sound card woes

[johnmann]

hello everyone, well i have a sound blaster live value card (pci) in my box but sndconfig did not recognize it,so i found a driver for it at creative looks like: emu10k1-0.3b.tar so how do i install it and where, is tar a zip file? i'll need step by step on this so go slow please! i use corel linux sec. ed. delux if that helps, thanks :eek:

[mulhern]

Johnmann,

tarball format is like zip, but is used for packaging files together so they do not get lost in transfer. Tarring a afile is not a form of compression, only packaging. The best pointer for your question is, from command line:

man tar

This will bring up the manual page that will tell you how to use it. As for where to save the file. Traditioonally in the home directory. If you are logged in as root you might save it in your root directory ( the first directory one logs into as root).

When you have it in the plaxce you would like to open the tar "package" <type>


tar -xvf emu10k1-0.3b.tar

this should "unwrap" the package.

To find out how to install <type> either:

vi README

or

vi INSTALL


Either one of these files (or both) should give instructions on how to compile and install the package.

Goodluck!

mulhern

[johnmann]

thanks for the info mulhern i'll try my best,i'm a windows type so linux is sort of a pain in the %$# for me. i shall keep you posted on my progress

[DaMasta]

See if this (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html) helps.

[johnmann]

thanks for the input DaMasta, took a look at the link you gave me, that's the step by step i needed,still what pain linux can be.oh,got the driver on floppy so it's time to do it to it i guess, pray for me

[johnmann]

still having trouble installing drivers, in one step i type, tar -xvf emu 10k1, corel linux does not recognize -x so i'm stuck now what do i do?

[DaMasta]

Are you doing tar -xvf em10k1 after you've done gunzip em10k1? You may need to do a tar -zxvf emu10k1.tar.gz.

[johnmann]

yea i did, when i typed tar command i got a list of letters and what they mean but -x was not there

[johnmann]

yea i did, when i typed tar command i got a list of letters and what they mean but -x was not there

[DaMasta]

Download the file again. Perhaps it is corrupt. After that, instead of doing a gunzip first, just do a tar -zxvf emu10k1.tar.gz (or whatever the filename is). It does the gunzip for you. The go from there. Also, post your exact error message.

[johnmann]

i'll be downloading to floppy from win2k will that cause a prob?

[DaMasta]

Possibly. Floppies are notorious for failing. Are you dual booting? If so, you can mount your 2k partition while in linux and get it from there.

[bdg1983]

Do you have 'PnP OS' turned off in you BIOS? This sometimes helps Linux detect and configure PCI cards.

[johnmann]

i have win98&linux in a dual boot and i'll download in win and put driver in sblive folder which is in the my home dir. is that ok? and, no mdwatts, i didn't disable pnp os in bios but i shall THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE

[johnmann]

did some poking around at corel's website and sounblaster live has native support so why in hell doesn't sndconfig find the frickin card, my first day with windows went better than this and iv'e had this os installed for a week :mad:

[DaMasta]

I've never heard anything good about corel linux. May I suggest using a different distro? When I used Mandrake, it recognized my sblive, tv card, burner and voodoo3. It even set up 3d for me. If you don't have high speed access, I'll send you a copy if you'd like. Let me know either here or at damasta@teknospy.com .

[johnmann]

sorry to take so long to get back DaMasta,i have learned there are some good distros out and corel ain't it thanks for your help and everyone else to, oh yes, sent an email ;)