Installing Debian 3.0r2, and ES1370 sound card question
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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.
Re: Installing Debian 3.0r2, and ES1370 sound card question
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Originally posted by ak4me 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.
Looks like you should just have to load the module by putting it on a line in the file /etc/modules after install or there should be a es1370 option during install at least there is in the config on my Woody box.
Then you look for the name of the module you want to see loaded in the list. If it is not there then use su to become root and then modprobe es1370 should load the module you can use lsmod again to confirm the loading and hopefully see a 1 on the line beside it meaning it is in use and while still root edit the /etc/modules file to put the module name on a line by itself save the file and it will be loaded everytime you boot.
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 lsmodagain, 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?)
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???)
That is a strange one you would expect to see at least a couple there.
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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 lsmodagain, and received this:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
es1370 27312 0 [unused]
gameport 1308 0 [es1370]
soundcore 3236 4 [es1370]
Good the module loads without error you should put an entry for it in the /etc/modules.
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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.
Yes that is right it is not loaded at the moment at boot until you make the change in the file mentioned above then it will get loaded. Your sound card should be recognized the soundcore module is using it. Have you added yourself to the audio group yet? If not then as root adduser user_name audio and you may want to add yourself to the video, floppy, cdrom and src groups if you are not already a member to check logged in as your normal user use the groups command. Once you have added yourself to the groups you would have to logout and back into whatever shell/desktop you are using for the change to take effect you should then try to play a test sound.
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(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?)
Yes that is what you are supposed to do if you want them inserted into the kernel eg. not loaded as a module. There is no need to reinstall it just means any support that is not built into the kernel that you need you will have to keep adding them to the /etc/modules to have them loaded.
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!
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.)
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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