On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 11:41, John Layt wrote: > On Tue, 04 May 2004 16:47, John Layt wrote: > > On Tue, 04 May 2004 12:54, Marco Verheul wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I spend the entire evening trying to install a new soundcard on my Linux > > > box. Unfortunately nothing happens yet. Does anybody know which is the > > > best place to look for answers on this topic? > > > > > > Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital > > > My box: Mandrake 9.1 > > > > > > I tried the following sites for clues: > > > > > > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creativ > > >e+ Labs&card=Soundblaster+Live&chip=EMU10K1&module=emu10k1 > > > http://www.linux.com/howtos/Hardware-HOWTO/sound.shtml > > > http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/index.html > > > > > > It seems there is no easy way out and I really hate noodling around with > > > hardware that won't run, so any help is much appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Marco > > Hmm, I have a SB 5.1 Digital installed in one of my boxes, and remember > problems under Mdk 9.x, frustrated the heck out of me for weeks. Finally > worked out that 9.x OSS drivers on their own were running the card in > analog mode, and I had my speakers hooked to the digital output. A quick > switch to analog speakers fixed that but stopped my surround sound working. > I then found the emu10k tools rpm which provides some tools to configure > the card to run in digital output mode and most things worked OK. The ALSA > drivers in 9.x I could never get to run properly. I now have 10.0 OE on > that box which is now my server, and the latest ALSA drivers under kernel > 2.6 seem to be OK on it, but not having my 5.1 speakers on that box anymore > I haven't tested it fully. > > Hope this gives you some ideas. > > John. >
John, I found and installed package emu10k1-tools-0.9.4-2mdk.i586.rpm. How did you use the tools it provides? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 9.1 / Mandrake 10.0 Community * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites?" "I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other." - EB & Baldrick, "Blackadder's Christmas Carol"
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