Soundblaster drivers where, oh where can I get some?

[Steve Cook]

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Frans wrote:
> 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.
>>> 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.
> 
Some times that’s all that’s needed. Other times an appropriate .conf
file is needed.
Ubuntu 8.04 appears to be the last version that detected ISA cards, so
you could be right.
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