Using old Creative CT-4810 sound card in F20 ??

[poma]

On 19.01.2015 19:41, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 01/18/2015 03:02 AM, poma wrote:
>> On 18.01.2015 00:33, Fred Smith wrote:
>>> I'm trying to get an old Creative CT4810 sound card working on my F20
>>> machine. I've disabled, in the BIOS, the built-in sound hardware, plugged
>>> the creative card into a PCI slot, booted up and lspci shows no sound
>>> hardware.
>>>
>>> I tried removing and reinstalling the alsa packages that were currently
>>> installed to no avail. perhaps there's another one I need specifically
>>> for that card? How to tell?
>>>
>>> Any advice will be appreciated, thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>
>> First, the kernel needs to see that device, if it ain't broken in the first place.
>> Try move it to another free slot if possible, and or reset the BIOS to its defaults.
> 
> First, I'd try "lspci" and verify that the hardware is actually seen.
> If it is, it may be that you need to load a driver or firmware for it.
> The kernel may not do it automagically since it's an older card.

Rather than repeat what has already been written, go test your C77 with latest & greatest, uncle Pierre is calling you.