Argh! - HOWTO overload. I've got a Sound Blaster Live Value. I'm running Debian Testing. I've build my own kernel 2.4.17 from kernel-source package. I did build the emu10k1 module. I ran modconf and selected emu10k1. emu10k1 loads fine without errors. I can cp some .wav files to /dev/audio and hear the sound. Some .wav files sound ok, some others sound bad.
For what it's worth: # lsmod Module Size Used by Tainted: P emu10k1 51008 0 ac97_codec 9696 0 [emu10k1] NVdriver 818912 14 (autoclean) 8139too 13152 1 I'm a bit frustrated by the HOWTOs. I've found many that show various steps (but not always the same steps), but none that really explain the reasons for all the steps -- so that means I don't really understand if a step applies to me. I've also seen HOWTOs that show a bunch of lines to add to modules.conf. Again, I'm not sure if that applies to me or not. I think I need soundcore, but I'm not clear what kernel config I should use to build it. I'm not clear if I need ALSA or OSS in addition. I'm really the kind of person that likes to understand the reasons behind the configurations -- which is why I picked Debain. Anyone know of a good document that's up to date, and also explains the various components and how they fit together? It would be a nice bonus if it helped me get my sound working, too. ;) I would like to get sound working, but I'd like to come away learning something, too. Then, once I get hardware sound working, it would be very helpful to know what I need for a mixer and CD/MP3 player to make use of it, too. Oh, here's part of my kernel config fgrep SOUND /boot/config-2.4.17 | grep -v ^# CONFIG_SOUND=y CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1=m CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m Thanks very much,
