sound blaster live not working on redhat 7.2

[JimH]

chmod ugo+rwx /dev/dsp

There is actually a better way that doesn't compromise your system so much. You could add your user to the sys group under /etc/group if your running slackware and achieve the samething without messing with permissions. You could also create a group in /etc/group called audio, then do a chgrp audio /dev/dsp*; /dev/audio*; /dev/mixer* and then add your user to group audio, which would allow access to the sound device.

This isn't necessary Red Hat sets the device ownership to the user when the user logs in.

Jim H

[dook]

ok so i ran %/sbin/modprobe emu10k1
and got error: no such file or directory

then i ran
/sbin/lsmod

and the emu10k1 module is listed, but under used by it says 0 (autoclean)

then i ran modprobe sound-slot-0 and nothing happened

i looked in the error log and it says:
Feb 13 13:15:42 6532113hfc69 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1
Feb 13 13:15:42 6532113hfc69 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0

any ideas?

[JimH]

/sbin/lsmod

and the emu10k1 module is listed, but under used by it says 0 (autoclean)

then i ran modprobe sound-slot-0 and nothing happened

If the module is listed it is loaded. Did you check your mixer setting and see if the volume is turned down/muted or the speaker inputs are disabled?

/sbin/lsmod should list these.

emu10k1 59200 0 (autoclean)
sound 58380 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
soundcore 4164 7 (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound]

You will get more feedback using: modprobe -v sound-slot-0

i looked in the error log and it says:
Feb 13 13:15:42 6532113hfc69 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1
Feb 13 13:15:42 6532113hfc69 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0

Harmless don't worry about these.

Jim H

[dook]

when i run /sbin/ldmod
i don't see the sound one

i see
emu10k1 and
soundcore

[JimH]

when i run /sbin/ldmod
i don't see the sound one

i see
emu10k1 and
soundcore

OK it looks like sound isn't required on older kernel versions. I looked at the emu10k1 module dependencies on the 2.4.9-21 kernel for 7.2. I don't have anything older then that installed. What kernel are you using and did you look at your mixer settings?

Jim H

[dook]

yup looked at the mixer settings.. everything looked fine.

i just updated my kernel last night, but how do i see the number?

if i updated the kerner to the most recent, then shouldn't i see sound?

[JimH]

yup looked at the mixer settings.. everything looked fine.

i just updated my kernel last night, but how do i see the number?

if i updated the kerner to the most recent, then shouldn't i see sound?

To see what kernel is running: uname -r

You don't have any sound at all? system sounds? music cd? mp3? anything? Gnome? KDE?

Something is strange. Is this a SB Live 5.1?

Jim H

[dook]

that is correct.. wavs, mp3s, system.. all i get is system beeps

i'm running kde.

it is the latest version of soundblaster live.

there is something strange, i feel like i'm missing one little thing that is causing this problem.

should i try uninstalling and reinstalling the module? is that even possible?

my speakers take a digital input.. is there some setting that i need to check somewhere?

[JimH]

should i try uninstalling and reinstalling the module? is that even possible?

You can unload the module with:

/sbin/rmmod emu10k1
/sbin/rmmod soundcore

and then reload it.

/sbin/modprobe -v sound-slot-0

You will probably have to logout, log back in or at least restart aRTS, the KDE sound server. Probably better off logging out.

my speakers take a digital input.. is there some setting that i need to check somewhere?

That could be a problem. I have never tried hooking my SB Live to the digital input on my speakers. I never got around to buying the adapter I need. Can you hook your speakers up to the analog input to try and see if you get any sound.

Jim H

[Aaron_Adams]

Jim, just so you know SkyNet's comment on permissions was directed towards me, regarding slackware