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hnugz

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SB audigy2 issues
« on: 2 June 2005, 19:07 »
I've been looking around a lot trying to figure out how to get my audigy2 card to work with linux.  I ran the sndconfig and it gave me the error "The module used for your card, emu10k1.o, is not currently in your module search path."

I did some more reading and I'm getting a bit confused.  Apparently I am supposed to install ALSA in order to get this card to work, but after looking at the documentation the SB Audigy2 card is not listed at all, although there are cards listed there that are very similar.  Anyone have any suggestions for getting this to work?
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #1 on: 2 June 2005, 22:34 »
Install ALSA and then run 'alsaconf' to setup the card.
What distro do you use?
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #2 on: 2 June 2005, 22:55 »
Can you tell us which distro you are using?
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #3 on: 3 June 2005, 03:02 »
i am using knoppix which apparently doesnt have it installed already.  im sure ill have questions with the install because this is all new to me and i dont understand everything.  ill play around with it as soon as i get home.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #4 on: 3 June 2005, 04:54 »
So I think one of my main problems is that I'm not understanding what is going on with installing files.  I was looking at an install guide for alsa and first it talks about recompiling the kernel?  Do I have to do this?  Or do I just download and install alsa?  If I do have to do this, why?  What exactly am I doing?

Second, one of the steps is to do "apt-get install alsa-source alsa-base alsa-utils libasound2."  Does this assume that I already have alsa downloaded somewhere on my machine?  It says it can't find these packages.  Thanks for the help.

Also, if there are any links you can give me to where I can find out more about installing files that would be great.  I think I am jumping too far ahead of myself with this kinda thing.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #5 on: 3 June 2005, 06:42 »
I have no idea what kinda package management Knoppix uses.
You should start off on an easier distro, like Ubuntu. It should already detect and setup your sound, and it's a nice, easy distro to start up on.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #6 on: 3 June 2005, 10:41 »
piratePenguin, reinstalling your OS should be a last resort. ALWAYS.
Knoppix is debina based, much the same as Ubuntu, just because you don't understand it - it doesn't mean that nobody else here does.


hnugz:

Can you post the output of uname -a because there are some relevant differences between 2.4 and 2.6 in setting this up.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #7 on: 3 June 2005, 17:35 »
Linux box 2.4.26 #1 SMP Sa Apr 17 19:33:42 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

Thanks for the help!
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #8 on: 3 June 2005, 17:57 »
Woo after some more searching:

Q: Why doesn't my sound work?

A: Just run "/etc/init.d/alsa-autoconfig" as root once and you'll be fixed up nicely. To have the sound levels set at boot (alsa defaults to muted) edit the file "/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh" and add aumix -w 75 -v 75 to the bottom of the file.

Turns out I don't have to install all this manually anyway.  Granted I don't really understand how all this works I do know that I get sound, at least in my 2 front speakers with xmms.  I will do some more searching about getting surround sound.

Thanks for the help and like I said, if there are any links I should be looking at about how installations work and using apt-get that are geared toward the beginners please let me know.  Thanks again.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #9 on: 3 June 2005, 18:45 »
apt-get update

This makes that apt program refresh the database of available packages.

apt-get dist-upgrade

This upgrades all the packages currently installed, to the newest available version.

apt-get install packagename

This will install packagename and any other programs that is depends on for you.



Also, the next time you need to chnage your volume levels, check out the gnome-alsamixer program. It is pretty nifty and lets you modify all the different volume controls and enable/disable any special features on your card.
Enjoy!
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #10 on: 3 June 2005, 19:11 »
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piratePenguin, reinstalling your OS should be a last resort. ALWAYS.
Well I've never *installed* Knoppix. I know of nobody who has. I can't be sure if it's suitable for noobs, but I *know* that Ubuntu is a damn good distro for noobs.

Like if a complete noob got stuck installing Gentoo, and asked me about it, clueless, I'd recommend they try an *easier* distro, like Ubuntu.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #11 on: 3 June 2005, 19:22 »
Quote from: KernelPanic
apt-get update

This makes that apt program refresh the database of available packages.

apt-get dist-upgrade

This upgrades all the packages currently installed, to the newest available version.

apt-get install packagename

This will install packagename and any other programs that is depends on for you.



Also, the next time you need to chnage your volume levels, check out the gnome-alsamixer program. It is pretty nifty and lets you modify all the different volume controls and enable/disable any special features on your card.
Enjoy!

Well that clears some things up.  One more quick question, how does it know where to look for these updates?

Thanks for the suggestion of ubuntu.  It does look simple however knoppix has a bunch of utilities installed by default that I really like.  I might give it a try on my laptop or something.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #12 on: 3 June 2005, 19:57 »
In a configuration file called located at /etc/apt.conf
Check out the manual page man apt.conf

You may like to use the repository for Debian Sarge, which you can look up in a google search, to bring you inline with Debian's stable release. Or just continue to use the knoppix one.

Also, you may like to check out the 'synaptic' frontend to the apt package manager.
apt-get update; apt-get install synaptic
You should run this as root.



Additionally, I believe that a standard knoppix install has no root password.
Set it as follows:

sudo su -
passwd root


Please bear in mind this is drawing on my memory, I havnt used a knoppix hdinstall for a good while.
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Re: SB audigy2 issues
« Reply #13 on: 3 June 2005, 21:13 »
Knoppix did ask for a root password during the install.

I will check out the man pages.  You guys have always been a great help.  Thanks again.
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