Re: NEED HELP: ...installing SoundBlaster Live! DRIVER
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 01:01:30AM -0500, r o b wrote:
> When I do an 'lspci'...the sound card shows up as EMU10k1.
> I have already done the following:
> # adduser <username> audio
> # chmod 666 /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer
> I read the following in a previous relevant thread:
> "After you found out which driver to use, add it
> to /etc/modules with some text editor. Or add
>
> alias sound-slot-0 yourdriverhere
>
> to /etc/modutils/aliases and run update-modules."
>
> I think this is the path that I need to take...but if anyone could clarify with more specifics...that would be greatly appreciated.
>
> What other steps do I need to take?
Did you try to play a sound? Does it work? Did you try rebooting?
Did it work?
> If the EMU10k1 driver doesn't come pre-installed with Debian3.0, do
> i need to download it and install it? (I found it at:
> "http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1";).
No, *always* check to see if the kernel comes with the driver first,
and trust those unless given reason not to. This is a little
backwards of the Windows world, yes, but hey, Linux has a distribution
model that lets us be inclusive like that.
- --
.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :' :
`. `'` proud Debian admin and user
`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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