I think I'm missing something on the install for Alsa.  I'm trying to
get sound to work on my Thinkpad now finally, and I'm following the
how-to from Alsa's website.  I'm using the alsa 0.5.10 files, I've
unzipped, ran the ./configure, make, and make install on all three
driver/lib/utils.

I ran the ./snddevices in the /usr/src/alsa-driver* directory. 
According to the how-to, it should have made a directory called
/dev/snd.  Instead it created a link to /proc/asound/dev which is a
non-existant directory.

So, where do I go from here?  Do I create the directory which is
supposed to be linked from the /dev/snd link that was created or ????

Also, I'm supposed to load the nv256 module (for the NeoMagic256 audio
device) which isn't found on my system at all now after all this.

So, while I've got some spare time that I can use to configure my sound
on this thing can someone with more experience on this give me some
pointers or direction on what to do with these two issues?  Do I rerun
the steps I've taken above and create the /proc/asound/dev directory?

I'm running Slack 7.1 with the 2.2.16 kernel.  I do plan on going up to
2.4.2 but I'm unfamiliar with the procedure and would prefer to wait
until the 12th when someone can give me some more guidance on this.


Thanks,

Shawn