Re: sound blaster problem -

[Joey L <mjh2000@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Joey L <mjh2000@gmail.com> wrote:

drivers are usually part of the kernel. nowdays ALSA is the standard sound
system and on the ALSA homepage you'll find information for the driver (the
link I've posted). you just need to check if you have this module

I use the locate command

locate ca0106 | grep ko
/lib/modules/2.6.28.5eko2/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106
/lib/modules/2.6.28.5eko2/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko
/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.19/modules/snd-ca0106.ko
/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.19/pci/ca0106/.snd-ca0106.ko.cmd
/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.19/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko

so now

sudo modprobe -v snd-ca0106

and report back what happened

read more about linux sound system and drivers and specifically your driver.

thanks for the quick reply -  this is what happened :



srvname:~# locate ca0106 | grep ko
/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-vserver-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-xen-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko
thor:~# sudo modprobe -v snd-ca0106
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-bus.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; : ; }
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-oss.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --                    quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi-event.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-ca0106  && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ca0106
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106/snd-ca0106.ko

Oh -- I did an lsmod |grep snd and got this:

srvname:~# lsmod |grep snd
snd_ca0106             39236  0
snd_seq_dummy           8580  0
snd_seq_oss            37248  0
snd_seq_midi           13632  0
snd_seq_midi_event     12544  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                59520  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_rawmidi            31392  2 snd_ca0106,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device         13204  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec        106456  1 snd_ca0106
snd_pcm_oss            48672  0
snd_mixer_oss          21888  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                89096  3 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              29192  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    65256  10 snd_ca0106,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              15392  1 snd
snd_ac97_bus            7296  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_page_alloc         15504  2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm

It looks like something happened...but not sure of the next step - I tried alsaconf and the same thing happened - it was not detected.

thanks