Hi all
I bought a SB Audigy SE for my pc, but i can't get it working on Linux.
On Windows (yeah, i need it for some things -_-) it works perfectly, so
it's not an hardware problem.
I remember that at the beginning (for about 2 weeks from when i bought
the card) it worked also on Linux, but i had first to launch Windows,
then reboot and launch Linux, otherwise it emitted noises when used (for
example when opening an audio file). Then, one day, it simply stopped
working.Unfortunately i can't remember if i installed/updated some
package in those days...
Now on Linux i can't hear any sound if i open, for example, an MP3 file
with XMMS, and mpg123 tells me "Can't open /dev/dsp!".
So i searched in /dev and saw that /dev/dsp didn't (and doesn't) exist!!
I searched in /dev/snd for it, but in that directory there are only
these files:
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 16 ott 22:13 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 16 ott 22:13 midiC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 25 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 26 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 18 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D2p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 27 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D3c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 19 16 ott 22:13 pcmC0D3p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 16 ott 22:13 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 16 ott 22:13 timer
I'm using Gentoo Linux for AMD64 with:
- Kernel 2.6.17-gentoo-r1 (i have the same problem with all versions, so
that's not the problem)
- ALSA 1.0.13 packages (not using ALSA included in kernel 'cause it
gives me the same problem)
The strange thing is that if i launch alsamixer i have these controls:
IEC958
IEC958 Center/LFE
IEC958 Front
IEC958 Rear
IEC958 Unknown
Analog Center/LFE
Analog Front
Analog Rear
Analog Side
CAPTURE feedback
Digital Capture Source
Shared Mic/Line in
but the last 2 ones are a sequence of options regarding audio capturing
and the first one DOESN'T HAVE THE VOLUME BAR! I unmuted it, but it
simply doesn't have the bar above!
These are the loaded sound modules (lsmod | grep snd):
snd_seq_midi 7872 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8064 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61888 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_ca0106 37828 0
snd_rawmidi 23616 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_ca0106
snd_seq_device 8276 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 120408 1 snd_ca0106
snd_pcm 90188 2 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 23880 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 56240 7
snd_seq,snd_ca0106,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9824 1 snd
snd_ac97_bus 2688 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_page_alloc 9232 2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm
This is the lspci -v output: (i paste only the sound card)
05:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
Subsystem: Creative Labs Unknown device 100a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at a000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
As you can see the card is recognised as an Audigy LS, while it's an
Audigy SE.
Here is the /etc/modules.d/alsa config file:
# Alsa kernel modules' configuration file.
# Set this to the correct number of cards.
#options snd cards_limit=1
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.13 ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-ca0106
alias sound-slot-0 snd-ca0106
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
Obviously i'm using the ca0106 driver, as wrote here:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Creative_Labs
Please help me getting this card working. I can also apply and try
patches: i just want to get this card working!
Please reply me ASAP. Thanks.
Bye
--
Matteo
Hestiun World - http://mattemod.altervista.org/
Drago Bianco - http://www.dragobianco.net
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier
Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
_______________________________________________
Alsa-user mailing list
Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
