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Old 04-03-2003, 08:24 AM   #1
CrajeeBoy
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which sound card DOES work??


i have not been able to get my sound blaster live to work. i was thinking about selling it, and getting a new sound card. does anyone know which sound card works perfectly with RH 8?
 
Old 04-03-2003, 08:30 AM   #2
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sounblaster souncards should work with no problems.

try these first

lsmod , can you see soundcard, soundcore, sb*

if no then do a search for these then

insmod $path to files/files.

then try again.

or you could run sndconfig and just try sticking anydriver in (though i dont think this is in rh8 i know it was in rh 7.3)

oh and make sure sound support and the relevant drivers are in the kernel config etc
 
Old 04-03-2003, 08:32 AM   #3
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i'm fairly new to linux. RH 8 was my first install. when i start KDE, i get the message " can't start sound i/o", and then something about continuing to use null device. any help?
 
Old 04-04-2003, 05:29 AM   #4
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Lot's of people have this problem, I have seen it
in at least 3 threads sofar. But no solutions yet.

I have the same problem: RedHat 8.0 complains
when KDE starts, sndconfig seems to have found
out that I have a SoundBlaster Live! but complains
as well, soundcore module is loaded, nothing else,
bottom-line: no sound...
 
Old 04-04-2003, 06:10 AM   #5
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just try all of the other modules, this is what i had to do in 7.3 and eventually a really obscure one that had nothing to do with my card worked :/
 
Old 04-04-2003, 06:13 AM   #6
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how do i try all the other modules?
 
Old 04-04-2003, 03:20 PM   #7
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Or you might want to try and get ALSA working I had the same problem with my i810 integrated sound, changed to ALSA and everything works.

Here is a link I found useful for installing ALSA:

ALSA installation
 
  


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