Hey, I am pretty new to linux so i dont know very much at all. I was trying to install my soundcard, the SB audigy 2 zs driver in linux and it said it automatically put i on here i think with the file emu10k1 but it doesnt play any sounds and so i went to alsa'a website to try and download and install the driver from there but i am having some troubles because when i run the ./configure --with-cards=emu10k1 it gets to the end and says that the version.h file for my kernel doesnt exist, and i tried specifying the exact location of the kernel and it just keeps telling me to install the whole package for the kernel, which i have already done. Is there anyway someone can give me a full walkthrough on this please? Would be most appreciated.

Well first u should check to see if emu10k1 is already compiled as a module, ( I also have this card) to do this, open a console and try(as root): modprobe emu10k1
If this works then you dont have to do anything else, just load the modules at startup.

It sounds like you've got it installed from your first line there. Check that the module is installed and running:
lsmod | grep emu10k1

If it's loaded, it will display either:
emu10k1
OR
snd_emu10k1

The snd_emu10k1 means that it's the ALSA module, the emu10k1 (or a variation of it without the snd prefix) means that it's either the OSS module (which is old school and has been basically replaced by alsa) OR a proprietary driver from Creative, depends on where you got the "install" file(s).

Either way, try opening up a mixer. Open up a terminal and type any one of the following:
kmix
gmix
alsamixergui

To see if it allows you to change the sound levels, then try playing sound again.

Cool

well i actually tried loading up the alsamixer and the kmix from the terminal and i brought both up and tweasked with the volume settings on everything and i am still getting no sound. I also tried to do modprobe emu10k1 at the terminal and it said it wasnt found, so does that mean i need to download the driver from alsa again?

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Could anyone assist with the questions asked here?

What do you do if the # ./configure --with-cards=[your card here] returns an error message that version.h file for the kernel does not exist. The error suggests an extra parameter to identify the directory for this file but I don't know where to find it.

Alternatively, it discusses installing a package with full kernel sources. Admittedly, I'm not exactly sure what the error message is trying to tell me. Don't I have that amongst my packages by default? I'm working in FC4.

wich card does the mixer say u have?

Thanks for the response.

I think you hit on the problem, but I don't know how to fix it.

# lspci | grep audio
00:06 0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controller (MCP) (rev a1)

However, I am almost certain that my mainboard onboard sound chip is made by C-Media.

It seems that the proper configuration should read something like:

Multimedia audio controller: 0000:02:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)

However, I can't for the life of me find the right drivers through which to compile and bring on line the correct driver...

In other words, I believe the Autodetect misidentifies my card. I think the solution is an alsa driver, but there's a hell of a lot of strange problems for me when I try to work with anything alsa related.

Last point, I should note that this very card worked unde r RH 9.

More info:

# lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 32929 0
snd_ac97_codec 88893 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2497 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 3781 0
snd_seq_oss 31937 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7105 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49873 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 9165 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 51057 0
snd_mixer_oss 18113 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 87749 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25285 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 54949 9 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 9889 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10825 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

I could swear I had an error message in this output, before I started messing with the alsa driver, but now, I don't see it. If I happen on it, I will post it.

Found my first problem...was trying to pull down an 8738 driver...and I need a 9738! D'oh!

Guys, i think i may have found a fix for the problem with the sound card. I tried reinstalling the alsa pack and also downloading the FC4 kernel packs but none of those seemed to do it. I even made sure i had the volume up on all the mixers. still didnt work. finally i saw the little update icons down by the clock in the menu and when it finished doing all its updates i messed around with the mixer a little more and WHALAH.. we have sounds.....give it a shot.