To add to this, you either use alse or use os sound modules. That assumes you use the 2.4 kernel. If you use 2.6, it's alsa only. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bruzos" <david@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:45 PM Subject: Re: sound blaster live problems > I don't understand: > Linux has very good support for the SB Live! soundcards. I have never > seen one that did not work. Well, you know, there is a first time for > everything. Anyway, you might want to check if the emu10k driver is > loaded. Use the lsmod command to do this. Try something like: > > # lsmod >output.txt > > Then, use your text editor of choice to read the file and see what it > says. I had you redirect the lsmod output to a file, because sometimes > the list of modules does not fit on the screen. Also, you could send > the file to someone, so they can take a look at it. > > I don't use Debian, so I don't know what to use to configure sound cards > properly. However, the sound blaster should be configured already, > unless your install has some kind of bug. > > Have you tried to play sound? Try something like: > > # play some-file.wav > > If the command above gives an error, post it to the list... Also, make > sure your volumes are all the way up... Do something like: > > # aumix -v 100 > # aumix -w 100 > > and try to play sound again. > > Another thing: > I think that you have to be part of the "audio" group to play audio in > Debian. So check what groups you are part of. Do: > > # id > > this should tell you what groups you are part of... > > > Hope this helps... > > David Bruzos > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:15:36PM -0600, Glenn at home wrote: > > I have a sound blaster live on my Debian system. > > It uses the emu10k1 driver, and Alsa does not recognize it, but Debian does. > > I discovered this by doing lspci > > but when I do alsaconf, it does not find it. > > Is there a command like apt-get that I can do to update/install the EMU10k1 > > driver? > > Thanks > > Glenn > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
