New Audigy Card

[Robert Brown]

I just upgraded my REALLY old sound card to a SoundBlaster Audigy MP3. I
checked Red Hat's compatibility list and I thought it would work with Red
Hat 9. However, it doesn't. I've been doing some searching but I cannot
figure out how to get it going. Everything says I need to turn sound on and
recompile my kernel. I cannot find where to do this and Red Hat "does not
support re-compiling a kernel". Can someone please give or point me towards
some very simple instructions. I am still a huge Linux novice. Also,
everything says the kernel should be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.x and I do
not see it there.

[John]

Hi, Robert:

Did you have your old sound card configured under RH9? Did Kudzu prompt
you at bootup to configure your new hardware? I wonder if you should
run kudzu as root and remove the old hardware from the list, then reboot
and see if kudzu recognizes the new card.

Just a thought - take it with a grain of salt.

John



Robert Brown wrote:

> I just upgraded my REALLY old sound card to a SoundBlaster Audigy MP3. I
> checked Red Hat's compatibility list and I thought it would work with Red
> Hat 9. However, it doesn't. I've been doing some searching but I cannot
> figure out how to get it going. Everything says I need to turn sound on and
> recompile my kernel. I cannot find where to do this and Red Hat "does not
> support re-compiling a kernel". Can someone please give or point me towards
> some very simple instructions. I am still a huge Linux novice. Also,
> everything says the kernel should be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.x and I do
> not see it there.
>
>

[Robert Brown]

John
I had an Aureal card before and there was no hope of it working. That is
part of the reason I bought the SB Audigy. Kudzu did find it but all it did
was install support for the 1394 port. I will try to run it again. Do you
know how to recompile the kernel in RH 9?
Robert

"John" <nosapm@toplevel.tld> wrote in message
news:xEpdb.19063$pP6.18580@newsread2.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
>
> Hi, Robert:
>
> Did you have your old sound card configured under RH9? Did Kudzu prompt
> you at bootup to configure your new hardware? I wonder if you should
> run kudzu as root and remove the old hardware from the list, then reboot
> and see if kudzu recognizes the new card.
>
> Just a thought - take it with a grain of salt.
>
> John
>
>
>
> Robert Brown wrote:
>
> > I just upgraded my REALLY old sound card to a SoundBlaster Audigy MP3. I
> > checked Red Hat's compatibility list and I thought it would work with
Red
> > Hat 9. However, it doesn't. I've been doing some searching but I cannot
> > figure out how to get it going. Everything says I need to turn sound on
and
> > recompile my kernel. I cannot find where to do this and Red Hat "does
not
> > support re-compiling a kernel". Can someone please give or point me
towards
> > some very simple instructions. I am still a huge Linux novice. Also,
> > everything says the kernel should be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.x and I
do
> > not see it there.
> >
> >
>

[John]

I haven't tried recompiling under Red Hat 9, but I did recompile one
time under RH7.2 by following the Kernel HOWTO:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/

I'm not convinced that you need to recompile your kernel, though. If
the driver for your card can be loaded as as shared module, I don't
believe there should be a need. Have you tried the Alsa drivers? How
about "insmod" to load your module into memory?

Again, I'm not sure, but hopefully that gives you some place to start.

John


Robert Brown wrote:

> John
> I had an Aureal card before and there was no hope of it working. That is
> part of the reason I bought the SB Audigy. Kudzu did find it but all it did
> was install support for the 1394 port. I will try to run it again. Do you
> know how to recompile the kernel in RH 9?
> Robert
>
> "John" <nosapm@toplevel.tld> wrote in message
> news:xEpdb.19063$pP6.18580@newsread2.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
>
>>Hi, Robert:
>>
>>Did you have your old sound card configured under RH9? Did Kudzu prompt
>>you at bootup to configure your new hardware? I wonder if you should
>>run kudzu as root and remove the old hardware from the list, then reboot
>>and see if kudzu recognizes the new card.
>>
>>Just a thought - take it with a grain of salt.
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>
>>Robert Brown wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I just upgraded my REALLY old sound card to a SoundBlaster Audigy MP3. I
>>>checked Red Hat's compatibility list and I thought it would work with
>
> Red
>
>>>Hat 9. However, it doesn't. I've been doing some searching but I cannot
>>>figure out how to get it going. Everything says I need to turn sound on
>
> and
>
>>>recompile my kernel. I cannot find where to do this and Red Hat "does
>
> not
>
>>>support re-compiling a kernel". Can someone please give or point me
>
> towards
>
>>>some very simple instructions. I am still a huge Linux novice. Also,
>>>everything says the kernel should be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.x and I
>
> do
>
>>>not see it there.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

[Robert Brown]

John,
How do you use insmod?
Robert

"John" <nosapm@toplevel.tld> wrote in message
news:qrCdb.26649$pP6.4129@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
>
> I haven't tried recompiling under Red Hat 9, but I did recompile one
> time under RH7.2 by following the Kernel HOWTO:
>
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/
>
> I'm not convinced that you need to recompile your kernel, though. If
> the driver for your card can be loaded as as shared module, I don't
> believe there should be a need. Have you tried the Alsa drivers? How
> about "insmod" to load your module into memory?
>
> Again, I'm not sure, but hopefully that gives you some place to start.
>
> John
>
>
> Robert Brown wrote:
>
> > John
> > I had an Aureal card before and there was no hope of it working. That
is
> > part of the reason I bought the SB Audigy. Kudzu did find it but all it
did
> > was install support for the 1394 port. I will try to run it again. Do
you
> > know how to recompile the kernel in RH 9?
> > Robert
> >
> > "John" <nosapm@toplevel.tld> wrote in message
> > news:xEpdb.19063$pP6.18580@newsread2.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> >
> >>Hi, Robert:
> >>
> >>Did you have your old sound card configured under RH9? Did Kudzu prompt
> >>you at bootup to configure your new hardware? I wonder if you should
> >>run kudzu as root and remove the old hardware from the list, then reboot
> >>and see if kudzu recognizes the new card.
> >>
> >>Just a thought - take it with a grain of salt.
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Robert Brown wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I just upgraded my REALLY old sound card to a SoundBlaster Audigy MP3.
I
> >>>checked Red Hat's compatibility list and I thought it would work with
> >
> > Red
> >
> >>>Hat 9. However, it doesn't. I've been doing some searching but I cannot
> >>>figure out how to get it going. Everything says I need to turn sound on
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>recompile my kernel. I cannot find where to do this and Red Hat "does
> >
> > not
> >
> >>>support re-compiling a kernel". Can someone please give or point me
> >
> > towards
> >
> >>>some very simple instructions. I am still a huge Linux novice. Also,
> >>>everything says the kernel should be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.x and
I
> >
> > do
> >
> >>>not see it there.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>

[John]

Check out this gem:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/2/2002/04/2/15951

-John


Robert Brown wrote:

> John,
> How do you use insmod?
> Robert
>
> "John" <nosapm@toplevel.tld> wrote in message
> news:qrCdb.26649$pP6.4129@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
>
>>I haven't tried recompiling under Red Hat 9, but I did recompile one
>>time under RH7.2 by following the Kernel HOWTO:
>>
>>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/
>>
>>I'm not convinced that you need to recompile your kernel, though. If
>>the driver for your card can be loaded as as shared module, I don't
>>believe there should be a need. Have you tried the Alsa drivers? How
>>about "insmod" to load your module into memory?
>>
>>Again, I'm not sure, but hopefully that gives you some place to start.
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>Robert Brown wrote:
>>
>>
>>>John
>>>I had an Aureal card before and there was no hope of it working. That
>
> is
>
>>>part of the reason I bought the SB Audigy. Kudzu did find it but all it
>
> did
>
>>>was install support for the 1394 port. I will try to run it again. Do
>
> you
>
>>>know how to recompile the kernel in RH 9?
>>>Robert
>>>
>>>"John" <nosapm@toplevel.tld> wrote in message
>>>news:xEpdb.19063$pP6.18580@newsread2.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi, Robert:
>>>>
>>>>Did you have your old sound card configured under RH9? Did Kudzu prompt
>>>>you at bootup to configure your new hardware? I wonder if you should
>>>>run kudzu as root and remove the old hardware from the list, then reboot
>>>>and see if kudzu recognizes the new card.
>>>>
>>>>Just a thought - take it with a grain of salt.
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Robert Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I just upgraded my REALLY old sound card to a SoundBlaster Audigy MP3.
>
> I
>
>>>>>checked Red Hat's compatibility list and I thought it would work with
>>>
>>>Red
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Hat 9. However, it doesn't. I've been doing some searching but I cannot
>>>>>figure out how to get it going. Everything says I need to turn sound on
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>
>>>>>recompile my kernel. I cannot find where to do this and Red Hat "does
>>>
>>>not
>>>
>>>
>>>>>support re-compiling a kernel". Can someone please give or point me
>>>
>>>towards
>>>
>>>
>>>>>some very simple instructions. I am still a huge Linux novice. Also,
>>>>>everything says the kernel should be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.x and
>
> I
>
>>>do
>>>
>>>
>>>>>not see it there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>