ok, here's a hint... unload all the snd modules and do
a sndconfig. choose ess as your card when configuring
from sndconfig
how to unload? rmmod all those modules you listed...
example:
rmmod snd-pcm-oss
rmmod snd-pcm-plugin
etc etc
dianne
--- Roger Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, DM wrote:
>
> > i have the same card as yours ESS on my desktop.
> maybe
> > you can check what sound modules are loaded
> (lsmod).
> >
> > you can rmmod the sblive modules and insmod the
> ess
> > modules. after deleting the SBlive modules you can
> > sndconfig and see if the system knows about your
> ess
> > sound card. snd config will load the modules for
> you.
>
> LOL...OK, that went by a little fast for me, but
> here's what I have listed
> under lsmod that has to do with sound (from what it
> looked like to me,
> that is):
>
> snd-pcm-oss
> snd-pcm-plugin [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-mixer-oss [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-card-es1938
> snd-es1938 [snd-card-es1938]
> snd-pcm [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
> snd-es1938]
> snd-timer [snd-pcm]
> snd-mixer [snd-mixer-oss snd-es1938]
> snd snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
> snd-mixer-oss snd-card-es1938
> snd-es1938 snd-es1938 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mixer]
> soundcore [emu10k1 snd]
>
> So I'm not really sure where to start - I'm
> unfamiliar with the rmmod and
> insmod commands, although their intended uses seem
> pretty straightforward.
>
> Also, just looking at the list above, I'm not sure
> what I would use those
> commands on...can you give me some hints? Help me
> out, and then I promise,
> it's back to the newbie list for me until I learn
> more of these commands!
> ;-)
>
>
> >
> > well, that works for me ... =)
> >
> > dianne
> > --- Roger Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > OK, I have a Compaq presario that has an
> integrated
> > > soundcard (I didn't
> > > know anything about such things when I bought
> this
> > > PC). Right now I'm
> > > running 7.2, and have purchased a SoundBlaster
> Live!
> > > Platinum 5.1. At the
> > > time I installed the SB Live, I didn't have
> Linux on
> > > the PC, since I'd
> > > just reformatted windows. Now, previously, I did
> > > have 7.2 on the PC, so I
> > > know the stock integrated card (an ESS
> Technology
> > > ES1969 Solo-1
> > > Audiodrive) works in Linux.
> > >
> > > So, in Windows I just disabled the ESS from the
> > > hardware profile, but
> > > wasn't sure how to go about it for Linux before
> I
> > > reinstalled 7.2, so I
> > > just went ahead and installed it without doing
> > > anything. Both cards were
> > > recognized, and both cards are listed in
> HardDrake,
> > > as well as Kmix. When
> > > I boot into Linux, the driver that gets loaded
> is
> > > the one for the ESS
> > > card.
> > >
> > > Now, neither card is working for me, I have no
> > > sound. Although the meters
> > > on XMMS do indicate that there is some kind of
> > > signal to be had...Anyways,
> > > I figure I have no sound because of a conflict
> > > between the two cards, so I
> > > set out to try to disable the ESS in Linux, but
> I
> > > couldn't find any
> > > documentation on that. So I email Compaq support
> to
> > > find out about
> > > disabling the card from either the BIOS, or the
> > > motherboard, and they
> > > respond that it can't be disabled from either
> place.
> > >
> > > So now it appears I'll have to take the PC to a
> > > compaq service center to
> > > have a new motherboard installed to use the SB
> > > Live!; but in the meantime
> > > I would still like to have sound, so could
> someone
> > > tell me how to take the
> > > SB Live out of the hardware profile in Linux so
> the
> > > ESS will work? That
> > > is, without removing the card from the PC, as I
> do
> > > use it in Windont,
> > > and preferably without reinstalling, as Im
> really
> > > happy with the way my
> > > machine is set up right now, outside of the
> > > soundcard thing...and
> > > hopefully without having to recompile, as Im a
> > > frightened newbie ;-)
> > > Though if I have to do that, I'll start
> reading...
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > peace,
> > >
> > > Rog
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> > >
> >
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> peace,
>
> Rog
>
>
>
>
>
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