On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 00:00 +0000, Richard wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have no sound at all (on the dual-booting WinXP+Linux machine the > > sound is fine in Windows incidentally) on my PC under Linux. > > I have a Dell P4 machine, fitted with a "Creative Labs SB Live 5.1 > > sound card", well, according to the order confirmation. There's also a > > Plantronics DSP-500 USB headset. I don't get sound through either > > though (ie headset or speakers connected to sound card at back of > > machine). The lack of sound is irrespective of whether the headset is > > plugged into the USB port, too. > > You are using the wrong driver. The Dell SBLive! is not a real SBLive!. > You want to use "snd-emu10k1x" not "snd-emu10k1". > > Lee. > > New: > Thanks Lee R., and others. > > System is as before; Debian etch system using udev, > fresh ALSA download v1.0.11rc1. > > I reached the point of inserting the modules into the kernel > via modprobe, > whilst attempting to install the correct Dell OEM > snd-emu10k1x driver as Alsa homepage [http://tinyurl.com/58b27] > > When I attempt to run the command, however, it returns errors. > Please advise. Should I ignore them and continue through > the rest of the installation guide? Or, do something else? > The full text of the errors is appended to bottom this of e-mail. > > Thanks. > > - Richard. > > === ERRORS === > > Errors when attempting kernel modules insertion > (modinfo soundcore per 1st part of install guide showed > soundcore module present):
It sounds like your ALSA modules were not compiled against the same kernel version you are running, or you did not remove all snd-* modules before trying to install the new ones. Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
