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PuterFreaK
12-01-2001, 01:01 AM
Well after about a week of RedHat 7.2 being installed my sound quality detererated to the point where I am forced to turn my speakers off while playing quake.

I have no idea whatsover what I should do. I tried sndconfig with no result.


I am just having the best of luck this week.
fateswarm
12-01-2001, 02:06 AM
I would rpm -Uvh again, every libraries that are related to sounds.
PuterFreaK
12-01-2001, 02:16 AM
Originally posted by FateSWarm:
<STRONG>I would rpm -Uvh again, every libraries that are related to sounds.</STRONG>

How do I use wildcards when doing an rpm query? I have no idea what the names of the rpms would be.
PuterFreaK
12-01-2001, 02:42 AM
who would have thought creative supports linux... take a look here (http://opensource.creative.com/). I am going to work at getting those installed and see if it helps.
bdg1983
12-01-2001, 06:37 AM
Who would have known you have a Sound Blaster soundcard. ;) You didn't mention it earlier.

Yes, http://opensource.creative.com/ is often posted here to help others.
Derango
12-01-2001, 09:14 AM
Creative supports linux yes...but their suppoprt isn't all that great :(
sans-hubris
12-01-2001, 09:38 AM
Your best bet is to learn kernel (http://www.kernel.org) compilation (http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Kernel-HOWTO.html). A lot of sound cards are support straight from the kernel source itself, you don't need to go somewhere else to get sound support. Not only that, but the sound support from the kernel source is very good. If I had the speakers, I could get surround sound with my CM8738 chip based sound card, but alas, my stereos suck (they're some crappy OEM ones, I doubt there even 10 watts.)

Your other option is to check out the ALSA (http://www.alsa-project.org/) modules. This is a more aggressive project to get kernel support for sound cards. If you don't find it in the kernel sources, you'll probably find it in those modules. Only thing is, this can often add an extra layer of complexity (i.e. it can be a little more confusing, or more of a hassle, as you have to either get software that will work with ALSA modules or get the OSS compatibility working.)

[ 01 December 2001: Message edited by: Muad Dib --formerly ndogg ]