Installing Debian 3.0r2, and ES1370 sound card question
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r2 using the 2.4 kernel and
Ensoniq AudioPCI / SoundBlaster PCI (ES1370) I installed Debian (w/ KDE) once before and received messages referring to the sound card not being found in KDE. I was installing Debian a second time, and noticed a module in kernel/drivers/sound module/es1470 ..... Do I select this module and install it during installation, or do I not, ... and is there a better way to get this soundcard to work??? Very confused about this. :cry: |
Re: Installing Debian 3.0r2, and ES1370 sound card question
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stephen@SleepyTux:~$ grep ES1370 /boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4 |
I'm a serious newbee here..... :o how do I check to see if my kernel is loading the ES1470 module or not? :confused:
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>$ lsmod |
Stephen,
Yes, your correct, es1370. I logged in as root and entered the command lsmod. I received the following: Module Size Used by Not tainted (I'm guessing NO modules are installed???) I then entered modprobe es1370 and received this: es1370: version v0.37 time 10:28:23 April 14 2002 PCI: Found IRQ5 for device 00:09.0 es1370: Found adapter at io 0xe800 irq5 es1370: Features: joystick off, line in, mic impedance 0 I then entered the command lsmod again, and received this: Module Size Used by Not tainted es1370 27312 0 [unused] gameport 1308 0 [es1370] soundcore 3236 4 [es1370] Does this mean the kennel is not loading the module during boot? Further, is this what I need to do to get the sound card recognized? Thanks again for your time. (BTW, during the installation of Debian there was an option of adding modules to the kernel. Should I have added es1370? Would it be better to reinstall the OS, or would adding the line in /etc/modules do the same thing?) |
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That is a strange one you would expect to see at least a couple there. Quote:
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Okay, I edited /etc/modules and its loading during boot. Thank you for the suggestion of adding myself to the audio group, etc. as I would have becomes stuck and would have wondered why sound wasn't working! :p :o
I just tried playing a CD, and although it doesn't sound as "clear" as it does in Windows NT, it does play and that's more than good enough for me. (I'm not a gamer.) :D :D I guess I can see situations where someone might want to load a few modules instead of having them built into the kernel. One situation would be if you upgrade perennials often, or something like that. Well thank you again, I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to help me out with this. |
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