How can I install my SB32 card in Slackware? Is there a program like RedHat''s sndconfig available or do i have to "insmod" something?

Assuming you're running Slackware 9.1 (with alsa) enabling the soundcard shouldn't be much harder than inserting some modules.
See the Alsa soundcard matrix for more details about Alsa drivers.
(Obviously don't compile/install anything, it should already be there after a slackware install. Just see which modules need to be inserted and other details like oss compatibility modules etc...)
You may also insert the oss-compatibility modules if you want to (also described in the above link)
Next run the alsa mixer: 'alsamixer'
Set your volumes and save them with: 'alsactl store' (as root)
so they stay upon reboot (restore with: 'alsactl restore', but slackware startup scripts should do it automatically)

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[edited by - SwSh on April 27, 2004 2:29:07 PM]

Run alsaconf, it should detect your soundcard, then crank up the volume with alsamixer and do alsactl store.

You may need to change the permissions on several devices, if only the root user has sound. Do this :

chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/snd/*

I downloaded alsa-utils-1.0.4-i486-1.tgz. I didn''t have this because I use Zipslack. When i try to run alsaconf I get the error:
No legacy drivers are available

But I have all ready downloaded everything from the l/ directory so I can''t very well be missing any drivers, can I?

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But I have all ready downloaded everything from the l/ directory so I can't very well be missing any drivers, can I?

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check again for installed packages: (all installed packages are listed in /var/log/packages/)
alsa-driver-whatever version
alsa-lib-*
alsa-oss-*
alsa-utils-* (you already instaled this one, right?)
Are the needed modules present in /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound ?
(you probably need: /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o.gz and others) They should be in the alsa-driver-* package
(finally: try the real slackware instead of zipslack if you have the hdd space, it runs quite a bit faster)

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[edited by - SwSh on April 27, 2004 4:11:22 PM]

Yes all packages are installed according to /var/log/packages/.
I don''t have the /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound directory.
Only /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound. And I''m missing the isa/sb/ part.

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I don''t have the /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound directory.

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Which is strange, because normally that''s the dir where the alsa modules should be installed (alsa-driver-0.9.6-i486-3.tgz package on slack 9.1)
IIRC the oss modules are located in /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound
You can try loading one of those, like: ''modprobe sb'', but I don''t guarantee it will work.
Are the installed alsa packages supplied with zipslack or are these the original slack 9.1 packages? Does your kernel have alsa support ? (normal slack 9.1 kernel has, I don''t know for sure if the zipslack kernel does. Maybe it''s a trimmed down version to save some hdd space)

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Thanks! I had almost given up on sound, when I downloaded the older version of the driver (0.9.6) like you suggested and everything started working.

thanks to me too, i was having trouble with slack 9.1 sound but i downloaded those drivers and ran alsaconf and it detected my SiS sound drivers : ) yay !