Soundblaster Live! with Multiple Sound Cards - Documentation ------------------------------------------------------------ Author : Tobias Mathes Homepage : https://berlin.sfai.edu/~tobi/ Release Date : 12/11/1999 | 00:25.50 ;) Version : 0.5 Table of Contents: ------------------ I. Documentation (or Introduction?) ;) II. Reference III. Copyrights I. Documentation (or Introduction?) -------------------------------------- Hi, folx. That was a nice trip around the world ... ;(( Okey, i was visiting the ALSA-project, there i'd read after hard seeking that ALSA don't wan't support sblive so long. the sblive-driver from Creative Labs Inc. 'll be a binary, if you'd luck like me than you can get a snapshot-source. My configuration are: 2 Soundblaster Live! Value (ES1371) 1 Soundblaster Live! Platinum (????) the two sblive Value runs with the standard kernelmodule "ES1371". the snapshot-source: it's very easy, you can get the snapshot-file from Referencelink [1], after download unpack it: bash$ tar xvfz emu10k1-.tar.gz change the directory and compile: bash$ cd emu10k1 bash$ make bash$ make install okey, now you have your "emu10k1.o" move it to your modules-dir e.g. bash$ mv emu10k1.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/ After that you edit your /etc/conf.modules bash$ vi /etc/conf.modules there you insert: alias sound emu10k1.o or (if it's your 3rd Sound Card, like my config ;) ) alias sound3 emu10k1.o next step ... goto /dev and make: with one card: bash$ ls -l dsp* ls: dsp*: No such file or directory bash$ mknod dsp0 c 14 3 bash$ ls -l dsp* crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Dec 10 22:59 dsp0 bash$ ln -s dsp0 dsp bash$ ls -l dsp* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 10 22:59 dsp -> /dev/dsp0 crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Dec 10 22:59 dsp0 with 3 cards (in example my configuration) bash$ ls -l dsp* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 10 22:59 dsp -> /dev/dsp0 # 1st sblive Value crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Dec 10 22:59 dsp0 crw------- 1 root root 14, 19 Dec 10 22:59 dsp1 # 1st sblive Value crw------- 1 root root 14, 35 Dec 10 22:59 dsp2 # 2nd sblive Value crw------- 1 root root 14, 51 Dec 10 22:59 dsp3 # 2nd sblive Value bash$ mknod dsp4 c 14 67 bash$ ls -l dsp* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 10 22:59 dsp -> /dev/dsp0 # 1st sblive Value crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Dec 10 22:59 dsp0 crw------- 1 root root 14, 19 Dec 10 22:59 dsp1 # 1st sblive Value crw------- 1 root root 14, 35 Dec 10 22:59 dsp2 # 2nd sblive Value crw------- 1 root root 14, 51 Dec 10 22:59 dsp3 # 2nd sblive Value crw------- 1 root root 14, 67 Dec 10 23:31 dsp4 # 1st sblive platinum now, you can go on .... foo, was that easy, he? I wish, I had get a little doc like this one. so long , your 2B! II. Reference ----------------- References: [1] http://opensource.creative.com -- Opensource site from Creative Labs [2] http://www.alsa-project.org -- the ALSA project III. Copyrights ------------------ Soundblaster, Soundblaster Live!, Soundblaster Live! Value and Soundblaster Live! Platinum are registered trademarks of Creative Labs Inc.