[newbie] Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
Can anyone tell me how to get my sound blaster x-gamer running? I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 installed and have tried many online tutorials on how to get a SB live running and have had no luck. LM knows it's there but when I try hard drake it errors out. I would like to upgrade the kernel to 2.4.x before I get the sound blaster running. Is that a smart thing to do? Thanks for any help! --Matt
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
I have a pci Sound Blaster Live and /usr/sbin/sndconfig did mine! Sounds great too with my Altec Lansing speakers. It sounds as good as it does under windows with Creatives' bloated drivers and software. It won't work for you? When I switched to 2.4.0, it set it up and my pci modem automatically. (I mean I had a configuration from previous kernel, but with this other machine, I had to set the modem and sndcard up again after install of new kernel, but they are older isa cards). All that to say, I'm not sure, but I think the new kernel supports pnp pci cards better. -s On Tuesday 16 January 2001 02:39 pm, you wrote: Can anyone tell me how to get my sound blaster x-gamer running? I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 installed and have tried many online tutorials on how to get a SB live running and have had no luck. LM knows it's there but when I try hard drake it errors out. I would like to upgrade the kernel to 2.4.x before I get the sound blaster running. Is that a smart thing to do? Thanks for any help! --Matt
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
Can anyone tell me how to get my sound blaster x-gamer running? I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 installed and have tried many online tutorials on how to get a SB live running and have had no luck. LM knows it's there but when I try hard drake it errors out. I would like to upgrade the kernel to 2.4.x before I get the sound blaster running. Is that a smart thing to do? I've got the original SB Live!, and my LM 7.2 worked out of the box. All SB Lives use the EMU401K chip (think that's the right identifier; I'm at work right now); what happens if you "insmod emu401k"? BTW ... yes, kernel 2.4 also includes support for this chip.
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
I didn't try sndconfig but I did try getting the drivers from Creative and compiling them and following a tutorial at linuxnewbie. Here's the link... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html I tried this and it didn't work... It has to be easier than what I'm attempting. Thanks for the reply! I'll try using sndconfig and see what happens. --Matt - Original Message - From: "s" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer I have a pci Sound Blaster Live and /usr/sbin/sndconfig did mine! Sounds great too with my Altec Lansing speakers. It sounds as good as it does under windows with Creatives' bloated drivers and software. It won't work for you? When I switched to 2.4.0, it set it up and my pci modem automatically. (I mean I had a configuration from previous kernel, but with this other machine, I had to set the modem and sndcard up again after install of new kernel, but they are older isa cards). All that to say, I'm not sure, but I think the new kernel supports pnp pci cards better.
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
I have a pci Sound Blaster Live and /usr/sbin/sndconfig did mine! Sounds great too with my Altec Lansing speakers. It sounds as good as it does under windows with Creatives' bloated drivers and software. Well no, the Linux version does not really sound as good (IMO). Mostly because I can find no way (or no Linux software) to activate the 2nd set of speakers that I have. Under Windows, I have sound from all 4, as well as control over the sound placement; under Linux, I only get sound the front 2, and I have no control over the sound placement. Nor do I have control over all the effects (reverb, delay, etc) that I have under Windows. Nor does it come with the profusion of presets (jazz hall, optimized for certain games, etc). Which is not to say that the sound from the front 2 speakers is bad, or wrong, or anything; it's just that I have nowhere near the amount of control over my sound system under Linux, as I do under Windows.
