[Gllug] sound advice

[Leigh Mason]

hi 

i am running redhat 7.0 with the 2.2.16 kernel on a sony vaio Z600NE laptop.
I 'm trying to get the sound working with the yamaha ds-xg sound card.

i've had trouble compiling the ALSA driver, due to not having the kernel
source files installed on my computer. (apparently)

can anyone explain  why i need the source code for the kernel installed and
secondly why?

as you can guess i am a linux newbie - any advice would be gratefully
received

many thanks

leigh mason 

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