Have you tried running sndconfig and/or sounddrake? Also, check your volume
levels with aumix.
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:53, Roger Sherman wrote:
> I have a Compaq Presario 5834, which unfortunately has an integrated
> soundcard on the mobo (an ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive, which apparently
> uses the snd-card-es1938 module). A couple months ago, about the time
> 8.0 came out, I bought a Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1. I never
> actually tried to get it going in 8.0, as I had no luck getting 8.0
> online. So, I've finally reloaded 7.2 (interesting story so far, no?),
> and I have no sound. I do have sound in Windows 98 SE (I'm dual
> booting), but I just disabled the Solo-1 card in the hardware profile.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get the Soundblaster working in 7.2? I've
> noticed the module for the integrated card is loaded; would I just have
> to get rid of that module, and replace it with the module for the
> SoundBlaster? Or do I have to disable the integrated card on the board?
> I don't see any jumpers on the board for doing so...and I looked through
> the BIOS, and didn't see anything there about disabling the soundcard.
>
> Compaq tech support was pretty helpful in getting it working in Windows,
> but not suprisingly, they've been resistant to helping with the Linux
> problem.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated...
>
> Thanks!
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