Re: [PLUG] Creative SBLive! Value sound card

[Will Dyson <will_dyson@pobox.com>]

billywissman@netscape.net wrote:

> The "Not tainted" line is new. I upgraded my modutils to 2.4.15 
> (was running 2.3.11) And as a result get the "Not tainted" line
> (I'm not really worried about that though?)

Binary-only modules (like the Nvidia geforce drivers) taint the kernel. 
This is to make it clear that once you have loaded such a module, you 
can't really expect much support from the kernel hackers in the event of 
bizzare lockups or other evil (asside from "try it without the #@#$#@ 
binary driver").

> Test sound using Realplayer8 and "cat (audiofile) >/dev/dsp" no sound 
> nor errors? Sounds like something is muted, but don't where to look?

Does sound like it is muted, doesn't it? Try running aumix (apt-get it if 
not installed, of course). Or xmix (for a gui option), or whatever mixer 
program you like. Unfortunatly, I don't think there is a simple text file 
to read to show you the state of the mixer....

> I'm a newbie, not sure what (IIRC) is. I'm using Debian 2.2r5 stable. 
> Kernel 2.4.18

Stands for "If I Recall Correctly".

--
Will Dyson
"Back off man, I'm a scientist!" -Dr. Peter Venkman


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