SB AWE 64 card not detected

[Kam Leo]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:22:11 -0800 (PST), Paul Murtaugh
<murtaugh at stat.oregonstate.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 

First, post your modprobe.conf file so we can check it for errors.
Second, unless you have multiple sound cards only the lines that we
have provided should be in modprobe.conf.  All other sound card
references should be deleted.