Help! Unable to get SBLive to work on RH9/Fedora

[Tim Wunder]

On 3/8/2004 10:25 AM, I believe that Susan Macchia wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a relatively new DELL with hyperthreading.  I installed RH9.0 and just
> recently switched to Fedora Core 1.  In either case I cannot seem to get my
> SBLive card to work.  Niether distro recognizes that there is a sound device.
> Under WinXP (what it came with), the card worked fine.
> 
> When I try and install the module, this is what I get:
> 
> [root at gondor susan]# /sbin/modprobe emu10k1
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o:
> init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>       You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o:
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o
> failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o:
> nsmod emu10k1 failed
> 
> I have no idea where to go from here so any help is greatly appreciated.  I
> googled, but everything I found discusses how to install the modules, etc.  I
> don't think that this is the issue.  And I have no idea how to fiddle with the
> IRQ settings if this is indeed the problem (sigh).
> 
> As I said *any* help is much appreciated,
> 

You're apparently not alone:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/18/2003/08/4/82340

What is the output of lspci?
Are you using OSS or ALSA?

Have you checked out:
http://www.how.to/sblive

HTH,
Tim