<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7226.0"> <TITLE>Problems with sound drivers in Fedora Core 3</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  This seems to be pretty common of an issue for people; and I would like to see how this can get resolved. I have released version of fc3 on dual opteron machine with a soundblaster live 5.1; it does not function even after using the mixer to unmute and bring all outputs to full volume: lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800 South] 00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a) 00:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a) 00:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03) 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800 South] 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R100 QD [Radeon 7200] lsmod: Module Size Used by vfat 16577 0 fat 51681 1 vfat nls_utf8 3393 0 vmnet 39576 24 vmmon 175052 16 radeon 140049 2 nfsd 264865 9 exportfs 7745 1 nfsd lockd 76177 2 nfsd parport_pc 29185 1 lp 14961 0 parport 48717 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 23369 0 i2c_dev 13633 0 i2c_core 28481 1 i2c_dev sunrpc 168121 19 nfsd,lockd ds 21449 0 yenta_socket 22849 0 pcmcia_core 69329 2 ds,yenta_socket button 9057 0 battery 11209 0 ac 6729 0 usb_storage 71305 0 ohci1394 36953 0 ieee1394 379313 1 ohci1394 uhci_hcd 34665 0 ehci_hcd 33349 0 emu10k1_gp 5313 0 gameport 5953 1 emu10k1_gp snd_emu10k1 98665 4 snd_rawmidi 29413 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_pcm_oss 59257 0 snd_mixer_oss 21313 4 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 109769 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 28617 1 snd_pcm snd_seq_device 10573 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec 80961 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_page_alloc 12881 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_util_mem 6593 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_hwdep 12105 1 snd_emu10k1 snd 62089 11 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep soundcore 12257 4 snd tg3 85573 0 floppy 65809 0 dm_snapshot 18561 0 dm_zero 3649 0 dm_mirror 24401 2 ext3 136913 8 jbd 68721 1 ext3 dm_mod 64001 12 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror sata_via 9285 5 libata 48329 1 sata_via sd_mod 19265 1 scsi_mod 135745 3 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod </BODY> </HTML>