SB AWE 64 card not detected

[Paul Murtaugh]

My original question:

>I just upgraded from RH9 to FC2, and my Creative Sound Blaster
>AWE64 is not being detected.  (When I run system-config-soundcard,
>I get 'No soundcards were detected'.)  Nor does the hardware
>browser find a soundcard.

Following suggestions from Antonio and Kam, I cut and paste the
following into /etc/modprobe.conf (which worked flawlessly for
Antonio):

alias snd-card-0 snd-sbawe
install snd-sbawe /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-sbawe &&
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-sbawe { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-sbawe

This apparently caused syntax problems. From dmesg:

Mar 14 09:06:29 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 8: 
ignoring bad line starting with '/usr/sbin/alsactl'
Mar 14 09:06:29 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 10: 
ignoring bad line starting with '/sbin/modprobe'

So I tried this revised version:

alias snd-card-0 snd-sbawe
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-sbawe /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-sbawe && { /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
remove snd-sbawe { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-sbawe

which led to:

Mar 13 17:09:36 localhost bonobo-activation-server (paul-2130): 
iid OAFIID:BrokenNoType:20000808 has a NULL type
Mar 13 17:09:36 localhost bonobo-activation-server (paul-2130): 
invalid character '#' in iid 'OAFIID:This#!!%$iid%^$%_|~!OAFIID_ContainsBadChars'
Mar 13 17:09:43 localhost kernel: pnp: Device 00:01.00 activated.
Mar 13 17:09:43 localhost kernel: pnp: Device 00:01.02 activated.
Mar 13 17:09:44 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command 
for sound_slot_1
Mar 13 17:10:10 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command 
for sound_slot_1

Any suggestions?

-Paul "About to Run Downtown to Get a New Sound Card" Murtaugh