[NTLUG:Discuss] Sound Cards and RH 7.3

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Merlin wrote:

>I have successfully (for the most part) installed RH 7.3 on my PIV 1.8GHz box. 
>Needless to say, this is the fastest I've ever seen a linux system boot up before.
>
>I'm running a graphical login using Gnome as my desktop.  About the only
>complaint I have right now is that I cannot seem to get my sound card working. 
>I ran 'sndconfig' and it autodetected my sound card as a SB Live!, which is what
>it is.  However, whenever I try to play a test soundfile, nothing comes out of
>the speakers (and yes, they are hooked up correctly).
>
>I turned on the "Sound Monitor" CApplet, and it will occasionally show that
>sound is playing, but I'm not hearing anything at all.
>
>I'm pretty sure I have ESD (the sound server, is that right?) running, but I'm
>not sure.  If I run the hardware browser, it shows my sound device and shows
>that it is using the EMU10K1 driver.
>
>I would appreciate any help.
>
Hi Merlin,

I run RH 7.3 on my dual PIII 650Mhz System, and I have a Soundblaster 
Live.  I have never been able to get the SB Live to work with the 
installation kernel installed by RH 7.3.  I would suggest that you do 
what I do...which is to get the source to the kernel and recompile it 
with the EMU10k1/SB Live sound support turned on  (I typically get a 
stock kernel...I'm running the 2.4.19 kernel right now).  Once this 
support is compiled into the kernel, your Sound Blaster Live will then work.

I suspect the problem is that Red Hat doesn't have the SB Live support 
enabled on their kernel.

Anyhow, this is what works for me.

Good Luck....