SB Live in Linux?

SB Live in Linux?

[Tony Baechler]

Hello all.  This is not directly related to Speakup but I was hoping
someone could help.  Is it possible to get a Sound Blaster Live to work
under Linux?  I got my AWE 64 working, but I do not think it was plug and
play.  How would I even begin to set this up in Linux, or is it
impossible?  I think I need a sound package or something, right?  I am
running Slackware 8.0 and kernel 2.2.19.  (I know there are newer kernels,
but I am not confident enough to try compiling one yet.)  Thanks to anyone
for any help.

Re: SB Live in Linux?

[Thomas Ward]

Hi, the SB Live is one of the best soundcards to use
under Linux. I use it myself. All you need to do is open up
/etc/rc.d/modules
and uncomment the module line for the SB Live. It was something like enu10a,
or something close to that.
If you have problems finding the native kernel module let me know and I'll
send you the exact line to uncomment.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@baechler.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Cc: <pc-audio@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:25 AM
Subject: SB Live in Linux?


> Hello all.  This is not directly related to Speakup but I was hoping
> someone could help.  Is it possible to get a Sound Blaster Live to work
> under Linux?  I got my AWE 64 working, but I do not think it was plug and
> play.  How would I even begin to set this up in Linux, or is it
> impossible?  I think I need a sound package or something, right?  I am
> running Slackware 8.0 and kernel 2.2.19.  (I know there are newer kernels,
> but I am not confident enough to try compiling one yet.)  Thanks to anyone
> for any help.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: SB Live in Linux?

[Jason]

it's EMU10k (The name of the chipset, I have one)
and I think the file should be rc.modules (could be mistaken)

On Monday October 08, 2001 11:43 pm, you wrote:
> Hi, the SB Live is one of the best soundcards to use
> under Linux. I use it myself. All you need to do is open up
> /etc/rc.d/modules
> and uncomment the module line for the SB Live. It was something like
> enu10a, or something close to that.
> If you have problems finding the native kernel module let me know and I'll
> send you the exact line to uncomment.
>

RE: SB Live in Linux?

[Georgina]

Hi

Even better but more complex and involved would be to use the alsa package.
See
 http://www.alsa-project.org

For the emu10k module.  Alsa will give you more control over the SB Live, if
you wish to use the Speakup lwl reflector for example, you'll need the alsa
drivers.  There is some documentation on Speakup regarding alsa.

Gena
-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: 09 October 2001 07:43
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: SB Live in Linux?


Hi, the SB Live is one of the best soundcards to use
under Linux. I use it myself. All you need to do is open up
/etc/rc.d/modules
and uncomment the module line for the SB Live. It was something like enu10a,
or something close to that.
If you have problems finding the native kernel module let me know and I'll
send you the exact line to uncomment.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@baechler.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Cc: <pc-audio@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:25 AM
Subject: SB Live in Linux?


> Hello all.  This is not directly related to Speakup but I was hoping
> someone could help.  Is it possible to get a Sound Blaster Live to work
> under Linux?  I got my AWE 64 working, but I do not think it was plug and
> play.  How would I even begin to set this up in Linux, or is it
> impossible?  I think I need a sound package or something, right?  I am
> running Slackware 8.0 and kernel 2.2.19.  (I know there are newer kernels,
> but I am not confident enough to try compiling one yet.)  Thanks to anyone
> for any help.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>


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Re: SB Live in Linux?

[Gregory Nowak]

You have a few options.
The simplest option is to simply load the emu10k1.o module,
which should detect your sblive card.
The second thing you can do is to compile sblive support directly into the kernel.
Your last option is to get and install the alsa library, drivers, and utilities.
Greg


On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 10:25:33PM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote:
> Hello all.  This is not directly related to Speakup but I was hoping
> someone could help.  Is it possible to get a Sound Blaster Live to work
> under Linux?  I got my AWE 64 working, but I do not think it was plug and
> play.  How would I even begin to set this up in Linux, or is it
> impossible?  I think I need a sound package or something, right?  I am
> running Slackware 8.0 and kernel 2.2.19.  (I know there are newer kernels,
> but I am not confident enough to try compiling one yet.)  Thanks to anyone
> for any help.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: SB Live in Linux?

[Tony Baechler]

Hello.  Thanks to all who replied on this.  I got it working and it turned
out much simpler than I thought.  I tried downloading alsa but could not
get it to work.  I got various errors and the modules would not load
correctly.  Since I still primarily use Windows and have not found what I
consider to be a good mp3 player, I am giving up for now.

Re: SB Live in Linux?

[Jason]

Have you tried the package at linuxmafia.org?

it's tgz'd source code, with a script to compile it and turn it into a 
package, it's what I used, and it worked great... the only thing you need to 
do bfore it will work it compileyour own kernel. If you need help with that 
feel free to ask.

On Saturday October 13, 2001 12:43 am, you wrote:
> Hello.  Thanks to all who replied on this.  I got it working and it turned
> out much simpler than I thought.  I tried downloading alsa but could not
> get it to work.  I got various errors and the modules would not load
> correctly.  Since I still primarily use Windows and have not found what I
> consider to be a good mp3 player, I am giving up for now.
>
>
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