soundblaster

im1crazyassmofo · 01-11-2003, 08:49 AM

help! i need soundblaster drivers...not soundblaster live...any site where i can get them

trickykid · 01-11-2003, 09:02 AM

If its the Creative Soundblaster series your talking about, about every standard distro with a recent kernel installed should already have these drivers.

im1crazyassmofo · 01-11-2003, 09:08 AM

well...i had an onboard audio sound card that was junky...didnt work with linux and then a few weeks after i installed linux, my friend gave me a soundblaster card...i disabled the onboard sound card but how do i get the soundblaster to work now? do i need to recompile the kernel or somthing?

trickykid · 01-11-2003, 09:12 AM

What's the specific model of the Sondblaster ? Is it an old ISA AWE card or a new PCI 512.. knowing the model number will help us know which module you'll need. If you using the stock Slack 8.1 kernel, least likely you'll have to recompile your kernel as the most modules are ready for use by default.

im1crazyassmofo · 01-11-2003, 09:17 AM

Its a soundblaster AudioPCI CT4810 im not sure how old it is...my friend just gave me it

trickykid · 01-11-2003, 09:29 AM

I think that card can use the es1371 module which should be ready by default.

Do this first as root, edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file to look like this under the Sound section:

Code:

### Sound support ###
# Sound Blaster Pro/16 support:
#/sbin/modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=3 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x300
# Sound Blaster Live support:
#/sbin/modprobe emu10k1
# MAD16 support:
#/sbin/modprobe mad16 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=0 dma16=1
# AD1816(A) sound driver:
#/sbin/modprobe modprobe ad1816 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3 ad1816_clockfreq=33000
# ES1370 support, such as Sound Blaster 128PCI:
#/sbin/modprobe es1370
# ES1371 support, such as Sound Blaster 64V PCI:
/sbin/modprobe es1371

You see the last entry there, you want to take that # or hash mark out. This should enable that module to load at boot time for you.

Next do this as root to load the module manually.

Code:

/sbin/modprobe es1371

And now this to make sure all users have permissions to have sound:

Code:

chmod 666 /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer*

Log out of root.. test your sound..

im1crazyassmofo · 01-11-2003, 09:35 AM

that worked great! thanks ALOT for you help!

trickykid · 01-11-2003, 09:44 AM

I rock !

tangle · 02-01-2003, 10:28 PM

Thanks trickykid, I had that same soundblaster problem.

trickykid · 02-01-2003, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tangle
Thanks trickykid, I had that same soundblaster problem.

Glad this helped you out as well tangle.