[NTLUG:Discuss] YES kernel, YES vpn, NO webcam -- and NO sound

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Dennis Daupert wrote:
...
> 1) He couldn't find the module for my creative sound blaster live!
> card. How can I help him find that module? I did check in make
> menuconfig to be sure that module was checked (m).
...

When in "make xconfig", click on the "sound" button, make sure the first item 
(sound card support) is either Y or M (mine is M), scroll down a page and make 
sure "creative sblive! (emu10k1)" is checked (mine is M).  If you had to make 
any changes, save, do all the makes, then install the new kernel and/or 
modules.  But hopefully your kernel already had that. :-)

Then, because you're running Suse, pull up Yast, click on Hardware, then on 
the Sound icon and see what you can do there.  Or if that doesn't work out, I 
think the magic you need to work is in /etc/modules.

In my /etc/modules, I have a section like:

options snd-emu10k1 snd_enable=1 snd_index=0
options snd snd_cards_limit=2 snd_major=116
# y9as.71WD8JFqJ5E:CT4620 SBLive!
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1

Please be aware that my MB also has a builtin sound card based on the AC97 
driver, which I also have turned on, so you probably will have 
"snd_cards_limit=1"; or so I would guess.

For a running kernel, you should be able to force a load with "insmod 
snd-emu10k1".  It should autoload next time you reboot.  You can test with 
"wavplay file.wav" or "mp3blaster file.mp3" or "timidity file.midi", assuming 
you have 1 of those apps installed.  And I'm also assuming you have the Alsa 
package installed. :-)

The SBLive! card support has come a long way in the last year or two.  It's 
pretty reasonable now.

HTH,
Kevin