixer.o
/home/vj/sound/ctamixer.c: In function ‘put_amixer_rsc’:
/home/vj/sound/ctamixer.c:329: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctamixer.c:333: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctamixer.c: In function ‘put_sum_rsc’:
/home/vj/sound/ctamixer.c:494: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctamixer.c:498: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctdaio.o
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c: In function ‘put_daio_rsc’:
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:537: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:539: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c: In function ‘daio_imap_add’:
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:601: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:607: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c: In function ‘daio_imap_delete’:
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:621: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:627: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c: In function ‘daio_mgr_destroy’:
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:706: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/vj/sound/ctdaio.c:708: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/ctimap.o
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/cthardware.o
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/cthw20k2.o
CC [M] /home/vj/sound/cthw20k1.o
LD [M] /home/vj/sound/ctxfi.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/vj/sound/ctxfi.mod.o
LD [M] /home/vj/sound/ctxfi.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
vj@mclarenvj:~/sound$ make install
Copy module files...
mkdir: cannot create directory `/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound': Permission denied
make: *** [install] Error 1
vj@mclarenvj:~/sound$ make install
Copy module files...
mkdir: cannot create directory `/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound': Permission denied
make: *** [install] Error 1
vj@mclarenvj:~/sound$

[mclarenvj]

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[Alex135]

Heh, you should be happy, i registerd just to help you.

Alright, easy way to fix your problem, fallow the normal steps you did untill you get to the make install part.

Then replace:

make install

With:

sudo make install

this should fix your problem... sudo puts you into the root user mode... that's all there really is to it.


Glad i could help you, have fun with your new ubuntu distro. Consider it my Christmas present. :P
(btw, for more support i would recommend downgrading to the LTS distro or ubuntu 8.04, it works much better.)
-Alex135

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by Alex135

Heh, you should be happy, i registerd just to help you.

-Alex135

Welcome aboard.

Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

[prunejuice]

Is this a Creative X-Fi card you're trying to install?

[mclarenvj]

Originally Posted by Alex135

Heh, you should be happy, i registerd just to help you.

Alright, easy way to fix your problem, fallow the normal steps you did untill you get to the make install part.

Then replace:

make install

With:

sudo make install

this should fix your problem... sudo puts you into the root user mode... that's all there really is to it.


Glad i could help you, have fun with your new ubuntu distro. Consider it my Christmas present. :P
(btw, for more support i would recommend downgrading to the LTS distro or ubuntu 8.04, it works much better.)
-Alex135

Thanks I'll try it now...

Originally Posted by prunejuice

Is this a Creative X-Fi card you're trying to install?

Yup... to be specific This One...

[mclarenvj]

yay now i can rave
though i am having problems installing java ...
spent the whole of yesterday trying...

[mclarenvj]

ok
Tried Installing flash..
similar issues to Java

root@mclarenvj:/home/vj# sudo rpm -Uvh /home/vj/flash-plugin-10.0.15.3-release.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
/bin/bash is needed by flash-plugin-10.0.15.3-release.i386
/bin/sh is needed by flash-plugin-10.0.15.3-release.i386
glibc >= 2.4 is needed by flash-plugin-10.0.15.3-release.i386

Flash ^^^ from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get...lease.i386.rpm

Creating jre1.6.0_11/lib/rt.jar
Creating jre1.6.0_11/lib/jsse.jar
Creating jre1.6.0_11/lib/charsets.jar
Creating jre1.6.0_11/lib/ext/localedata.jar

Done.
root@mclarenvj:/home/vj/java# ls
jre1.6.0_11 jre-6u11-linux-x64.bin
root@mclarenvj:/home/vj/java#

I only managed to be able to copy the last few lines... :l
Java^^^ fromhttp://dl8-cdn-03.sun.com/s/ESD5/JSC...-linux-x64.bin using these instructions but changing the file name where necessary

whenever i go to the Java page to Verify if i have Java installed... it says that i don't have Java installed :l... and there isnt a Java plugin in the plugins part of Firefox...

[prunejuice]

Originally Posted by mclarenvj

Yup... to be specific This One...

Give up. Yes, give up. Put the card away.

I'm telling you this as a Linux user (Ubuntu 8.10), Creative has only now released X-Fi code for Open Source implementation (as of November).
X-Fi drivers won't be added to ALSA any time soon, maybe a few months, maybe a year for bug-free drivers. Sure there are work-arounds, but they are heavily crippled and you would rather you didn't after you started.

All you need to do is Google "X-Fi + Linux drivers"...you'll see what I'm talking about.
This is purely Creative's fault and I would not buy any more Creative products. My X-Fi Xtreme is sitting on a shelf. Heck, their Windows drivers are no great shakes either.

Creative = awesome hardware...garbage drivers

[mclarenvj]

Originally Posted by prunejuice

Give up. Yes, give up. Put the card away.

I'm telling you this as a Linux user (Ubuntu 8.10), Creative has only now released X-Fi code for Open Source implementation (as of November).
X-Fi drivers won't be added to ALSA any time soon, maybe a few months, maybe a year for bug-free drivers. Sure there are work-arounds, but they are heavily crippled and you would rather you didn't after you started.

All you need to do is Google "X-Fi + Linux drivers"...you'll see what I'm talking about.
This is purely Creative's fault and I would not buy any more Creative products. My X-Fi Xtreme is sitting on a shelf. Heck, their Windows drivers are no great shakes either.

Creative = awesome hardware...garbage drivers

Its working though... im using OSS instead of ALSA

[prunejuice]

The OSS port of the Creative Linux driver is awful.

If you believe those drivers are better than whatever drivers you get from onboard sound and ALSA, oh well...

[mclarenvj]

meh it works...
but it sounds awful in rhythmbox music player, so i play them in totem where it sounds fine