Audio on Ubuntu

[Citadel535]

I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my pc. I have a Soundblaster Xtrememusic but cannot get it to work. I downloaded the driver from creative but cannot find any way to install it.

I am a complete linux newbie.

The install readme says to run the following:

./installer
OR
./installer --with-alsainc=<ALSA_include_directory>

But when I do I get an error in terminal that:
bash: installer: command not found


Can anyone help me get audio? I have googled it with little success.

 

[The Keeper]

Open terminal/konsole (dunno if you're using gnome or kde) and type asoundconf list and hit enter. It gives you a list of detected soundcards.

To change default sound card, you type asoundconf set-default-card MySoundCard where MySoundCard is the one from previous list you want to set as default.

 

[Citadel535]

I am pretty sure I am using gnome due to the foot icon everywhere. I tried running asoundconf list and it does nothing but goes back to the prompt.

 

[The Keeper]

Open Accessories --> Applications --> Terminal
type: "asoundconf list" without quotation marks and press enter.
Make note of what sound cards are listed and then type "asoundconf set-default-card MySoundCard" without quotation marks and where "MySoundCard" is your sound card from the earlier list and press enter.
Default sound card should now be your xtrememusic.

On second thought, your xtrememusic is probably an X-Fi, right? If so, you may not get your card working. Creative only recently decided to approach linux community with some datasheets and their own drivers, which may be as shitty as their Windows counterparts.

You're better off using your onboard audio on linux.

 

[The J]

Go into the directory where you put the X-Fi drivers. Type in "ls" (without the qoutes) and hit Enter. This will tell you all of the files in that directory. It's possible that the readme is out of date and the file name was changed, so look for something that might work, like "install" or "setup". Also, if you start typing in something and hit Tab a couple of times, you can see all possible completions for what you are typing. So start to type in "install" (like "inst") and hit Tab to see what comes up.

Edit: If you do see something in there called "installer", then run "sh ./installer" from the terminal and see if that works.

 

[The Keeper]

Assuming of course that the driver in question even supports Ubuntu. Instead I would suggest heading towards ubuntuforums.org and asking for assistance there.