Re: Soundblaster Live! 5.1 blacklisted

[Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net>]

Andreas Janssen wrote:

> Hello
>
> Freddy Freeloader (<fredddy@cableone.net>) wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I'm having problems with my soundcard.  I have a Soundblaster Live!
> > 5.1 installed on a box running sarge on a 2.6 kernel.
> >
> > Hotplug tells me that my sound card is "blacklisted".  Doing some
> > Googling I find that alsa is the default for the 2.6 kernel, but that
> > hotplug will load some OSS modules by default, and that this is
> > probably the reason for the sound card being "blacklisted".  How do I 
> > stop hotplug from loading those OSS modules, or  is there another work 
> > around?
> >    
>
> I guess the OSS drivers are blacklisted so they don't conflict with
> ALSA. 
>
>  
>
> > emu10k1_gp              6784  0
> >    
> The gameport driver. Independent on what sound system you use.
>
>  
>
> > snd_emu10k1            98568  2
> >    
>
> The ALSA driver for your card. The OSS driver emu10k1 is not listed.
>
> Your configuration looks fine to me.
>
> best regards
>        Andreas Janssen
>
>  
Well, that's interesting.  I have no sound whatsoever out of my machine.  :(

Any ideas then as to why when the configuration is good I get no sound?  
I'm really puzzled.  I was sure something was misconfigured in my setup.