I have a slight problem.. I have an onboard soundcard as well as a Soundblaster Audigy 2. Vector seems to default to the onboard one and not pipe sound through the SB. I don't want to disable the onboard in the bios because I still have reasons to use it in windows, but I want Vector to run through the SB Audigy. I was wondering how to disable the onboard in Vector? I've read I can do this by adding the modules to the blacklist but I don't even know where to begin looking for those... I have no idea what modules the onboard is using.

Thanks.

~Kal

The easiest way to set this up is to reconfigure the module load order. This can be done by simply editing /etc/modules.conf (or similar equivilant for your distribution).

Look for the lines:
alias snd-card-0
alias sound-slot-0

and
alias snd-card-1

and simply switch them around. Example:
#before
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel # built-in
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
alias snd-card-1 snd-emu10k1 # Audigy
alias sound-slot-1 snd-emu10k1

#after
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 # Audigy
alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel # built-in
alias sound-slot-1 snd-hda-intel

This is how my system is setup. I use the onboard audio to pipe music to a set of powered speakers on the back porch while I'm BBQ'ing.

Hey, thanks for the reply, unfortunetly this is the only contents of the /etc/module.conf file:

# /etc/modprobe.conf (old location for Linux 2.6+ config)
#
# The use of this config file is deprecated if you are using a
# 2.6.x or newer kernel. Instead, create files in the
# /etc/modprobe.d/ directory containing modprobe options.
#
# For more information, see "man modprobe.conf".
alias eth0 skge

There may be other mod*.conf files in /etc (modules.conf, modprobe.d/*), also modprobe.preload. Root around /etc and see what you find. Try "fgrep -l snd-card-0 /etc/*".

Cool. I'll take a look and see what I can find.

grr... no luck. Even with emu10k1 as the only soundcard and the onboard disabled, Vector doesn't seem to want to pipe sound through it.

There... I managed to get it working by uninstalling ALSA and using the OSS sound system.

Could you send me a link to this Vector, you're talking about? I'd like to look at it.

Thanks.

This Vector - are you talking about Vector Linux or this is a sound app ?

VectorLinux 5.8 beta