Can't get ATI IXP AC97 sound card working

[a2beau]

I've been trying to get the sound card working with my hp pavilion zv6100 laptop for a couple of days now, i've tryed using asla but I get this error when i get to the make step for the driver:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9/acore'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/include/sound/driver.h', needed by `hwdep.o'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9/acore'
make: *** [compile] Error 1

I'm very new to Linux (just starting trying to use it about a week ago) so I don't really understand what this means, I read somewhere that I might need to upgrade my Kernel to a 2.6 (I currently have a 2.4.27-2-386, which came with the debian stable).
Any help would be appreciated

also lspci gives
0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4370 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 3085
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at b0003400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable

[iwanabeguru]

chek the alsa card database for some informations from your card
is supported?

the kernel upgrade is a good idea.

[a2beau]

thanks I figured it out i guess I missed some files i need from the install disc, which is one of the shortcomming and strenghts of debian But I got it.

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