sound

[Master of Reality]

where do i configure my sound card in linux-mandrake/KDE

[dbl221]

The soundcard will be detechted during install.  In KDE click on the "Soud Server" icon ...I think its on the system or configureation menues.

Don't get to fancy....I didn't have to do anything to my soundblaster 512 ...it was detected any configured on install.

I changed only the little slider thingey in KDE sound server.

Good Luck

[Master of Reality]

my sound blaster 16 doesnt seem to work in linux.

it works fine in windows (grrr, its about the only thing that works)

Hey, dbl221, how is the SB 512?, i'm thinking about getting one

[lost]

soundblaster is perhaps on eof e most supported sound cards ever.  Check it out if you are having sound trouble the first thing you want to do is check that you sound module is getting loaded.  lsmod will take care of that.  if its loaded maybe your volume is too low.  run gmix or some other mixer and trn up the volume.  unpriveleged users will more then likely not be able to turn up the sound due to permissions on /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer.  i created a sound group, added the proper users and then ran chmod 770 /dev/dsp /dev/mixer.  and chgrp sound /dev/dsp /dev/mixer.  This didnt fix the problem?  Well then time to toughen up you fucking sissies.  Check out the advanced linux sound architecture project (ALSA) from SuSE.  just compile and install the three packages in the right order.  and run 'modprobe snd-[soundcard driver]' and 'modprobe snd-pcm-oss'.  This will fix everything.  Make sure to read the README so you compile the ALSA drivers with the proper oss compatibility support and autodetect support.  ALSA by default has all its volume levels at 0 so just run alsamixer or some other mixer program if you are running oss support and turn the volume up.  If this doesnt work you must fucking suck or something.  you can probably fix your problems by installing Slackware.

[dbl221]

The Soundblaster 128 and 512 are both fine soundcards for less $ than the fancy ones....you know who you are.

Both 128 and 512 will be detected and configured fine in any of the more recent versions of Linux...review your logs /var/log/messages to make sure the sound module is loaded OK during boot.

Test the card with a mp3 or wave file located on your harddrive...enjoy.