On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 07:05:55PM -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote: > I've got 2 dead sound devices and am wondering if there is any way to > determine if the death is complete or a software issue? > > 1. My Audiophile 2496 has been working for years in my computer. A few > months ago it just stopped. At the time I figured it was a software > upgrade issue with pulseaudio, etc. so I pulled the card and ran with > the on-board sound on my Asus motherboard. Didn't sound wonderful, but > not to bad ... and I really did intend to upgrade the software "real > soon" so I just lived with it. Until today... > > 2. the on board sound on the Asus MB decided that "white noise" was > much more appreciated by me than the Ornette Coleman which I was > playing. Okay, it might be right ... but several reboots later it was > still insisting on static. > > So, I reinstalled the 2496 but it refuses to output anything. Even > tried with the envy24control program and was unable to get any bars to > show any activity. hmmm. what about trying this command to see if the correct module is loaded? lsmod | grep 1712 # should show snd-ice1712 If that fails, you can try unplugging and replugging the card. If the driver is loaded, try checking this: cat /proc/asound/cards If that works, you could still be having a mixer issue. Hope that helps Joel > Ended up by installing a cheap soundblaster card from the bottom of my > junk box. It's playing right now, and it's not great, but not really > awful. > > So, any way to see if either the on board or the 2496 has any life left in them? > > Failing that, what's the current recommended consumer grade card? I'll > probably never use the inputs on the card for recording. > > > > -- > **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** > Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** > EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx > WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
