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I went into Windows and found out that I have a "CS4236/37/38" sound card. I searched Google and found nothing.

Can someone give me a link to a sound card driver RPM (I am running Redhat 9)? I also need to know how to install it.

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Following up on the thread: reported a CS4236/37/38 device, flagged it as a Crystal-family card, and suggested using redhat-config-sound. Below are practical next steps and checks that are safe for a Red Hat 9 system and useful years later.

Start by identifying the card and any driver activity. Run these commands to capture hardware IDs and kernel messages (they return the clues needed to pick a driver or package):

lspci -nn | grep -i audio
dmesg | egrep -i 'audio|snd|sound'
lsmod | grep -i snd

From those outputs you will get the vendor/device numbers and see whether any sound modules were probed. If the system shows no driver loaded, two common paths are available: use the RH9 GUI tool (redhat-config-sound) if X is installed, or install ALSA (driver + utils). For ALSA the general workflow is: install matching kernel headers, obtain the ALSA driver and utilities, compile/install the driver for the running kernel, then use alsaconf/alsamixer to detect device and set levels. After installing, load the module and test with the ALSA utilities (for example, speaker-test or aplay which come with alsa-utils).

Troubleshooting tips: confirm the card is enabled in BIOS and not muted in the mixer; ensure the ALSA/OSS packages you install match the kernel version (missing headers or mismatched kernels are the most common failure); check dmesg after loading modules for error text. Finally, note that Red Hat 9 is long out of support; if driver building or package availability becomes difficult, testing with a modern live Linux (or upgrading to a supported distro) will save time and give better out-of-the-box hardware support.

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I think this is what you're looking for:

It's some sort of Crystal soundcard.

Hope this helps

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errrr... i got an error. I'm in Redhat 9

[alex@localhost alex]$ sndconfig --noprobe --noautoconfig
bash: sndconfig: command not found
[alex@localhost alex]$

and

[root@localhost root]# sndconfig --noprobe --noautoconfig
bash: sndconfig: command not found
[root@localhost root]#

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Try redhat-config-sound, I think should should auto-detect it for RH9

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