soundcard riptide probs

[maver]

(same thing but got deleted cuzz the subject wasn't clear enuff)
m9.1, KDE 3.1

yeah i got that riptide modem combo (don't care for the modem) and i went and got the drivers for it here

i fallowed method A installing it rpm
now once i installed it the sound server error stop poping up so i thought it was fixed, yet no mixer, so it says taht sometimes you should run ripconfig to finish the install, well i found the shell script and double clicked it to start but it pops up no such program, so i wen into the mandrake control center and got this info on my sound card,

Vendor: ?Rockwell Semiconductor Systems

Bus: ?PCI

Bus identification: ?127a:4320:1235:4320

Location on the bus: ?1:8:0

Description: ?Master Riptide PCI Audio Controller

Module: ?unknown

Media class: ?MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO

so i ran the config tool for it and it said it ran it but it never poped up anything about options and such (like it does when i do it wil vid) then i thought maybe it worked so i restarted my comp but whenever i went into linux/linux secure it would stop at the consule and not give me the graphical os. so i couldn't work like taht (still learning commands) so i did fail safe and told it to load up grapical desktop and networking, but after i did i got that sound error pop up agian (does it shut down the sound in failsafe?)

so can you guys help me?

PS i've done searchs in the fourms on the web and in the docs, all i found was dead threads with no answer in them docs that were about other stuff and website that said just about nothing, i would only do this as a last resort

[JusKickNit]

For some reason your driver link is not showing up. Run ripconfig from a teminal window.


first thing run terminal.

type su
enter password
no type ripconfig


try startx or kdm or gdm to get a graphical os (login as root first)

[JusKickNit]

also run lsmod thats an L not I and post what it says.

[maver]

it showed me this

Module Size Used by Not tainted
floppy 55868 0
appletalk 30628 1 (autoclean)
ipx 25540 1 (autoclean)
soundcore 6788 0 (autoclean)
isofs 28312 1 (autoclean)
zlib_inflate 21348 0 (autoclean) [isofs]
ide-cd 33888 1 (autoclean)
cdrom 31808 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
udf 92768 0 (autoclean)
i810 62944 14
agpgart 42368 7 (autoclean)
af_packet 16360 1 (autoclean)
8139too 17960 1 (autoclean)
mii 3980 0 (autoclean) [8139too]
ohci1394 19784 0 (unused)
ieee1394 49196 0 [ohci1394]
nls_iso8859-1 3516 2 (autoclean)
nls_cp850 4316 1 (autoclean)
vfat 12012 1 (autoclean)
fat 39256 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
supermount 15552 2 (autoclean)
keybdev 2720 0 (unused)
mousedev 5368 0 (unused)
hid 21028 0 (unused)
input 5984 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 25772 0 (unused)
usbcore 76608 1 [hid usb-uhci]
rtc 8892 0 (autoclean)
ext3 62636 2
jbd 42600 2 [ext3]


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and using startx started up the interface but why doen'st it do that auto? every time i try its manual.

[maver]

ok i got it to auto start X found the option in XFdrake don't know why it turned off on me.

[maver]

even after i did ripconfig still won't work,

this is the website i don't know why it didn't work before

http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/riptide/install.html

[JusKickNit]

Did you install the modem drivers and do they work.

[JusKickNit]

http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/modemident.html


D/L the list modem apt and look for HDF or HSF and some numbers like this 127A:4321 or 14F1:4311 your numbers could be diffrent.

[maver]

uh thing is, i don't care about the modem
i'm looking for sound it is a combo card but i got broadband and my only service phone is aol (which is possible but very complicated) i'm looking for sound,

or better yet if you guys can just tell me a good sound card that works with linux and xp. thats under $40

[mdwatts]

We could try continuing to work on your Riptide soundcard if you like though it may not be supported.

You seem to only one one soundcard related module loaded (soundcore) which at least is a start.

Do you see anything soundcard related in your system logfile?

less /var/log/messages
and/or
dmesg | less

Check your system resources

cat /proc/interrupts

cat /proc/ioports

to see if anything soundcard related is there.

Have you searched around for Riptide soundcard drivers or guides to configuring Linux for the Riptide?

Try www.google.com/linux

If you do get a new soundcard, the SB Live would be the most popular and well supported.