I have a DELL 2400 that has an Intel i845GL based board. I am currently
running 5.2-RC2 on it, mainly to get support for the onboard Broadcom 440X.
This machine has onboard sound that has been turned off in the BIOS and there
is a SoundBlaster Live! card in it. I kldload-ed the emu10k1 module (and
later on just kldload-ed snd_drivers) but this sound card is not identified
and no pcm device shows up in dmesg. I have attached dmesg output for this
and the output of 'pciconf -lv', which shows the sound blaster card but with
no drivers attached to it.
When I turn on the onboard sound in the BIOS, I see the 'pcm' line in dmesg.
What exactly should I be doing here to get the sound blaster card working? I
am still running the GENERIC kernel. I searched the archives of -current but
I havent found anything of use there.
Thanks.
kaarthik
Your card is a Dell-specific SoundBlaster Live! CT0200. Note:
> none3@pci1:6:0: class=0x040100 card=0x10031102 chip=0x00061102
^^^^^^^^
instead of 00021102
> vendor = 'Creative Labs'
> device = 'emu10k1x Soundblaster Live! 5.1'
^^^^^^^^
> class = multimedia
> subclass = audio
> none4@pci1:6:1: class=0x098000 card=0x10031102 chip=0x70041102
^^^^^^^^
instead of 70021102
> vendor = 'Creative Labs'
> device = 'SBLive! Value Gameport'
^^^^^
> class = input device
which is NOT an emu10k1. Dell says it has a "software accelerated" DSP,
needing a special driver à la Winmodem...
The only known (to me) working driver for this card is the non free OSS
driver from 4Front. I tried it, but found it simpler to buy a real Sound
Blaster Live!
> When I turn on the onboard sound in the BIOS, I see the 'pcm' line in dmesg.
> What exactly should I be doing here to get the sound blaster card working? I
> am still running the GENERIC kernel. I searched the archives of -current but
> I havent found anything of use there.
>
> Thanks.
>
> kaarthik
Claude Buisson
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I have never heard of such a thing until now. I thought that SB Live! would be
the same everywhere and got it. So if I were to get a SB Live! from a store,
is there anything specific I have to look out for on the shrink-wrap to
distinguish the hardware and software accelerated stuff? The regular SB Live!
claims the emu10k1 chip as does this. Or does the 'x' after emu10k1 make the
difference?
>
> The only known (to me) working driver for this card is the non free OSS
> driver from 4Front. I tried it, but found it simpler to buy a real Sound
> Blaster Live!
Yeah, I think I will stick to getting a real SBLive! myself. Until then I am
going to experiment with the onboard sound to see how that works.
Thanks
kaarthik