[ale] Slackware 8.1

[Mark Angeli]

Yea, 
slackware does not install the sound card for you. The only thing it does 
install is the nic (unless you have a good hardware modem).
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Edit 
your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file.
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Look 
for the sound card section, and remove the # infront of the 
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line. 
Exit and save. at the command line, type /etc/rc.d/rc.modules 

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and 
then you should have sound. (no need to reboot).
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If its 
an older card (or it doesn't work for some reason) Try the other soundblaster 
one (for the pro/16 model).
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That 
should work.

  <FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: George Johnson 
  [mailto:gljay at netzero.net]Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:57 
  PMTo: AleSubject: [ale] Slackware 
  8.1
  
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  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For 
  some reason the sound card was not detected or installed when I installed 
  Slackware.  How does one go about 
  finding a driver for SoundBlaster Live sound cards as SoundBlaster does not 
  have one on their website?  I am 
  currently getting errors when Xwindows starts 
  up.
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  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Error 
  while initializing sound driver
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  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Device 
  /dev/dsp  can’t be opened (no such 
  device)
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  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Sound 
  server will continue using the null output 
  device
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  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">George 
  Johnson
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