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OK, I have a Compaq presario that has an integrated soundcard (I didn't
know anything about such things when I bought this PC). Right now I'm
running 7.2, and have purchased a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum 5.1. At the
time I installed the SB Live, I didn't have Linux on the PC, since I'd
just reformatted windows. Now, previously, I did have 7.2 on the PC, so I
know the stock integrated card (an ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1
Audiodrive) works in Linux.
So, in Windows I just disabled the ESS from the hardware profile, but
wasn't sure how to go about it for Linux before I reinstalled 7.2, so I
just went ahead and installed it without doing anything. Both cards were
recognized, and both cards are listed in HardDrake, as well as Kmix. When
I boot into Linux, the driver that gets loaded is the one for the ESS
card.
Now, neither card is working for me, I have no sound. Although the meters
on XMMS do indicate that there is some kind of signal to be had...Anyways,
I figure I have no sound because of a conflict between the two cards, so I
set out to try to disable the ESS in Linux, but I couldn't find any
documentation on that. So I email Compaq support to find out about
disabling the card from either the BIOS, or the motherboard, and they
respond that it can't be disabled from either place.
So now it appears I'll have to take the PC to a compaq service center to
have a new motherboard installed to use the SB Live!; but in the meantime
I would still like to have sound, so could someone tell me how to take the
SB Live out of the hardware profile in Linux so the ESS will work? That
is, without removing the card from the PC, as I do use it in Windont,
and preferably without reinstalling, as Im really happy with the way my
machine is set up right now, outside of the soundcard thing...and
hopefully without having to recompile, as Im a frightened newbie ;-)
Though if I have to do that, I'll start reading...
Thanks!
peace,
Rog
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