On Friday 12 December 2008, [email protected] wrote: > I am helping a friend migrate from Windows to Linux. His old Dell's > original Windows XP install became unusable from the craware and from > several viruses runnin gon it. It's actually pretty funny to see the > viruses kill the anti-virus before it has a chance to open its update > dialog. > > I installed Ubuntu Linux on his machine (and increased the RAM for good > measure). He's happy with it, with one notable exception; the sound card > is a PCI Creative Sound Blaster 24 Live, which obstinately refuses to work > with Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 will reportedly fix the problem).
The SoundBlaster Live card works well (I'm using one), but apparently the Live 24-bit has a different chip and so requires a different driver: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster_Live!#Sound_Blaster_Live.21_24-bit "on Linux operating systems, when using the ALSA sound system, the module that is used for the Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit is snd-ca0106" So try the command "sudo modprobe snd-ca0106" at a command line and see if the driver is available and if it loads. You can see what modules are loaded with the command "lsmod". -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 3 - Lightning Talks & Swap Session
