[CS-FSLUG] Switching to linux

[Jerry Van Brimmer]

On Monday 20 September 2004 18:21, David M. wrote:
> On Sunday 19 September 2004 03:37 pm, Jukka Y wrote:
> > On Sunday 19 September 2004 18:52, David M. wrote:
> > > I have no idea how I can solve this problem. I feel like a complete
> > > idiot after talking so great about linux and then failing to get the
> > > sound working.
> >
> > I have been in that situation - twice (not with the sound, but with other
> > hardware related problems). If you tell computers brand/model, I could
> > also try seek some information about it.
>
> Here is what im finding on the internet about this type of computer:
>
> Sound Support
> Digital Audio (16-bit)
> Included Sound Card
> Sound card - PCI - integrated ( Sound Blaster 16/Pro )

That's good. That's one of the easiest to set up.

>
> Ok It was suggested I make sure alsaconf was installed, well I couldn't
> find any mandrake packages of alsaconf, but It does have alsa installed.

Open a terminal, su to root,  type in "alsaconf", without the quotes, press 
Enter, and see if it detects the card.

>
> Also, according to the information above, I tried using soundconf to
> configure the Sound Blaster 16 and Pro and I get this error:
>
> the following error occurred running the modprobe program:
>
>   WARNING: /etc/sndconfig-PaUhXo line 2: ignoring bad line?
>   starting with 'probeall'
>   FATAL: Error inserting sb
>   (/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/sound/oss/sb.ko.gz):
>  No  such device
>
> I checked to see if it was there and sb.ko.gz is there in the path above.

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