to make it easy, get a new soundcard :) can get one for maybe $15-20 bux or $10-12 bux if you want areal cheap one (sb16 or s3 sonic vibes..
nate On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Kent West wrote: westk >Ian Stirling wrote: westk > westk >> Jon Hughes wrote: westk >> westk >> > has anyone managed to get a SB PCI 128 to work? any westk >> > help would be appreciated, thanks westk >> westk >> PCI 128 cards come in various types. I used a Gateway westk >> OEM version which has an es1373 on it. The es1371 westk >> driver works. You might have to use the es1370 driver westk >> depending on what's on your card. westk >> westk >> For the es1371 driver, add the following lines to westk >> /etc/conf.modules westk >> westk >> alias char-major-14 es1371 westk >> alias sound es1371 westk >> westk >> That's all I had to do on my slink system. westk >> westk >> I sent my Gateway OEM card back though because it was westk >> incompatible with Creative's Windows applications! westk >> ( had a bit of a dispute with them but it worked out westk >> in my favour ). I replaced it with a retail version westk >> of the SB Live Platinum. westk >> westk >> Ian westk >> westk > westk >This is Kent, not Jon. westk > westk >I have had problems with my ES1371. Have wrestled with it off-an-on for half a year. westk >I can get some sound, but it's scratchy and unreliable, kind of like if an IRQ is set westk >wrong. I'm new enough to Linux to be green with such things, but when I looked in my westk >/etc/conf.modules, I saw the following entry: westk >alias char-major-14 soundcore westk > westk >I did not see the entries you mentioned. So I put those entries that you mentioned westk >in, and commented out the "soundcore" entry already in the file. Then I did a "rmmod westk >es1371" and "rmmod soundcore", then did "insmod sound" and got a message that the westk >sound module was not found." westk > westk >So I undid all my changes and will ignore sound capabilities for another few weeks westk >until it becomes more important to me again, unless of course you have a suggestion westk >that might solve my problem. westk > westk >Thanks! westk > westk > westk > westk > westk >-- westk >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null westk > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 3:30pm up 111 days, 3:14, 3 users, load average: 1.99, 1.65, 1.56
