How do I get sound to work in FC3? (Creative Live-24 card)

[jim lawrence]

On 4/24/05, kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com
<kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 24 April 2005 06:54, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com wrote:
> > > I've installed the new card and the hardware browser
> > > (Kmenu-->System Tools-->Hardware browser) sees the card
> > > as "Creative Labs SB Audigy LS" and lists the driver as "snd-ca0106"
> >
> > I can't help you, but am interested in your method.
> > I don't have a Kmenu=>System Tools=>Hardware Browser item.
> > What package does this come with?
> 
> As far as I know this is a default KDE package
> >
> > > Please Help! This machine is for potential investors to evaluate Linux
> > > for a startup company. I'm completely open to purchasing a new sound card
> > > if someone can recommend a card that definitely works with FC3.
> >
> > I've always found the sound tools in RedHat/Fedora completely useless.
> > In particular, system-config-soundcard
> > or System Settings=>Soundcard Detection
> > have never been the slightest use to me.
> > If sound is working, they tell me it is working.
> > If it is not working, they tell me it is not working.
> >
> > The only method I've found to work
> > is to compile a kernel with the appropriate driver module,
> > and make sure it is running with modprobe.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Timothy Murphy
> > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
> > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
> > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
> 
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try installing the later version of alsa  1.0.8   
you can get the driver and kernel module from ATrpms 
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Jim Lawrence
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