I am a new user to linux and I have no sound. I try to do the sound card detection with redhad-config-soundcard but it tells me that "no soundcards were detected". I have a soundblaster awe 64 soundcard. Like I said, I am new to linux and I have no idea where to get started. I have heard of compiling the kernal but I have no idea how to do that. Also, I can't figure out how to use the basic "sndconfig" command just by opening a terminal and typing that. Please help. Thanks.

well, my thoughts are that you don't have the right driver and you need to find it. Try searching google for the driver for your soundcard (perferrably in RPM form.) Then install it. (for rpm's type "rpm -ivh filename.rpm" and for tar.gz files use "tar zxvf filename.tar.gz" Then "make" "make install" (none of those do you use quotes for.)) Well, that is all that I can think of and if anyone else has any ideas please post. PS. There may not be a driver for your soundcard, but look for it anyhow, there is a really good chance that someone has written it. and you are welcom :-D (j/k)

Before you look for drivers, try installing the sndconfig package that comes with Redhat 8 (to see if you already have it, do an "rpm -q sndconfig" at a command prompt). Then, run "sndconfig" and do a manual installation, which it should let you do once it doesn't autodetect one. Then, pick "Sound Blaster AWE32/64". You should then get to hear a sample sound. If you indicate that you heard it, it will then modify your /etc/modules.conf file to use the correct driver for your sound card. I'm guessing you chose not to install everything when you installed Redhat 8, otherwise this (sndconfig) would already be there, and you wouldn't be having the problems running it like you mention. To install the sndconfig package, you need to find the CD it is on. Mount them (mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom) and do a find (find /mnt/cdrom -name "sndconfig*". Unmount it if it isn't there (umount /mnt/cdrom) and try the next one. Once found, go to its location (probably by doing a "cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS") and then install the RPM (rpm -i sndconfig-0.69-1.i586.rpm). Make sure you change "sndconfig-0.69-1.i586.rpm" to the correct filename. Once installed, enter "sndconfig" as mentioned above and follow the steps. By the way, you probably don't need to recompile your kernel. Good luck.