Hi
I have a Debian Woody system running on a asus k7v motherboard with an
Athlon 700 cpu. I have a SB Live! value card.
Currently, I'm trying to get sound to work so (I found from the
mailing lists I've subscribed to) that there are a few options:
1. compile the kernel; there is a sb driver
2. use the emu10k1 driver from opensource.creative.com and load as a
module
3. install the ALSA debs
I started on option 2 thinking that may be the easiest but could not
compile because I lacked the kernel sources. So, I apt-get install'd
kernel-source-2.2.17.
And then thought (since I wanted to, anyway) why not compile the
kernel while I'm at it with the sb driver.
But I discovered (you can learn a lot on mailing lists!) that the
config file (/boot/config-2.2.17) for my current kernel (think it's
2.2.17; that's what uname -a says) has
CONFIG_SOUND=m
|
CONFIG_SOUND_PAS=m
CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m
|
CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND=y
So, if I've got the sb driver as a module why not load it and see what
happens? But this is where my knowledge is hazy; I don't know how to
load modules. Well, I did a modprobe sound; don't know exactly what
that did. lsmod reveals sound, soundlow and soundcore (but no sound)
and so I tried modprobe sb which says that
/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/sb.o: init_module: device or resource busy
... says that the IO or IRQ parameters could be wrong. That may well
be the case - I will have a go at that later. And, at some other time
(trying insmod maybe) I got a bunch of unresolved symbols)
So, my questions: what is the procedure for loading modules into the
kernel? Is there some good resource somebody could point me at for
learning about modules in general for a Linux|Debian newbie?
What is the best driver for the SBLive? - the kernel driver, the
emu10k1 or alsa? or does it depend on what you do? I just want to
play CD's, listen to MP3's and play games.
And, in compiling the kernel what process family should I pick for my
Athlon? 386, 486, 586, Pentium? (I know 386 works for everything?)
Plus I have a IBM Deskstar 75gxp which is udma66; how can I tell how
fast it's going; are there kernel options I can set to improve speed
(not that I'm complaining - seems fine to me; just that I'm curious).
Thanks
Jonathan
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