Linux Can u have Digital Audio out on ur sound card to work on Red Hat.

As title. Im useing an Audigy sound card and creative Inspire 5.1 5700 speakers. Im useing the digital out port on the sound card and the digital Audio in port on the decoder box. Is it possible for Digital Audio on linux?

 

I have an Audigy and use Redhat.

You'll need the emu10k1 driver, install it, and follow the instructions.

You'll need ot run emu-config -d to enable the digital output

and run the audigy-script.

 

thanks m8. just what i was looking for But how do i install it. Im following the notes but they don't seem to work for me. Im new to linux

 

Okay, yeah, I was kinda busy doing a million other things, sorry

Downlaod the archive, and then unpack it to where ever you want, and then cd /path/to/source/

Next you want to run ./configure

(I believe, the install file would sya for sure)

and then:

make

make install

make tools-install

(That last one I'm not sure about, again, check the instlal file fo rthe exact name of it)

and then in /usr/local/etc/ you should have a coup;le of scripts and a config file, edit teh config file to your needs (very well documented) and then run the audigy-script

Next run teh command emu-config -d

That will set digital output, emu-config --help for more info, as it does other things you may need as well.

Note that everytime you reboot, you'll have to run the audigy script and the emu-config command, so you might want to automate that if you rebot a lot

Hope that helps you, sorry I cant be of much more help, as I'm not in Linux, so I forget exactly where a few things are

Any other problems, just let me know, and give error outputs etc.

Chi !

 

Thanks. Im still lost . do i change "cd /path/to/source/" to suit my setup. cos i type that and it says not such file or dictonary. Im Really lost. I just cant seem to work out how to install things on redhat yet .

 

Oh. No offense, but your really lost.

Okay, I said cd /path/to/source just meaning that you should cd (command for change directory, like in DOS) to the path where you unpacked the emu10k1 archive. I'm assuming your using text mode, or at least a console. Cuz there is no real way to do it in the GUI.

so if you downlaoded teh archiove to your desktop, then jsut right click on it, and select open using Ark. and then select extract to, and extract it to where you want it.

Also, you might wanna check out the sticky at the top of this forum, as it contains a lot of info and links for Linux stuff.

Which version of Redhat are you using anywayz?

 

SOrry i ain replied. I had to format my hd and i dint have the linux disk. but now i have it back .
Ne way im running Red hat version 8. I still cant install this thing. ive managed to do the CD thingy. How ever when i type MAKE. it comes up with errors:

ake -Cscripts
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Daniel/emu10k1-v0.20a/scripts'

/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/build directory does not exist. Please edit the file 'config'
in this directory and set KERNEL_SOURCE to the correct location of your
kernel source.

You are currently running kernel version 2.4.18-14, the source code should
be for this version.


make[1]: *** [get_version] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Daniel/emu10k1-v0.20a/scripts'
make: *** [opts] Error 2

I havent got a clue what to do. I got a feeling my Kernal ist configured like it should be in the readme file.

 

When you install teh emu10k1 drivers, you need ot rebuild your kernel first, as it requires settings that are not selected by default. And with Redhat 8, it tries ot give support for Audigys, but fails horribly. Also version 8 has some problems with kernel rebuilding, so be careful.


And also, it believes your source code is int eh wrong place, it should be in /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14

You did install the source code didn't you ? If you didn't, you better get over to ftp.kernel.org and grab the latest stable sources, and build from there.

Also you should probably be installing this as root, judging form your paths in the error, it looks like your a normal user.

Nai'su ! Hope that helps you on your way. If you need any more help, just ask, that's what I'm here for

 

On installation of redhat i just click Install everything. Cos i wern sure what i needed now and in future when i get better at useing it. Thanks for the reply. ill see what i can do

edit: how do i install that kernal once downloaded..ive unpacked it but dunno what to do now

 

Ok. i THINK ive put a new kernal on (im not getting that message ne more ne way) but not its telling me all this

what do i do now? any help is much appreciated

 

You downlaod the kernel, and unpack it where ever you want. Then cd to teh directory, and follow the building instructions (make mrproper, make xconfig, make dep, blah blah) and make sure your boot loader is set up properly, and then just reboot into the new kernel.

Sounds like the emu10k1 drivers aren't happy with your kernel. And your settings with that kernel. Are you sure you built it properly ? Made sure to select the options the drivers needed and such ?

I'm also taking it that these errors are stopping the drivers from working. Have you tried them yet? Often you get warnings and the like, because one little thing is off or similar, but it works fine.

Make sure you load the proper config file for your system when compiling the new kernel, and make sure that you de select Audigy support, as Redhat 8 tries to build in support for it, but fails miserably. For teh config file, it's usually /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/config/kernel-2.4.18-i686.config

For most people, if it's something different, you'll know which one you need, so if you ahve no clue, just use that one

Chi !

EDIT: The new kernel you downlaod may come with it's own config actually, so check, I'm not sure, as if it coms with it's own, it's best to use them.

 

Audigy!

I have an Audigy Gamer, and it works fine, my digital/center/sub output works fine in XP and RH 9! It probed it and I had no problems, exept finding an MP3 player.

 

GUI!!

Get the GUI, much better.