How to install hardware

Hello to all!

I am a true newbie to the world Linux and want to get into it badly! I am having difficulty trying to install a soundcard. It is a creative labs card and I cannot seem to find how to install undetected hardware. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Fred

Once your sound card is phycally plugged, post the output of :

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lspci | grep -i audio

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and the exact model of the card.

Does it mater that it is a ISA card? Specifically an Soundblaster 16?

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Originally Posted by fstemp

Does it mater that it is a ISA card? Specifically an Soundblaster 16?

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ISA cards work nice, no problem there.

The module for your card shoud be called "snd-sb16".

You can modprobe it :

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modprobe snd-sb16

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And then check out what Mandriva think of it :

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dmesg | tail

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I typed lspci -i snd-sb16 and it displayed:

00.00.0 Class 0600: 110:0598 (rev 03)

and much more. Am I configured now?

Thanks for all your time with me!

Fred

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Originally Posted by fstemp

I typed lspci -i snd-sb16

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I think you mixed up a few things here. Just read again my last post, and the one before. There are 3 separates commands.

Okay following each step I get the following results:

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[fred@localhost ~]$ lspci | grep -i audio snd-sb16
grep: snd-sb16: No such file or directory
[fred@localhost ~]$

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[fred@localhost ~]$ modprobe snd-sb16
bash: modprobe: command not found
[fred@localhost ~]$

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[fred@localhost ~]$ dmesg | tail
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
[fred@localhost ~]$

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Like I said I'm as new as can be. lol Thanks again for your help!

Fred

Ok, you need to be root first.

So type :

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su

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and then your password (that won't appear as you type it).

Then you can use modprobe :

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/sbin/modprobe snd-sb16

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And check the output of

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dmesg | tail

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Got this now:

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[fred@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost fred]# lspci | grep -i audio snd-sb16
grep: snd-sb16: No such file or directory
[root@localhost fred]# /sbin/lspci | grep -i audio snd-sb16
bash: /sbin/lspci: No such file or directory
grep: snd-sb16: No such file or directory
[root@localhost fred]# /sbin/modprobe snd-sb16
FATAL: Error inserting snd-sb16 (/lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk-i586-up-1GB/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16.ko.gz): No such device
[root@localhost fred]# dmesg | tail
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sound Blaster 16 soundcard not found or device busy
In case, if you have AWE card, try snd-sbawe module
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sound Blaster 16 soundcard not found or device busy
In case, if you have AWE card, try snd-sbawe module
[root@localhost fred]#

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If I understand the display, I am missing a driver file and it thinks the card is not plugged in?

Thanks again!

Fred

Ok, what is the output of

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lspci | grep -i audio

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?