Soundblaster 16 PCI, anyone wanna walk a newbie through?

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Knoppix seems to recognize my SB 16 PCI but plays no sounds whatsoever (yes, volume is up, cables connected). Anyone want to give me a rough guide of steps I should take to get to the problem?

Output of lspci -v (Knoppix was booted with alsa)

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: d4000000-d5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d6000000-d6ffffff
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at d000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 3300
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
I/O ports at e000 [size=4]
I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9
Memory at d8101000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc TV-Wonder
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9
Memory at d8102000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

//The following would be the sound card
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI128
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800 [size=64]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100B (TX)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at d8100000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=32]
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP (rev 7a) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0084
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Memory at d5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

[roberto]

hmm. im not sure why you would be booting with alsa loading but try this... had a latop that needed this once.

in a root shell type:

modprobe sb

then check to see if it loads up the module by typing:

lsmod

and check to see if it loaded SB anywhere on that list.

if it in fact did try out XMMS or something of the sort.

note: you may have to boot into command console and then start KDE in order to get the sound working in the right order but...

drop me a line by e-mail for more reliable and in-depth answers... just saw this while forum surfing.


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