configure a SB 128 PCI Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)

Support knowledgebase (swgkern_ensoniq5880)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 7.0
Kernel: Versions since 2.2

Symptom:

The soundcard Creative Soundblaster 128 PCI with the identifying information Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) couldn´t be installed with yast2 or alsaconf in spite of the fact that the soundcard resp. the sound chip is recognized from yast2 or alsaconf

        
	Found Card:
	Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI(rev 02)
	Driver: snd-card-ens1371

but Yast2 crashes with the error message

	
	The kernel module snd-card-ens1371 for sound support could 
	not be loaded

and alsaconf with the message


        Setting the PCM volume to 100% and the Master output volume
	to 80%.
        The ALSA sound driver was not detected in this system.
        Could not initialize the mixer, the card was probably
        not detected correctly.

and the configuration fails.

Solution:

On our ftp server you can find an update for the ALSA package which includes the support for this special sound chip.

Procedure:

Please copy either packages

(please have a look in case of newer versions of SuSE Linux. You will find them also in this directory mentioned above with the resp. version number)

to your machine and install the update with the commands below:

You can configure the sound now using yast2 or alsaconf. Further information to ALSA you can find in: Soundkonfiguration mit ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture).

Hint

To check if your soundcard is of this type, please use as user root in a terminal the following command

In the output the following lines should be mentioned:

   00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI(rev 02)
           Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI128

Keywords: SOUND, ALSA, SB, YAST2, ENSONIQ, 5880, PCI128, CREATIVE, SOUNDBLASTER

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