[PLUG] Creative SBLive! Value sound card

[billywissman@netscape.net]

Hello.

I'm having trouble getting sound on my linux box. I'm running Debian 2.2r5 i386 potato using kernel 2.4.18. I have read and followed the linuxdoc.org Sound-HowTo, but no success. The device files ac97_codec.o and emu10k1.o are located in my /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound directory. They were built as kernel loadable modules. I then issued the command /sbin/insmod ac97_codec.o and emu10k1.o respectively. I then verified that the modules were loaded into the kernel by running /sbin/lsmod. 

Following the HOW-TO:
I ran ls -l /dev/dsp and received "crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,   3 Jun 13  2001 dsp". According to the HOW-TO this is the way the file should appear; except my output displayed audio instead of root? I received the same output when I ran ls-l /dev/audio. Then I checked syslog and verified my system detected the card and drivers. 

The output from syslog after loading modules :  
"Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.18, 18:12:08 Apr 13 2002
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 01:0a.0
emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8031 found, IO at 0xdf80-0xdf9f, IRQ 11
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7609 (SigmaTel STAC9721/23)"

I then tryed the sample sound files from the HOW-TO to test my card:

(I downloaded the sample audio files) and ran

cat endoftheworld >/dev/dsp

It appeared that the file was being executed, It took a few seconds before the cursor gave me a prompt, but there was no sound nor any error messages?

Any help would be greatly be appreciated. Thanks

Bill





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