Re: Sound for woody with 2.2.12
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Rick Loga wrote:
>I want to get sound working on my woody box with kernel version 2.2.12.
>I was originally slink and a half with kernel 2.2.12. I upgraded to
>potato and then woody. I have ready numerous how-to's, articles,
>tutorials, and mailing lists trying to figure out how to get my isa Sound
>Blaster 16 (mocel CT2291) working. Several things I have read said slink
>needed sound compiled into the kernel. Other things have said with
>kernel 2.2, you use modules rather than compile the kernel. I have tried
>modconf and found no modules related to sound. I found articles on SB16
>that say I need modules adlib_card, opl3, sb, sound, and uart401. I did
The important one here is sb. The rest should come along for the ride
>a locate on these names with the .o extension and found nothing. I
look in /lib/modules/2.2.12/misc
>downloaded sndconfig from unstable which will help configure the sound
>card but it needs modules loaded, it says, and so does other
>documentation. So, I guess my questions are:
>
>Do I have to compile the kernel?
If you can't find the sb module easily, that IS a way to ensure you have
it.
>If so, could I replace the kernel with a newer one instead? (I've never
Nothing stopping you. apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.18 (2.4.0 is
packaged, but I think it's in sid...). 2.2.18 WILL have module sb in
it...
>done this and would rather wait until I learn linux more before compiling
>a kernel.)
>
>If 2.2.12 does not need recompiling, how do get the modules needed? I've
>looked at all the packages and find no help there.
modprobe sb
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