I recently installed Mandrake 9 beta 1. It's been working decent, KDE 3, is nice, etc. However, I can't get sound to work with my soundblaster live. I run sndconfig and pick out my soundcard, but then the testing sound doesn't work. I tried to insmod emu10k1, but that doesn't work either . Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone have the Mandrake 9 beta working with a soundblaster live? I had it working fine in Mandrake 8.2... perhaps I should have just been content with that .

One of the many reasons its "beta". Something you might want to report to Mandrake since that is why the beta is released, to report bugs.

What are some of the errors you receive if any ?

The following is what I get when I try to insmod emu10k1. sndconfig fails silently.. no error messages. I'd file a bug report if I knew it was a bug, and not just me being retarded .

[root@bomberbox rob]# insmod emu10k1
Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol ac97_read_proc_Rbae4da72
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_send_sysex_Rfddcbfb3
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_set_instr_Rd85be938
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol ac97_probe_codec_R84601c2b
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_ioctl_Rb66d1f67
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_reset_R56504ca2
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol sound_unload_mididev_Ra6bb414c
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_open_Rf6b3a2fb
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_hw_control_Rb14b22cd
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_kill_note_R2aa31695
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_start_note_R9bdaf24d
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_aftertouch_Rf1ea8a20
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_setup_voice_R4ff47e9d
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_bender_Rba7dd041
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_load_patch_Rf7426da3
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_controller_R892093e0
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_devs_Rb3ae63d0
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol sequencer_init_Rf78f6363
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_panning_Rdb400afa
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol midi_synth_close_Rad45df73
/lib/modules/2.4.18-21mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: unresolved symbol sound_alloc_mididev_Rba413f87

Well, looks like that module won't work with those errors. If you know you installed everything properly, I would send in a bug report, could be some issues with sound at this time.
But you can always try reinstalling the necessary driver for your sound and maybe sndconfig....

I made the mistake of subscribing to the spam-fest know as the cooker mailing list. They're aware of the issue, its getting cleaned up.

Cheers,

Finegan