Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
Glad to hear the instructions were of help !! A BIG word of warning though - consider carefully if the kernel upgrade will actually give you anything extra that you REALLY need or fix any problems that you REALLY need fixing. I recently learnt my first painful lesson in the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' way of thinking. I upgraded to the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel - simply because i thought it would be nice to try the latest (that was when it was the latest from Mandrake !!). All of a sudden my SBLive stopped working. So i went back down to my previous kernel (and yes i did remember to do all the stuff with LILO), and it still didn't work. To cut a very long stroy short, i had to do a complete re-install to get things back to a working state. As i mentioned in another post yesterday, my kernel upgrade was a pointless excercise - no extra functionality, simply security fixes. My box is only ever connected to my laptop - never anything like the net as i don't have a modem in it. I beleive i don't pose much of a security threat to myself, so all i did was cause myself a lot of work !! Just my thoughts. Martin. - Original Message - From: Steve Spiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? A big thanks goes to Martin for getting that sorted out. I now have CD Audio, etc. But I would still like to upgrade to 2.2.10 tho...
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
- Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Yeech! Try it with one / between screensavers and answertips and the full .html on the end, not just h? Partly my fault and partly Netscape http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.ht ml Now that one should work. Civileme [SNIP] Are those links permanent or do they only exist for a while ?? I'm still getting a broken link off of that URL. I'd like to check it out tho, as i'm always interested to see if there are easier ways to do things than how i do now... Martin.
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
- Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Yeech! Try it with one / between screensavers and answertips and the full .html on the end, not just h? Partly my fault and partly Netscape http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.ht ml Now that one should work. Civileme [SNIP] Are those links permanent or do they only exist for a while ?? I'm still getting a broken link off of that URL. I'd like to check it out tho, as i'm always interested to see if there are easier ways to do things than how i do now... Martin.
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Finally given up on trying to get the onboard sound to work anyone got a recommendation on a good sound card for linux? From what I read in the archives the SB Live isn't ready for linux without some major updating and I would assume the same is true for SB Live/Value. How about the SB [SNIP] I don't really agree with this. The SBLive is a blinding card, and it just depends on your requirements. I mainly (still) use Windows for gaming, which lets face it is the only place where I personally need the SBLive's capabilities (i refer to the SBLive Value when i talk about the SBLive too). Lets be fair here, the cards aren't ready for Windows without obtaining the whole host of upgrades from creative either !! The sound card works admirably under Linux, installs easily (despite plenty of emails asking for help - the solution is dead easy), and allows me to get system sounds under X, play my CD's, listen to MP3s, and use the Mixer. [SNIP} OK, so what is the dead easy solution Joe
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? [SNIP] OK, so what is the dead easy solution Joe What's the problem exactly - sorry my ISPs mail has been down since last Wednesday, and even now my mails a bit sporadic, so i missed the original problem. Martin. Pick up a Sound Blaster PCI 512 and am having difficulty with the install (go figure) lost the modem in an attempt to get sndconfig working (connects but no data transfer). Am looking for a url to download Creative Labs linux drivers and perhaps some "dummies" instruction as to what to do with it once I've got it. Joe
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
OK, so I've picked up a PCI512. Pulled the plug and installed the card (why do these things come with covers anyway?) had three minutes and tried a quick and dirty sndconfig from linux 1. Well it couldn't find the card so i tried a couple of SB examples and nuttin' honey. Now the modem doesn't work (connects but won't access any site - arghhh). I recall someone posting a couple of files that needed to be edited but i don't recall which or what to edit. Any help ?? Don't really feel like reinstalling this just because i can't fix it with a simple edit. Also still looking for some help with update / install of the proper SB files. Think PCI512 = Live! With this in mind, Creative isn't being very supportive of Linux for their Live! series of sound cards. Their ISA sound cards plus the PCI64/PCI128 should work okay in Linux. -- Yusry Harfuddin [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
- Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? [SNIP] OK, so what is the dead easy solution Joe What's the problem exactly - sorry my ISPs mail has been down since last Wednesday, and even now my mails a bit sporadic, so i missed the original problem. Martin. Pick up a Sound Blaster PCI 512 and am having difficulty with the install (go figure) lost the modem in an attempt to get sndconfig working (connects but no data transfer). Am looking for a url to download Creative Labs linux drivers and perhaps some "dummies" instruction as to what to do with it once I've got it. Joe The URL to the linux drivers homepage is: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ IF the card is deemed to be an SBLive or SBLive Value, then i can help out, and will send further details on request. If it is under the category 'Sound Blaster PCI' then it would be unfair for me to attempt to help - i have absolutely no experience of these cards whatsoever. I did a little hunting around, but the only PCI card Creative specifically mention in the products section of their website would appear to be the SB PCI 16, which certainly doesn't sound like the SBLive. Let me know. Martin.
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
Here you go There may be more recent and better aproaches, but here's one http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers//answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.html This uses the drivers from the Soundblaster site. Civileme "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? [SNIP] OK, so what is the dead easy solution Joe What's the problem exactly - sorry my ISPs mail has been down since last Wednesday, and even now my mails a bit sporadic, so i missed the original problem. Martin. Pick up a Sound Blaster PCI 512 and am having difficulty with the install (go figure) lost the modem in an attempt to get sndconfig working (connects but no data transfer). Am looking for a url to download Creative Labs linux drivers and perhaps some "dummies" instruction as to what to do with it once I've got it. Joe -- visit http://homepages.msn.com/invalid_url Is Microsoft afraid to pay itself license fees for IIS? Sure looks like an Apache (open-source) Signature to me
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
- Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Here you go There may be more recent and better aproaches, but here's one http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers//answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.h tml This uses the drivers from the Soundblaster site. Civileme [SNIP] Tried to checkout that link, but it seemed to be broke, so for the time being try this. My install is still on kernel 2.2.9-19mdk, so the directories in the following will need changing accordingly if you have upgraded your kernel. If you've done that, i'll assume you know enough to just follow the following... http://www/whitem.demon.co.uk/sblive.htm The file referred to from Creative's site is 'emu10k1-0.3b.tar.gz'. The instructions were in response to a previous post when the latest version of the driver came out. So far no-one has told me anything to the contrary, so i assume they work (i have given the URL out quite a few times now). If they don't, can someone tell me why and i'll try and correct the instructions (incidentally, i have had a few replies thanking me, so i guess they do!!). Obviously if resources are conflicting with modems and stuff, that might be a different matter altogether. Give it a go and let me know (although i won't get any mail again until the morning now). Good luck, Martin.
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
Martin White wrote: major snip The URL to the linux drivers homepage is: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ IF the card is deemed to be an SBLive or SBLive Value, then i can help out, and will send further details on request. If it is under the category 'Sound Blaster PCI' then it would be unfair for me to attempt to help - i have absolutely no experience of these cards whatsoever. I did a little hunting around, but the only PCI card Creative specifically mention in the products section of their website would appear to be the SB PCI 16, which certainly doesn't sound like the SBLive. Let me know. Martin. The PCI16 is a rebadged Ensonique (from what I saw when we were selling them). To me it seems as though Creative bought Ensonique as they were falling behind in the PCI sound card race, needed to get one released. I have the SB Live! (full, not value). The only small problem I have is that the Creative modules only support 2.2.5 2.2.10 AFAIR. I have checked the Linux-Mandrake site, but they do not have 2.2.10 listed as an upgrade kernel version. I have copy of the full 2.2.10 kernel source curtsey of PC Plus. Can I use this to upgrade/replace the version supplied with Linux-Mandrake PowerPack? I used to run RH6 (for two weeks) had my SB Live! running under that, so I know it works. Any guidance on upgrading to kernel version 2.2.10? I know that there is a 2.2.11 version now available, but I need 2.2.10
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
go to http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ They have all the files needed to setup a SB in linux.. got my sb live up and going in a matter of a minute.. RReed - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? [SNIP] OK, so what is the dead easy solution Joe What's the problem exactly - sorry my ISPs mail has been down since last Wednesday, and even now my mails a bit sporadic, so i missed the original problem. Martin. Pick up a Sound Blaster PCI 512 and am having difficulty with the install (go figure) lost the modem in an attempt to get sndconfig working (connects but no data transfer). Am looking for a url to download Creative Labs linux drivers and perhaps some "dummies" instruction as to what to do with it once I've got it. Joe
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
go to http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ They have all the files needed to setup a SB in linux.. got my sb live up and going in a matter of a minute.. RReed - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 5:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Alan Shoemaker wrote: Randolphthe pci128 works fine. There was some trouble with the original mdk 6.0 release, but when you've installed all of the sound-related updates it installs and works just fine. Alan -Original Message- From: Randolph Way [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 2:13 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Hi Joseph. I feel I'm in the same boat as you in regards to downloading and installing hardware drivers for Linux, and I gotta tell ya I'm feeling a little pissed off right now! I had a AWE 64 Value card that worked under Mandrake 6.0, but wanted to upgrade. I checked the supported hardware list and decided to get the SBPCI 128 since it looked to be ok. Well, the Ensoniq Audio PCI 1370 driver that was supposed to work with it doesn't! I found a Linux support page at Creative for this card that referred to a commercial site for a driver (www.4front-tech.com) . Fat lotta good that does me though as I don't have a clue what to do with it! Can anyone refer me to a soucre of DETAILED information on how to install a driver? And where I might find a free one? In conclusion Joseph, this has taught me that whatever hardware you decide upon, make doubley certain it's supported! - Original Message - From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 2:11 PM Subject: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Finally given up on trying to get the onboard sound to work anyone got a recommendation on a good sound card for linux? From what I read in the archives the SB Live isn't ready for linux without some major updating and I would assume the same is true for SB Live/Value. How about the SB PCI128 ? I don't have a clue how to install downloads yet and am looking for something simple (or REALLY detailed instructions on the install [RTFM] -it's probably very simple but PLEASE go easy it's my first time GRIN. OK, so I've picked up a PCI512. Pulled the plug and installed the card (why do these things come with covers anyway?) had three minutes and tried a quick and dirty sndconfig from linux 1. Well it couldn't find the card so i tried a couple of SB examples and nuttin' honey. Now the modem doesn't work (connects but won't access any site - arghhh). I recall someone posting a couple of files that needed to be edited but i don't recall which or what to edit. Any help ?? Don't really feel like reinstalling this just because i can't fix it with a simple edit. Also still looking for some help with update / install of the proper SB files. Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co Cleveland, OH
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go to http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ They have all the files needed to setup a SB in linux.. got my sb live up and going in a matter of a minute.. RReed - Original Message - From: YH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? OK, so I've picked up a PCI512. Pulled the plug and installed the card (why do these things come with covers anyway?) had three minutes and tried a quick and dirty sndconfig from linux 1. Well it couldn't find the card so i tried a couple of SB examples and nuttin' honey. Now the modem doesn't work (connects but won't access any site - arghhh). I recall someone posting a couple of files that needed to be edited but i don't recall which or what to edit. Any help ?? Don't really feel like reinstalling this just because i can't fix it with a simple edit. Also still looking for some help with update / install of the proper SB files. Think PCI512 = Live! With this in mind, Creative isn't being very supportive of Linux for their Live! series of sound cards. Their ISA sound cards plus the PCI64/PCI128 should work okay in Linux. -- Yusry Harfuddin [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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A big thanks goes to Martin for getting that sorted out. I now have CD Audio, etc. But I would still like to upgrade to 2.2.10 tho...
Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ??
Yeech! Try it with one / between screensavers and answertips and the full .html on the end, not just h? Partly my fault and partly Netscape http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.html Now that one should work. Civileme Martin White wrote: - Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new sound card suggestions ?? Here you go There may be more recent and better aproaches, but here's one http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers//answertips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.h tml This uses the drivers from the Soundblaster site. Civileme [SNIP] Tried to checkout that link, but it seemed to be broke, so for the time being try this. My install is still on kernel 2.2.9-19mdk, so the directories in the following will need changing accordingly if you have upgraded your kernel. If you've done that, i'll assume you know enough to just follow the following... http://www/whitem.demon.co.uk/sblive.htm The file referred to from Creative's site is 'emu10k1-0.3b.tar.gz'. The instructions were in response to a previous post when the latest version of the driver came out. So far no-one has told me anything to the contrary, so i assume they work (i have given the URL out quite a few times now). If they don't, can someone tell me why and i'll try and correct the instructions (incidentally, i have had a few replies thanking me, so i guess they do!!). Obviously if resources are conflicting with modems and stuff, that might be a different matter altogether. Give it a go and let me know (although i won't get any mail again until the morning now). Good luck, Martin. -- visit http://homepages.msn.com/invalid_url Is Microsoft afraid to pay itself license fees for IIS? Sure looks like an Apache (open-source) Signature to me
