It's not the soundcore module that needs -f'ing, it's the sblive module. Soundcore should be the right version. I guess that conf.modules lets you specify a 'custom' install method for modules, presumably something like 'install sblive insmod -f sblive' by analogy with the soundcore lines from the README file. So, I/guess/, that way whenever it tries to install the module it always forces it, instead of merely asking it to do it if it happens to feel like it, which it probably won't unless you're using an old kernel.
They may not support the latest & greatest kernel, but that's not to say it won't work with it. I have no problems with 2.2.6. When they stop supporting the card then there may be a problem -- but at that stage there would be no problem with disclosing the source, because the card would be obsolete. Though I don't really see how a sound-card/can/ become obsolete. It works, it does everything I want and more, it plays mp3s and makes noise in Quake, so what else is important?
Isn't it just a matter of insmod soundcore, insmod -f sblive? After putting the file in/lib/modules/2.2.x/misc, and renaming it to sblive.o . That's what works with 2.2.6, and it's what other people have said works with 2.2.7.
That's wholely irrelevent. The poster was making out that there were hordes of angry users attached to the machine, and that even one lost second of uptime would be a major disaster. If that's the case, then the machine surely shouldn't be used for playing mp3s or Quake. Though I wonder why anyone would bother to recompile the kernel if they aren't going to use it. The person hasn't even tried to use the blinking module -- it works just fine with 2.2.6, though I don't know about 2.2.7 as I can't be bothered to free up enough disk space to let me recompile.
A server in such a situation should be a server and nothing else. It shouldn't be a ghetto-blaster, and it shouldn't be a games console. It should be a server. Just reboot, it doesn't take long. shutdown -r 10, or whatever, but then, a minute or two afterwards, shutdown -r now. Sod the users.
Well, it looks like it hasn't been installed properly. First, ensure that your kernel is compiled with sound support, but don't make any sound drivers -- just the support. Then copy the pertinent file to/lib/modules/2.2.x/misc/sblive.o . It seems to work fine with 2.2.6. Then make the necessary modifications to/etc/conf.modules -- something like: alias sound sblive pre-install sblive insmod soundcore post-remove sblive rmmod soundcore
because it sounds like the soundcore module isn't being loaded. And then type something like modprobe sblive. But I'm not sure about that, as I ran insmod soundcore, then insmod -f sblive, because I don't use 2.2.5.
Well, the SBLive obviously works, and plays MP3s. It's also pretty nice in Windows 9x. It's not the cheapest card around, but the Windows drivers have loads of nice stuff (EAX, mainly) that make QuakeII sound so cool it's unreal. Actually, they also make Unreal sound rather cool, too. The card is good quality, and can do 'most anything you'd want.
Scratch a track off somewhere where it can't easily be noticed, and return the card, saying that it doesn't work. Demand the return of your hard-earned. Buy an SBLive! These drivers work fine. Now I can listen to MP3s and play Quake. Who cares about open-source? They have every right to protect the inner workings of their chip -- and what a nice chip it is. I only wish I had some drivers that would work with NT5B2.
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It's not the soundcore module that needs -f'ing, it's the sblive module. Soundcore should be the right version. I guess that conf.modules lets you specify a 'custom' install method for modules, presumably something like 'install sblive insmod -f sblive' by analogy with the soundcore lines from the README file. So, I /guess/, that way whenever it tries to install the module it always forces it, instead of merely asking it to do it if it happens to feel like it, which it probably won't unless you're using an old kernel.
They may not support the latest & greatest kernel, but that's not to say it won't work with it. I have no problems with 2.2.6. When they stop supporting the card then there may be a problem -- but at that stage there would be no problem with disclosing the source, because the card would be obsolete. Though I don't really see how a sound-card /can/ become obsolete. It works, it does everything I want and more, it plays mp3s and makes noise in Quake, so what else is important?
Isn't it just a matter of insmod soundcore, insmod -f sblive? After putting the file in /lib/modules/2.2.x/misc, and renaming it to sblive.o . That's what works with 2.2.6, and it's what other people have said works with 2.2.7.
That's wholely irrelevent. The poster was making out that there were hordes of angry users attached to the machine, and that even one lost second of uptime would be a major disaster. If that's the case, then the machine surely shouldn't be used for playing mp3s or Quake. Though I wonder why anyone would bother to recompile the kernel if they aren't going to use it. The person hasn't even tried to use the blinking module -- it works just fine with 2.2.6, though I don't know about 2.2.7 as I can't be bothered to free up enough disk space to let me recompile.
A server in such a situation should be a server and nothing else. It shouldn't be a ghetto-blaster, and it shouldn't be a games console. It should be a server. Just reboot, it doesn't take long. shutdown -r 10, or whatever, but then, a minute or two afterwards, shutdown -r now. Sod the users.
Well, it looks like it hasn't been installed properly. First, ensure that your kernel is compiled with sound support, but don't make any sound drivers -- just the support. Then copy the pertinent file to /lib/modules/2.2.x/misc/sblive.o . It seems to work fine with 2.2.6. Then make the necessary modifications to /etc/conf.modules -- something like:
alias sound sblive
pre-install sblive insmod soundcore
post-remove sblive rmmod soundcore
because it sounds like the soundcore module isn't being loaded.
And then type something like modprobe sblive. But I'm not sure about that, as I ran insmod soundcore, then insmod -f sblive, because I don't use 2.2.5.
It says all of this in the README file.
Well, the SBLive obviously works, and plays MP3s. It's also pretty nice in Windows 9x. It's not the cheapest card around, but the Windows drivers have loads of nice stuff (EAX, mainly) that make QuakeII sound so cool it's unreal. Actually, they also make Unreal sound rather cool, too. The card is good quality, and can do 'most anything you'd want.
Scratch a track off somewhere where it can't easily be noticed, and return the card, saying that it doesn't work. Demand the return of your hard-earned. Buy an SBLive! These drivers work fine. Now I can listen to MP3s and play Quake. Who cares about open-source? They have every right to protect the inner workings of their chip -- and what a nice chip it is. I only wish I had some drivers that would work with NT5B2.