Soundblaster drivers where, oh where can I get some?

[Frans]

On Thu, 21 May 2009 15:53:00 +0100, Steve Cook wrote:

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> J Bickhard wrote:
>>> You do need to read everything a couple of times and be prepared to
>>>  experiment as I’ve never found a consistent method to get these
>>> old ISA cards to work. perseverance does usually pay off.:-) One thing
>>> I forgot to mention is the need to play about with the mixer
>>>  as well.  Volumes need to be altered and channels unmuted.
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>> When I click on the sound control, it says that Ubuntu can't find an
>>  installed sound device to work.
> That’s because the driver and conf files aren’t loaded.
>> I might just get a new sound card, the guy I got it from has a garage
>>  full of comp. stuff, and will give me parts if I need them. I turned
>>  off "Plug n play OS" in the BIOS, so I'll see if that changed
>> anything.
> A PCI sound card would make life a lot easier.

Well, it might be as simple as "sudo modprobe snd-sbawe" to load the 
driver. I think modern Linux distro's don't set up ISA cards 
automatically.

HTH,

    -Frans