On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:43:16 -0500, Billy Tallis <wtallis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:25:18 -0600, Robert <kerplop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Paul Murtaugh wrote: > > > I just upgraded from RH9 to FC2, and my Creative Sound Blaster > > > AWE64 is not being detected. (When I run system-config-soundcard, > > > I get 'No soundcards were detected'.) Nor does the hardware > > > browser find a soundcard. > > > > > >>From 'dmesg': > > > > > > isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... > > > pnp: SB audio device quirk - increasing port range > > > pnp: AWE32 quirk - adding two ports > > > isapnp: Card 'Creative SB AWE64 PnP' > > > isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total > > > Real Time Clock Driver v1.12 > > > > > > Does anyone have suggestions about what I might try? Would the > > > problems likely go away if I just get a new soundcard? (This > > > card is 5 or 6 years old, I think.) > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > I fought this battle several months ago on another machine and was > > amazed that FC could NEVER find the soundcard but KNOPPIX ALWAYS found > > it. I can't remember who put me on the trail but I wound up rebuilding > > the alsa-utils package so that alsaconf does not get removed after it's > > compiled. That chore outta the way, running /sbin/alsaconf takes care of > > the heavy lifting and there is sound. > > As previously suggested, a modern sound care would be better but I just > > HATE to throw stuff away when it still works. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > I seem to recall that the wonderful utility sndconfig from RH9 and > earlier was dropped from FC because it is only for legacy sound cards. > I have an AWE64 in a pc that will soon get linux, and I think that it > is compatible. I think the AWE64 was even truly soundblaster > compatible, something that could be useful for legacy software. There > should be nothing stopping you from using it on Fedora. You will just > have to do without sndconfig, which probably does not even work with > the 2.6 kernels. > Your problem may be do to the transition from modules.conf to modprobe.conf. Backup the data you want to keep and perform a new install. I recommend that you install FC3 since FC2 is going into legacy mode shortly (next month?). I have not had any problems with FC1, FC2 or FC3 detecting the AWE64 card on my system. I wish the same could be said for my other ISA soundcards.
