Problem compiling linux drivers...HELP PLEASE

[Louie1961]

I am trying to install the ALSA driver package onto my machine. I tried using both red hat 6.1 and 7.0 I have a yamaha 724 based sound card which is now supported by ALSA

I downloaded the latest version of the driver from the ALSA site, and attempted to install per their instructions.

When I try to compile the drivers using the "make install" command, per the INSTALL document instructions, I receive the following errors:

cannot create symbolic link 'include /isapnp.h' to ..'support/isapnp.h' open operation not permitted
error 1
[include sndversions.h]
error 2


Subsequently, when I try to do modprobe, I get the error message "unable to find sound module"

Am I just being dense, or is this thing refusing to compile for some reason, and how do I fix this??

 

[Damaged]

Are you root while doing this?

 

[rahvin]

operation not permitted

is the key man, it's a permision error somewhere, whether you aren't root or the permision on the file is 0 or something...

 

[Louie1961]

I changed the permissions on the files involved, with no change in the results. Does anyone have any other ideas??

Thanks.

 

[Damaged]

Still haven't answered my question: are you root while doing this?

Changing the permissions on those files is NOT the problem. If you're not root you probably cannot create files in the directories where the symbolic links need to be.

 

[Louie1961]

Opps, sorry, yes I am root. that is the only account I hace created at present

 

[rahvin]

Is the permsion on the file it's trying to copy or the directory it's trying to copy to, correct?