Mandrake 9.1 and Audigy 2
 

Alright... I have a Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2... I know its working, because I have sound in Red Hat 9 as well as Winblows. However, I installed Mandrake 9.1 and I havent been able to get a peep out of it.

I went to opensource.creative.com and downloaded the drivers for emu10k1 chipset (which suposevely supports my card with the release of 20a) and installed them as was directed in the docs. I'll cut and paste the installation section of the README here so you can get an idea.

Configuring
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You should already be running the kernel for each you are compiling the driver
at this point. Then you just need to type "make" in the main directory.
The KERNEL_VERSION printed in the last message should match the kernel
you want to compile the driver for, if not:

1. Using your own kernel sources (preferred)
Make sure you have configured your kernel sources ("make oldconfig/config/menuconfig")
and created the dependecies files ("make dep").

2. Using RedHat distribution kernel sources.
Copy/link one of the config files in linux/configs/*.config
to linux/.config. The file should match your running kernel.

3. Using other distribution kernel sources.
Try point 2 above.

Compilation
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To compile the driver, simply type "make" a second time in the main
directory. This will generate the files "emu10k1.o"
and "ac97_codec.o" (and "emu10k1-joy.o" for 2.2 kernels).


Installation
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1. As root type:

make install

2. Add a new reference to the driver in /etc/modules.conf:

alias sound emu10k1

3. Play some sound. The module should be auto-loaded.

Note for Debians' users: use /etc/modutils directory,
create file emu10k1 here with the same content as is suggested in
the paragraph (5.) and run update-modules afterwards - this
will create the correct /etc/modules.conf file)


I did everything that was stated above, without gaining any results.

I really don't have the slightest clue what to do, or what might be wrong.. if you think you can help I'd appreciate it... I can send you any information you need.

Thanks in advance,

Phil

Okay, i got it working once.. but now when i rebooted I lost sound again... what files do I have to modify in order to get it to initialize on boot?

Can you let me know how you manged to get the sound working i've tried everything from modprobe, ismod, recompiling the kernel and still have nothing. i really need help with this.

Have you checked Aumix? Lol, Mandrake sometimes has a tendency to sent their sound to mute as default, that happened to me before. You should try going into Aumix and turning up the volume (if its down) and saving the setting so that it stays that way.

hi i have audigy 2 too and i have not sound working redhat 9.i did in configuring second steps.but it didn't copy linux/config and how did you do compilation part and configuring part can you send e-mail to saidaydinalp@yahoo.com please!!

Well, here's what I did to get it working.. (granted I still cant get it to save the settings on reboot)

1) I went into /lib/modules/linuxkernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1 and deleted all the drivers pertaining to the emu10k1 chipset.

2) i edited /etc/modules.conf and removed all refrences to sound

3) I ran /sbin/lsmod and made sure there were no modules runining... rmmod them if any are in existance..

4) I downloaded the package off sourceforge, and compiled and installed them as previously stated...

5) I copied the emu10k1.o driver to /lib/modules/linuxkernel/derivers/sound/emu10k1 to replace the one i deleted before

6) I added the following line to /etc/modules.conf and save it...

alias sound emu10k1


7) modprobe emu10k1... and I had sound... now if i could figure out how to keep it on reboot

I've only been running linux like 3 or 4 days so i really have no clue how alot of this stuff works... this is just what I did to get it working.. use at your own risk

good luck,

Phil