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

[Fred Smith]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 08:20:33PM +0100, poma wrote:
> 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.

C77 ??

uncle Pierre ??

no, lspci doesn't list it (as I think I've said before--if not, my apologies).


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