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Hi!  I just installed RedHat 7.1 on a dual-boot Compaq E4600 (Pentium
4, 30GB HD, 256MB RAM) system, with Windoze 2000 on the other
partition.

Most things worked fine out of the box -- dual boot (in spite of dire
warnings that I might have to use the boot floppy), video, network,
etc.

The sound card, however, isn't working.  

Sndconfig correctly identifies it as a Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live!
EMU10000

Looking at the /var/log/messages file after running
sndconfig, I find:

May  2 07:40:12 butner kernel: Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver,
version 0.7, 20:53:49 Apr 8 2001

May  2 07:40:12 butner kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 02:0a.0

May  2 07:40:12 butner kernel: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8032 found, IO at
0xdf80-0xdf9f, IRQ 3

May  2 07:40:12 butner modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
sound-service-0-0

On the Windoze side, the card is noted to be a Creative SB Live!(WDM),
but at IRQ number 9.  The IO address 0xdf80-0xdf9f is the same.
It's identified at PCI slot 2 (PCI bus 2, device 10, function 0).

So, I see two differences and one worrying error:

I don't know if there is a difference between a SoundBlaster Live!
EM10000 and a SoundBlaster Live! (WDM)

I don't know if the IRQ 3 vs IRQ 9 thing is a problem or reflects
a software reset.

I don't know what the  "can't locate module sound-service-0-0"
error implies -- is this a module I should find somewhere on
the distribution diskette?  If so, how can I force it to load?

Any pointers would be appreciated!
Thanks!

Quote:> The sound card, however, isn't working.

Quote:> I don't know if there is a difference between a SoundBlaster Live!
> EM10000 and a SoundBlaster Live! (WDM)

Quote:> I don't know if the IRQ 3 vs IRQ 9 thing is a problem or reflects
> a software reset.

Quote:> I don't know what the  "can't locate module sound-service-0-0"
> error implies -- is this a module I should find somewhere on
> the distribution diskette?  If so, how can I force it to load?

Rasmus

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Well, to be honest, I'm not sure.  I have the sound on the *speakers*
turned all the way up, and Windoze is loud.  I tried setting the
volume high with the XPlayCD and CDPlayer, etc. (which is the
only way I know to set the volume) and it is still silent.  There
is *nothing* coming out of  sndconfig -- which is rather loud on my other
boxes.

Quote:>> I don't know what the  "can't locate module sound-service-0-0"
>> error implies -- is this a module I should find somewhere on
>> the distribution diskette?  If so, how can I force it to load?

>This should be no problem - I get it a lot of times. You could, however,
>try to put 'alias sound-service-0-0 emu10k' in /etc/modules.conf.

I looked at the RedHat discussion boards and there was a discussion
of SoundBlaster cards in RH 7.0.  One solution suggested was to
turn off automatic PnP probing at the BIOS level.  Unfortunately,
that option was not present when I looked at the the Gateway
boot options.  Sigh.

billo

Quote:> >> The sound card, however, isn't working.

> >Have you turned up the volume? This is more often a problem, than one
> >would think.

> Heh.  Yeah, it's one of those "is it plugged in" kind of things that
> is so basic that nobody actually checks.

> Well, to be honest, I'm not sure.  I have the sound on the *speakers*
> turned all the way up, and Windoze is loud.  I tried setting the
> volume high with the XPlayCD and CDPlayer, etc. (which is the
> only way I know to set the volume) and it is still silent.  There
> is *nothing* coming out of  sndconfig -- which is rather loud on my other
> boxes.

If aumix starts and show different channels to turn up/down, it is
_probably_ not a driver problem...

Quote:> I looked at the RedHat discussion boards and there was a discussion
> of SoundBlaster cards in RH 7.0.  One solution suggested was to
> turn off automatic PnP probing at the BIOS level.  Unfortunately,
> that option was not present when I looked at the the Gateway
> boot options.  Sigh.

Rasmus

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Peter

This is kind of amusing, actually.  I have Linux on a desktop
and my laptop.  RH 7.1 installs beautifully on my laptop (an
HP Pavilion N5190), with full support of the network, video,
CD/DVD, and sound.  It's my new *desktop* that I'm having problems
with.  This is the opposite of the situation I have traditionally
had -- laptop support was always the hassle.

billo

Quote:

>And what about the mixer? ([xgk]*mix[er], amixer, alsamixer, ...)

>Peter

billo

Are you sure you used a mixer, and not the xmcd or kcd controls?
They can't do much good until the output is actually mixed IN, and the
master volume is turned UP.

Peter

Quote:> >If aumix starts and show different channels to turn up/down, it is
> >_probably_ not a driver problem...

> Well, it starts and I can move all the "O"s back and forth, but
> there's still no sound -- either from an audio CD *or* from the
> .wav files in the sound part of the Gnome Control Center.

Quote:> This is kind of amusing, actually.  I have Linux on a desktop
> and my laptop.  RH 7.1 installs beautifully on my laptop (an
> HP Pavilion N5190), with full support of the network, video,
> CD/DVD, and sound.  It's my new *desktop* that I'm having problems
> with.  This is the opposite of the situation I have traditionally
> had -- laptop support was always the hassle.

I have a SB PCI64 and I have to turn then up over 80% before I can hear
sound (but then it works fine)...

Rasmus

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