New to Debian
 

Hey all,
I'm new to Debian, and Linux in general, and when i installed debian a few days ago, i realized i had no sound. probably a normal thing, im not sure. But, instead of messing stuff up for myself, i thought id ask how to get emu10k1 drivers installed on my box. Right now i have the least amount of stuff installed on here as possible, its the idepci version, 2.2.20. Any direction to tutorials or directions written in replies are greatly appreciated, thanks guys!

simply startup »modconf«, scroll down to sound, and choose the emu10k1 driver. on my box the emu10k1 has even his own section in the list. press enter (several times), and if you really have a emu10k1 soundcard you should see a + next to the driver in the list, then.

afterwards exit the program, your module will be loaded automatically after every reboot now, too (it is of course now currently loaded). please don't forget to add your user to the »audio« group, with »adduser myuser audio«, so the user is allowed to access your audio hardware.

HTH & HAND,
alfie

apparently i have a different modconf or something, i dont have that option. I have block, net, fs, cdrom, and misc -- none of which have anything related to sound drivers. any other suggestions?

You are running Debian Woody? If so, your running a pretty old system, so you probobly dont have that. Go to the Creative website and download the emu10k1 drivers and follow the instructions in the package. Its pretty easy.

then report back if you have any problems.

http://opensource.creative.com/

Hi,

you don't need to go to the Creative homepage.

If you've got a 2.4.x Kernel then you can just open /etc/modutils/aliases with $editor and add the following line:

"alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1"

after that, save the file, and do a "/sbin/update-modules" (as root)

This script will now build a new /etc/modules.conf and you should be able to listen to music if you've added your user to the audio group like Alfie told you above. (and don't foget to relogin after adding the user to the group)

cu

I can't really believe that you don't find any sound entry when you scroll down the list. Btw., I'm not really sure if there is really a support for emu10k1 in the 2.2 kernel series. So please try to »apt-get a kernel-image-2.4.18-1-*« (substitute * with the version that fits your processor best). »apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4.18« lists you all of those available.

With a 2.4 kernel installed you should be able to see them in your modconf, too.

HTH,
alfie