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Mandrake 10 sound card detection

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spyordie007

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I'm trying to setup Mandrake 10 Community under a Virtual PC and cant get it to detect & install the sound card (SB 16 compatable).

Harddrake doesnt even detect its presence, anyone have any suggestions for how I may go about installing it?
 
Originally posted by: spyordie007
I'm trying to setup Mandrake 10 Community under a Virtual PC and cant get it to detect & install the sound card (SB 16 compatable).

Harddrake doesnt even detect its presence, anyone have any suggestions for how I may go about installing it?
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Not sure i understand what you mean when talking about "Virtual PC".

In the "normal" situation, to set up your sound card, you'll need the relevant driver. Which means finding which chipset is on your card.
If you already know that, google for the driver
if not do a cat /proc/pci on your machine and find the line about your sound card

Then decide whether you want that driver as a module or in the kernel
If module modify /etc/rc.d/rc.modules (uncomment the line relevant to your driver)

Hope i am not too off the mark. If it is the case sorry. 😱
 
and what do I do if the sound card is not showing up in /proc/pci ?

Virtual PC is a hardware emulator like VMWare, etc. The hardware doesnt actually exist, it's presence is emulated. Since it's emulated it has a soundcard that is common (16bit soundblaster); all the other oses I've run havent had any problems detecting and using it (Windows, Fedora, etc.).
 
Originally posted by: spyordie007
and what do I do if the sound card is not showing up in /proc/pci ?
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cannot help you in that case ... it should show up

Any update on the situation ?

 
Might not be considered PCI card... try manually adding a ISA Sound Blaster 16... (or try the command modprobe sb as root)
 
Might not be considered PCI card... try manually adding a ISA Sound Blaster 16... (or try the command modprobe sb as root)
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tried modprobe sb as root and it just took me back to the console, SB is still not appearing in /proc/pci (not sure if I used modprobe right, or if I should have seen something else).

How do I manually add an ISA sound device?
Might this be of use?
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Thanks for the link but it's not really applicable; that article is for VMWare and I'm running this under Virtual PC (differant aplications & implimentations, but the same concept). The virtual sound card is enabled (for what it's worth).
 
When you insmoded (I love computer verbs) sb, did you get sound? Check your dmesg, and see if /dev/dsp exists.
 
I have the same problem with my ISA soundblaster 16. If I manually turn it on while in root or if I use sndconfig I hear the message (from Linus Trovald) and a constant low volume hiss which tells me the card is working. ALSA will not stay running and all of my functions that use audio have no sound. Also when I use sndconfig or a console to turn this card on my HardDrake or Control Center locks up. The Control center screen stays on and wont close, and my computer wont shut down.
 
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