Sound Blaster 128/ensoniq es1371 driver install

Rodcl · 08-09-2002, 04:20 PM

After a long time using SuSe
i have decided to switch to Debian, right now i am configuring it.
SuSe used to have the drivers/modules for my sound card but debian seems that can't find it or doesn't have them
i wonder what i have to do ?
maybe i just missed something?

finegan · 08-10-2002, 12:01 AM

Debian, last I checked, doesn't configure sound for you, neither offhand does Slack. What happens when you do a:

modprobe es1371

?

Cheers,

Finegan

Rodcl · 08-15-2002, 03:32 PM

when i do modprobe es1371 i get
rod@debian:~$ modprobe es1371
bash: modprobe: command not found
rod@debian:

maybe the modprobe utility or program is not installed?

By the way debian's packaging system is superb!!

finegan · 08-15-2002, 03:47 PM

You have to be root, its a command in /sbin/, which is not in rod's path. You have to be root. If you su to root, it will keep the path of the user (I think, everyone is compiling bash differently these days and I think Debian would be paranoid too), so /sbin might not be in your path on an su. Regardless, anyone but root isn't going to have permission to execute that binary anyway.

Cheers,

Finegan

Rodcl · 08-15-2002, 04:22 PM

I did
rod@debian:~ su
Password:
debian:/home/rod# modprobe es1371
modprobe: Can't locate module es1371
debian:/home/rod#

You see?
I am an example of what abusive use of GUIs and "everythingautomatic" can do!!

Rodcl · 08-15-2002, 04:36 PM

i located the module in /lib/modules/2.4.18-686-smp/kernel/drivers/sound/es1371.o
is there any place where i have to put this file ?

Aussie · 08-18-2002, 11:05 AM

Try "su -" the dash will set the full root path. And doing 'depmod -ae" sometimes helps.

Rodcl · 08-18-2002, 05:14 PM

i did a
modprobe -l
and gave all the avaible modules
and i look for es1371.o which was not there !!
but i know what to do now !!

Rodcl · 08-19-2002, 12:54 PM

After upgrading the kernel to 2.4.18-SMP
i did a
rod@debian:~su
Password:
debian:/home/rod# modprobe es1371
debain:/home/rod# modprobe via-rhine
after this and don't now what to do, it seems that the modules were loaded but i bet there is something else i have to do, the sound did not work and the network card neither, there was no complain from modprobe.