Soundblaster under Mankdrake 7.2

[moxo]

Hi all,

Ive been trying to get my sound card configured using harddrake, after making the necessary changes to irq's etc....it will play the 8 bit sample and then the 16 bit then it throws up an error message and I don't get the option or the possibility to save the current settings!so.................
bearing in mind im a TOTAL newbie, I looked in the NHF's about configging the soundblaster and it says where to obtain the correct drivers etc now this assumes that my modem is already configured and I have access to the internet, well at present I dont! as I have a win modem, until such time as I replace my modem can I pick up the driver through windows, put it on a disk and then install it under Linux??
I apologise in advance if this is a totally ridiculous question........what can I say it really is like starting over if you've cut your teeth on windows.........but on first impressions I am impressed and looking forward to becoming part of the linux culture.
Many thanks in advance for any responses and not flaming me!

[pbharris]

i think mandrake has sndconfig, also what modules are loaded? type lsmod as root.

[moxo]

Ill look into the modules later unfortunatley im stuck at work for another 4 hours so ill post later thanks ,
Moxo

[DarkAvenger]

In reply to another of your q's, you can indeed download the drivers from Windows and then install them in Linux. I'm assuming of course your Windows drive is mounted i.e. you can access it from Linux, which Mandrake should have done automatically in /mnt/windows.

Have you tried www.linmodems.org (http://www.linmodems.org) for a driver for your WinModem?

Best Of Luck!

[moxo]

Thanks Dark,
At the risk of laying myself open for abuse about the level of newbie 'ism' how do I access windows from Linux???

[DarkAvenger]

Well, Mandrake should have made a directory called /mnt/windows (or something similar) that will let you access your Windows directory. If it's there, just go there, and then you'll have access to your Windows files. So, if you want to copy a file to your home directory,

cp /mnt/windows/[File's Directory]/[File's name] /home/[your username]/

Then, just type

cd

and you should be in your home directory. Then, do what you will with your file!

If you can't find the directory, try to follow the steps given here: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/misc/winhd.html

If you can't understand any of the steps above, or in the NHF, feel free to ask!

[ 09 March 2001: Message edited by: DarkAvenger ]

[moxo]

Thanks Dark as soon as I get home ill give it a go and rest assured if I get stuck ill give you a shout.........many thanxs
Moxo