Allegro

Trex005 · 09-06-2001, 12:09 PM

I just installed slackware 8.0 today and I am a first time linux user. javascript:smilie(%27%3Anewbie%3A%27)
I have an ESS ALLEGRO sound card and despratly would like to get it working. I saw one place that told me to just set it up using soundblaster_16 but I have no clue how to do THAT either

ANY help would be MUCH appriciated
Travis

acid_kewpie · 09-06-2001, 02:09 PM

First stop, which ususally fixes most soundcards, is to run sndconfig. if that fails, there's ALSA drivers and such like to investigate. If it can runas an sb16 sndconfig should fix it i guess.

Trex005 · 09-06-2001, 03:12 PM

I have tried repeatedly... but I keep getting
sndconfig: Command Not Found
any more suggestions? am I doing somthing wrong?

Trex005 · 09-06-2001, 04:15 PM

acid_kewpie · 09-06-2001, 04:47 PM

ahh c'mon man!

a) make sure you have sndconfig installed on your system

b) make sure sndconfig is on your path

c) make sure you a root

Trex005 · 09-06-2001, 05:55 PM

Turns out slackware does not use sndconfig... I'm not THAT stupid

My card is an ES1988 ESS Allegro
I have searched the world over looking for a download but every link I find ends up being dead.....
I have been at this for about 20 hours now and about ready to distroy anything that resembles a computer

Thanx for any help

crash89 · 09-06-2001, 07:04 PM

I got the ALSA dirvers from www.alsa-project.org. They have drivers for many sound cards. ESS 1988 is one of them. Compiling was a pain, but worth it when it worked. The help file is pretty good. A word of caution, don't cut corners in the installation, it breaks easy!