Ping! Just hoping I haven't been forgotten and someone can lead me out into nirvana from this pesky problem ;-) Dunno what happened to Masaru Nomiya who was taking point on helping me, for which, of course I am grateful! I suspect he is busy and focused elsewhere. Marc C... On 11/24/24 13:47, Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users wrote:
Thanks Masaru Nomiya for taking the time to help me out. I will edit out some of the original comments of mine and intersperse my replies after your queries below.
On 11/21/24 19:52, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
[...] I've never seen anyone use so many sound devices like you. LOL, well actually some of the sound devices you see came with the Gigabyte motherboard as features. The only "extra" sound device is the SoundBlaster Audigy 4 PCI card that I have owned for many years, really like, and it has survived through 3 system motherboard upgrades. I really only use it and the applications that go with it, and it is effectively 2 sound devices, one analog, and one digital.
[...] MC> NOT very helpful IMHO! I have followed, and done what I could do, the MC> suggestions outlined at -
MC> https://en.opensuse.org/Sound_troubleshooting
This is not designed for use with multiple sound devices. Hmm, OK but it was the best troubleshooting document I could find.... If you know of a better document please let me know.
[...] MC> The following shows my sound system hardware components - MC> # inxi -Aa MC> Audio:d MC> Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio MC> driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c MC> class-ID: 0403 MC> Device-2: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte MC> driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0 MC> class-ID: 0403 MC> Device-3: Creative Labs EMU10k2/CA0100/CA0102/CA10200 [Sound Blaster MC> Audigy Series] driver: snd_emu10k1 v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 MC> chip-ID: 1102:0004 class-ID: 0401 MC> Device-4: BEHRINGER GmbH UMC202HD 192k driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB MC> rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-11:6 MC> chip-ID: 1397:0507 class-ID: fe01 MC> Device-5: Texas Instruments PCM2900 Audio Codec MC> driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s MC> lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 08bb:2900 class-ID: 0300 MC> API: ALSA v: k6.4.0-150600.23.25-default status: kernel-api with: aoss MC> type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer MC> Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: off with: wireplumber status: active MC> tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl MC> Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active (root, process) MC> with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
What's the results of these?
1. $ aplay -l marc@nova:~> aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback] Subdevices: 32/32 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 Subdevice #8: subdevice #8 Subdevice #9: subdevice #9 Subdevice #10: subdevice #10 Subdevice #11: subdevice #11 Subdevice #12: subdevice #12 Subdevice #13: subdevice #13 Subdevice #14: subdevice #14 Subdevice #15: subdevice #15 Subdevice #16: subdevice #16 Subdevice #17: subdevice #17 Subdevice #18: subdevice #18 Subdevice #19: subdevice #19 Subdevice #20: subdevice #20 Subdevice #21: subdevice #21 Subdevice #22: subdevice #22 Subdevice #23: subdevice #23 Subdevice #24: subdevice #24 Subdevice #25: subdevice #25 Subdevice #26: subdevice #26 Subdevice #27: subdevice #27 Subdevice #28: subdevice #28 Subdevice #29: subdevice #29 Subdevice #30: subdevice #30 Subdevice #31: subdevice #31 card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380]], device 4: p16v [p16v] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [SHARP HDMI] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC1150 Analog [ALC1150 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC1150 Digital [ALC1150 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 3: CODEC [USB Audio CODEC], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 4: U192k [UMC202HD 192k], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
2. $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf marc@nova:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
options snd slots=snd-emu10k1,snd-hda-intel,snd-hda-intel # svHJ.koLs3KhhqB9:SB0380 Audigy 4 Pro alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 # u1Nb.KQcCGfWUeXB:9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel # 3hqH.bQjzHrSTHK8:Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller alias snd-card-2 snd-hda-intel
3. $ ls -l /proc/asound marc@nova:~> ls -l /proc/asound/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 24 13:35 Audigy2 -> card0 dr-xr-xr-x 30 root root 0 Nov 17 17:34 card0 dr-xr-xr-x 16 root root 0 Nov 17 17:34 card1 dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 0 Nov 17 17:34 card2 dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 0 Nov 17 17:34 card3 dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 0 Nov 23 07:12 card4 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 21 10:30 cards lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 24 13:35 CODEC -> card3 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 21 10:30 devices lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 24 13:35 HDMI -> card1 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 24 13:35 hwdep -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 24 13:35 modules dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Nov 21 10:30 oss lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 24 13:35 PCH -> card2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 21 10:30 pcm dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Nov 24 13:35 seq -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 21 10:30 timers lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 24 13:35 U192k -> card4 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 21 10:30 version
4. $ cat /proc/asound/cards marc@nova:~> cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Audigy2 ]: Audigy2 - SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380] SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380] (rev.4, serial:0x20071102) at 0xe000, irq 19 1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7c34000 irq 40 2 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7c30000 irq 41 3 [CODEC ]: USB-Audio - USB Audio CODEC Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC at usb-0000:00:14.0-4, full speed 4 [U192k ]: USB-Audio - UMC202HD 192k BEHRINGER UMC202HD 192k at usb-0000:00:14.0-11, high speed
5. $ cat /proc/aound/pcm marc@nova:~> cat /proc/asound/pcm 00-00: emu10k1 : ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback : playback 32 : capture 1 00-01: emu10k1 mic : Mic Capture : capture 1 00-02: emu10k1 efx : Multichannel Capture : capture 1 00-03: emu10k1 : Multichannel Playback : playback 1 00-04: p16v : p16v : playback 1 : capture 1 01-03: HDMI 0 : HDMI 0 : playback 1 01-07: HDMI 1 : HDMI 1 : playback 1 01-08: HDMI 2 : HDMI 2 : playback 1 02-00: ALC1150 Analog : ALC1150 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1 02-01: ALC1150 Digital : ALC1150 Digital : playback 1 02-02: ALC1150 Alt Analog : ALC1150 Alt Analog : capture 1 03-00: USB Audio : USB Audio : playback 1 : capture 1 04-00: USB Audio : USB Audio : playback 1 : capture 1
HTHs, Marc C...