onboard creative chip ?

ats2 · Apprentice Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 297

Hi, I installed gentoo and love it so far but I have no sound at all.

lspci gives "Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 04)"

But How do I make it work now ? Is there something to activate in the kernel or something ?

arma · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 12:52 am Post subject:

i think the es1370 drivers could help (he is the most similar to your chip)

you'll find it in
Device drivers - Sound - Avanced Linux Sound Architecture - PCI Devices - (Creative) Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370
or
Device drivers - Sound - Open Sound System - Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1370) (NEW)
if you want to use OSS

hope this helps
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ats2 · Apprentice Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 297

I recompiled the kernel with the first driver you pointed to.
At kde startup, I get a message saying /dev/dsp doesn't exist. In KDE configuration center, I have 'NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG' infront of Audio Devices... 'No sound cards' also.
What does this mean ?

rogerdugans · n00b Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 32 Location: massachusetts

I have no certain answer for you but I do have a handy cheat that may help...

Grab a Knoppix .iso and burn it, then boot up and watch the excellent automagic configuration of Knoppix set things up for you.

Once you are running you can figure out a few things with virtually no pain:

If your hardware is easily supported- if it works in Knoppix you have ZERO worries.
Which modules/drivers/parameters need to be set.
And so on.

While my preferred distro is of course Gentoo, generally speaking, I do always make sure I have a few other distros around for testing and so on.

Knoppix- or actually Overclockix- is an absolute MUST for me as it is an easy way to troubleshoot and repair virtually any halfway modern system and/or os.

ats2 · Apprentice Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 297

God idea ! I'll look at that !