I can't get my soundblaster 4.1 digital to work in slackware 8.1. On soundblasters homepage (http://www.soundblaster.com) they say they don't have any linux drivers for my sound card. Any tips on how to get the sound to work?

Ps. I've tried to detect it with modprobe. Ds.

4.1? Hmm, I guess I am out of the league, is it the Europe thing? I've never seen such a thing, 5.1 yes, but 4.1 escapes me, anyway /sbin/modprobe emu10k1 should bring it to live, didn't it?

Almost forgot check
http://opensource.creative.com/

when I do modprobe emu10k1 I get this:
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: init_module: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: insmod emu10k1 failed
I have a built-in ac97 audio on my motherboard. Would it be easier to install that?

Have you tried to uncomment the emu10k1 module in the rc.modules config file ?
I'ts located in the /etc/rc.d directory .
All you have to do is to remove the # sign before the line with
the emu10k1 module.

I use the audigy card , and to get it to work I have to use the eperimental / beta driver from

http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1

maybe it's the same for the 4.1 card ?

here is an extract of the rc.modules file:

### Sound support ###
# Sound Blaster Pro/16 support:
#/sbin/modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=3 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x300
# Sound Blaster Live support:
/sbin/modprobe emu10k1
# MAD16 support:
#/sbin/modprobe mad16 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=0 dma16=1
# AD1816(A) sound driver:
#/sbin/modprobe modprobe ad1816 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3 ad1816_clockfreq=33000
# Crystal CS4232 based (PnP) cards:
#/sbin/modprobe cs4232
# ES1370 support, such as Sound Blaster 128PCI:
#/sbin/modprobe es1370
# ES1371 support, such as Sound Blaster 64V PCI:
#/sbin/modprobe es1371
# ESS Maestro, Maestro2, Maestro2E:
#/sbin/modprobe maestro
# ESS Maestro3/Allegro:
#/sbin/modprobe maestro3
# (For information on configuring other sound cards with Linux,
# see the documentation in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/,
# and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.

I tried to uncomment the line with /sbin/modprobe emu10k1 but it didn't work. I've heard somewhere that my card is based on SB pci 128 so I tried the es1370. I still can't hear any sound from cd or mp3.

btw, I upgraded to emu10k1 0.20.

Please help soon 'cause this is really starting to bug me.

Before digging deeper in the problem, try the ES1371 module

Didn't work. xmms halts with any of the es mods.

question: do you log in as root or a ordinary user ?
in the latter , you must have permisions to use mixer / stuff . .

do this as root:

chmod 666 /dev/dsp
chmod 666 /dev/mixer
chmod 666 /dev/audio
chmod 666 /dev/sequencer

It's my system so I'm the root. I tried you commands and now the sound work. Do I need to add some line somewhere to make the sound work everytime I boot.

you dont have to re-enter the chmod commands.
Just uncomment the right driver-module in the rc.modules file will do!


Paniken sprider sig när man inte får igång mp3 spelaren ! ;-)

Aha. Visste inte att du var svensk. jag har bara 2 mp3s än så länge. Blir nog fler när jag får bredband :-). Har du haft slackware länge?

jag kommer inte riktigt ihåg hur länge jag har kört med slackware
kanske nästan ett år .
Man lär sig mer än om man kör red hat eller liknande.

lycka till med mp3'orna . . . .