Hi
[I'm sending this again because I may have stuffed up by replying to
something when I didn't mean to.]
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.
I followed the instructions in the kernel source documentation for the
soundblaster:
- modprobe sound
- insmod uart401
- insmod sb irq=9 etc.
But got this error /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/sb.o: init_module: device
or resource busy ... says that the IO or IRQ parameters could be
wrong. win98 says that the SBLive! has irq 9 (but so do other things:
via pci to usb host controller [serial controller?]; irq holder for
pci irq steering. The SBLive! has no dma but it does have ioports.
win98 also says that Creative sb16 emulation has irq 5, dma 1 and 5
and 3 ioports. What's going on here?
tail /var/log/messages revealed 'dsp reset failed'; this was caused by
the insmod. What's this?
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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