1. I would like to know how do i edit the above , and how do i know which is the module of my sound card .

2. how do i uncomment a line ?

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1. I was told to use chmod to change permission



chmod a+w dsp
is this the right aproach? what should i do next ? I think my problem is the editing stuff . I see it all the time but still didn't find an easy explanation of how it works . Thanks

It's gonna depend on which distro you are using as to which file to edit. Slack uses rc.modules to load and unload modules. Others use /etc/modules.conf or so forth. Since you seem to use many different distros, which one are you trying to do this with?

When speeking of uncommenting a line it is speaking of removing the # (usually) in front of the module or code to load. For Example: (commented) #/sbin/modprobe emu10k1
(uncommented) /sbin/modprobe emu10k1

Using chmod changes the file permissions for any given file. Sometimes whenyou create a new user he won't hear sound, therefore you would have to set permission for him to use the applicable devices related to sound. The chmod a+w gives 'w'rite access to 'a'll. Type man chmod to get a grasp on how it works before deciding anything on it.

What is the name/brand/etc..of your sound card? That will tell you which driver you'll need to load/uncomment in the modules file. whn you know that and have the module loading, then you can worry about anything else IF it's even a problem.

I'm using Slackware 8 (2.2.9 version) . I'm not shure if this is the right info about my sound card, ( i guess it's onboard) i went to kde device manager and found this :

AC 97 Audio controller ( multimedia audio controller)


Is this the information needed ? thanks for the help .


PEACE

Yes, that's what you need to know. The modules as I said with Slack are loaded using /etc/rc.d/rc.modules So you'll want to edit that file, scroll down to audio support, then uncomment the line dealing with the AC97 Audio Codec. Save the file and make sure you have PNP BIOS set to NO in your BIOS. That'll save you alot of sound and other hassles. When you reboot, you should see the module loading, if you get an error, it may be that it's not built as a module in the kernel. That's probably not the case though on a new install. Try that and see what happens first and go from there.

This looks stupid but how can i actually edit a file ? I already tried emacs but i guess JOE is easier ( at least it looked simpler) . I know i'm not doing my "homework" but i've got very little time to study Linux . I already wrote the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules on th editor but NOTHING happend . I'm going now to disable the PNP BIOS and return . thanks

Pnp bios is disabled already. .

I sort of go against the grain when editing by not using the 'standard' editors like pico and vi/vim. By far, the easiest is jed. I think you'll be surprised how much easier editing a file is using this editor. So when you edited rc.modules, which file did you uncomment and does it load on startup? It should be in some of the last ten or so startup lines. If not sure, jed your /var/log/messages file and go to the bottom and look at the last startup and see. I believe that the emu10k1 module will work for the AC97 Codec for the on-board sound.

I went to jed and manage to see to see the sound support , found the module : #/sbin/modprob emu10k1


but it say the buffer is read only . How can i change that?

That's great to hear you found the module in rc.modules. All you have to do is remove the # sign to make the module load on startup. When is it and what is it that you've done to get the read-only buffer? That's could be easily file permissions in /dev if you are doing this as a user and not root. Try all this as root first.

After changing to root i did manage to uncomment asyou said . Went to the EDIT and "saved as" . I got the message of the lines it wrote to the file . what next ? I tried to use xmms but no sound . thanks

After rebooting the computer i got this lines :

Sorry about the quoting .i think i was trying to do something else. Is there a way that i can record stuff like this , to show it as quote supposing it's quite often one needs to refer to outcoming messages like it ?

I tried /sbin/modprobe [driver-name] as you said to someone and got this :
" " " " :insmod/lib/modules/2.2.9/misc/soundcore.0.gz failed
" " " " :insmod emu10k1 failed

You said you had onboard sound using the AC97 codec but the emu10k1 module is for the sound blaster live card, so the error would be because your loading the wrong module.

Hi i'm going to pass some information i got from my mother board manual



PS I had the this onboard card working with mandrake so i guess it would work on Slackware . Can i try all the other modules , and not damage anything ? thanks