On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:16:23AM -0500, Nyal wrote: > Greetings all, > > I'm new to Linux, currently using Mandrake 9.2 and I have a question about a > soundblaster card that's in this box I just bought..... > > I'm trying to get it to work but so far no luck....Mandrake recognizes the > card and has snd-emu10k1 (EMU10K1) as the driver........
The snd-emu10k1 ALSA driver is for SBLive!, SB PCI512, and Audigy cards. I'm assuming you have one of those. For future reference, it's best to provide exact details, especially as there are a lot of cards generically called 'soundblaster' ;) > I've played with AuMix and KMix but no luck.....looked at the Soundblaster > website but no luck (or drivers) there. Try using 'alsamixer' in a terminal, or 'alsamixergui' in X. These are the native mixers for ALSA. I believe all the levels are turned down and/or muted by default. You may have to set a certain switch, like analog/digital as well. I don't think KMix or AuMix will show you all the possible mixer options that the driver gives you. > The motherboard I've got (ASUS K7M) has Onboard AC'97 audio that I can use if > the SB card is a no-go. As Ken said, disable this in the BIOS if possible. > Am I missing something or is Creative just Linux Unfriendly? Apparently you didn't find http://opensource.creative.com/ :) But, you should probably stick with ALSA. I'm using the snd-emu10k1 driver on an Audigy. ALSA is the native sound system in Linux 2.6.0. > I'd like to get > sound up and running so's I could listen to CDs (or 'net Radio) while I > browse the www. Check out http://www.alsa-project.org/ > Any help is mucho appreciated and look for other newbie questions from me in > the future! Cheers! -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
