How do I install my soundcard?

Mr.Radar · 02-26-2003, 08:04 PM

I'm a total newbie(as you may have gathered from my previous posts) and how do I setup my soundcard? I"m running Slackware 8.1 and I have 2 SCs(one is an ancient ISA SB16 and the other is a CompUSA brand PCI SC with an "Advance Logic ALS 4000" chipset). Where would I find the driver and how would I set it up?

C++freak · 02-26-2003, 08:12 PM

edit the file (using your favorite text editor), /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and uncomment (remove the #before /sbin/modprobe modulename).. I know the ISA SB16 module is sb, (its under the Sound Card section).. look around in that file to find out which module the other card uses (if it isnt in there, let us know).. you may want to $chmod 0666 /dev/dsp* and /dev/mixer* so all users can use sound.

Texicle · 02-27-2003, 05:22 PM

Or, if you already know your driver, you can just type in as root:

modprobe <modulename>

Afterwards, you should add

alias sound-slot-0 <modulename>

to your /etc/modules.conf file. C++ above also gave good advice about changing the permissions of your /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer files as you'll run into problems otherwise.

If you run into any problems, ask us and we'll do our best to help.

Mr.Radar · 02-27-2003, 06:08 PM

Thanks for the help! My SB16 is working great and should last me until I find a good deal on new soundcard.