Hi,
Checked out the new driver - not much luck if i used the one for kernel
2.2.10 - not all that surprising really as 2.2.9-19 is LOWER than that one
!! (The CD player stuff works fine, but as soon as i play an MP3 which will
use the wave table support (??) it breaks and needs a reboot - an unclean
one at that).
If, however you use the one called 'emu10k1.o-2.2.5-15' everything seems to
work fine. Is it just my over keen imagination or does the SBLive start to
sound better out of 4 speakers now than with the previous driver - starting
to sound as good as it does under windows now - anyone else comment on this
??
Okay - do the following (exactly everything Creative recommend you _DONT_
do, so i take no responsibilty for this ;-) it works fine for me tho!)
DO IT ALL AS ROOT (su -)
Untar/zip the file from creative.
'cp emu10k1.o-2.2.5-15 /lib/modules/2.2.9-19mdk/misc/emu10k1.o'
Remove any existing sound lines from conf.modules
Add the following...
'alias sound emu10k1'
'options emu10k1 -f'
'pre-install emu10k1 insmod soundcore'
'post-remove emu10k1 rmmod soundcore'
Save the file & reboot.
Instead of rebooting you could come out of X and then do...
'rmmod soundcore'
'rmmod sblive' (or whatever your old module was called)
'insmod -f emu10k1'
For reference my conf.modules can be found at
www.whitem.demon.co.uk/my_conf_modules.htm
Check out the whole site if you like www.whitem.demon.co.uk you might find
something else of interest there !!
Good luck,
Martin.
PS: I can still send the old version if you really want, but you shouldn't
need it the new one seems to work handsomly.
----- Original Message -----
From: Carlos Mayorga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] SBlive in Mandrake 2.2.9]
I really thanks Martin ans sorry about my little english, I need some help
with this becuse I downloaded the files from Cretive labs page:
http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
and the files are:
README
mod_conf
install_emu10k1
emu10k1.o-2.2.5-15
emu10k1.o-2.2.10
emu10k1.o-2.0.36
My firs problem after read the "README" file was "install_emu10k1" did't
work
and I tried manual installation. Please tell me if my steps have mistakes:
1. Determine your kernel sound modules installation location
(usually /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc)
I did it the driversare in "/lib/modules/2.2.9-19mdk/misc"
2. Copy the appropriate driver to that location as emu10k1.o
(eg. /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc/emu10k1.o)
I tried it butwhat is the right file? for my kernel version?
3. Unload all existing soundcard drivers, including soundcore
May be here is the problem, how must I do it?
4. Remove all old soundcard references from /etc/conf.modules
In my "conf.modules" file are not sound drivers is a file with 3 lines
5. Add a new reference to the driver in /etc/conf.modules:
(eg. "alias sound emu10k1" or "alias char-major-14 emu10k1")
I use "alias sound emu10k1" and the other but doesn't work
6. If your kernel is compiled with version information, add the following
lines to /etc/conf.modules after the previous statement:
pre-install emu10k1 insmod soundcore
post-remove emu10k1 rmmod soundcore
How can I verify if "my kernel is compiled with version information"?
7. Load the driver: "modprobe emu10k1"
PLEASE HELP!!!!!! I spent US$200 in this card and it doesnt work!!!!!!
help again.
----- Original Message -----
>"Martin White"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>For the time being pick up the modules from Creative's site, copy them to
>'/lib/modules/2.2.9-19mdk/misc' (or whereever) and do an 'insmod -f
>sblive'
>to get it going.
>
>You will also need to have put the pre/post install lines into your
>conf.modules as instructed by their readme.
>
>I do have a better way of doing it than this, but can't remember off the
>top
>of my head. I'll post my conf.modules to my webpage and then post the URL
>tonight.
>
>Martin.
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