I run RedHat 8.0 and a have a weird problem with my sound card. I have a sound card enbeded in my motherboard. The problem probalbaly isn't driver because i installed the right drivers for it. When i run the soundcard e=detection program it dosen't work because it say that the module is disabled. Is there anyway to enable my sound card module? I've looked around on the internet and I see that this is a common problem among red hat users but i haven't been able to find answers to the problem. Many fourms have a few post that the problem exsist but list no reall solutions.

Did you try running "sndconfig" as root from a terminal and setting up your sound card properly?

If that does not work, and you need to load the module for you card, then, as root, do:

let's say you have a sound blaster compatible card, then "modprobe sb" would do it. If you know your sound card type then "modprobe your_card". You can modprobe for a lot of devices too, as scanners, webcams, joypads...

for some unkonw reason (to me) redhat 8.0 dosen't seem to have sndconfig

i get this message when i use modprobe:

/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/nvaudio.o: init_module: No such devi
ce
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including inva
lid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/nvaudio.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.1
8-14/kernel/drivers/sound/nvaudio.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/nvaudio.o: Can't locate module devic
e