On Thursday 13 April 2006 22:11, Folderol wrote: > 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. Hi Folderol. Use cat. cat /proc/asound/cards cat /proc/asound/version etc. Nigel. > > > > 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 :((
