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

[Susan Macchia]

>> 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

Wow, thanks.  I did look at the site you pointed to but not thoroughly yet,
since I couldn't even get the module to load (and this means neither ALSA or
OSS will work...I think).

Anyway, lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller (rev
02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to AGP Controller (rev
02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev
02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev
02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
(rev a1)
02:01.0 Communication controller: Conexant: Unknown device 2702 (rev 01)
02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] EMU10k1X
02:02.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] Input device
controller
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) PRO/100 VE Ethernet
Controller (rev 02)

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