On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:34:33 +0200 Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Folderol wrote: > > I just recently got an M-Audio 2496 card but am having problems with > > it:) > > > > Under Mandrake 10.1 the card seems to have been recognised OK and the > > driver ICE1712 [Envy24] has been installed > > Does it appear in /proc/asound/cards? I've never worked out how to do this. if I try to load the 'file' I just get 100% cpu usage producing nothing. > > however no applications seem to be able to find the card. > > Is it listed in the output of "aplay -l"? This returns aplay: device_list:200: no soundcards found... > > I have also just got a copy of Suse 10 so tried that as well on a > > spare hard drive. This time the card is fully recognised, and sound is > > produced but is over-loud and distorted when running Amorok. Changing > > volume levels doesn't seem to help, and the graphic display on Amorok > > clearly shows clipping going on. > > When Amarok decides to send clipped data to the sound card, the driver > cannot help. I was very puzzled by this as an older version of Amorok used to work fine under Mandrake, but I notice this uses the aRts engine (which seems to not be available on Suse. > Regards, > Clemens I am now in the nightmare situation of having a new soundcard which I *know* should work (and be far better than the on-board audio) but unable to use it on either OS :(( -- F
