>
> Hi !
>
> I can only speak for RedHat 5.2 and SuSE 6.0.
>
> RedHat comes with a program called sndconfig and it is very easy to get
> your soundcard run. With SuSE using a 2.0.xx kernel that came with SuSE you
> have to recompile the kernel (yea, SuSE did a clever job with that !).
You don't have to recompile to kernel, it comes with a demo or old version,
or the opensound drivers provided by 4 Front Tech (www.opensound.com). No
recompiling, or compiling needed! It is not installed by default :( and it
is way down is some dark hard to find place on the cd, but alast it is there.
>
> So to give a more specific answer, what distribution do you have ? Which
> kernel do you run ? What soundcard do you have ?
>
> I have no probs using a SB AWE 64 and managed to get a SoundPort 1864 chip
> to work (with RedHat !).
>
> Greez
>
> Dave
>
> At 16:50 14.07.99 -0400, you wrote:
> >If i plan to install a soundcard on a system that didn't have one during
> >installation, are there any special steps in doing so?
> >
> >ed
> >
>
