SBLive! upgrade causes noise issue in center speaker; digital/analog issue?
I just upgraded my sound card from Soundblaster Live to Soundblaster Live 5.1. I also upgraded my speakers from a 2.1 to a 5.1 analog speaker set. I keep getting nothing but static (hardware movement noise) in the center speaker and subwoofer. I don't think I am getting rear speaker support either. I removed the old Live! via Yast2, and it automatically detected the new Live! 5.1. I added emutools but emu-config emu-script emu-dspmgr fail with errors: john:john> emu-config SOUND_MIXER_PRIVATE3: Input/output error john:john> emu-dspmgr /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy /home/john # emu-script /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy If I shut off the sound server, they don't error, but they don't do anything either. I believe this is an analog/digital problem. Analog speakers, and digitial output. I modified the /etc/emu10k1.conf to reflect this, but it had no effect (current settings follow this email). I saw this problem alot on the internet for both windows and linux, but no solutions for Linux that I could find. Any help or ideas appreciated. If it is an analog/digital problem, I can't figure out how to change it to analog other then in the emu10k1.conf file, so could someone maybe explain that? Many thanks, -Jeric /etc/emu10k1.conf settings (the old/defaults had the same effect): CARD_IS_5_1=yes USE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT=no ENABLE_TONE_CONTROL=yes AC3PASSTHROUGH=no ENABLE_LIVEDRIVE_IR=no INVERT_REAR=no MULTICHANNEL=yes ROUTE_ALL_TO_SUB=no ANALOG_FRONT_BOOST=no SURROUND=yes PROLOGIC=yes ENABLE_CD_Spdif=no ENABLE_OPTICAL_SPDIF=no ENABLE_LINE2_MIC2=no ENABLE_RCA_SPDIF=no ENABLE_RCA_AUX=no -- JericAtSbcglobalDotNetwork 9:39am up 38 min, 6 users, load average: 0.24, 0.35, 0.34
Two suggestions: - new drivers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1 - or: ftp://opensource.creative.com/pub/doc/live_faq.html#DeviceOrResourceBusy Jostein
I just upgraded my sound card from Soundblaster Live to Soundblaster Live 5.1. I also upgraded my speakers from a 2.1 to a 5.1 analog speaker set. I keep getting nothing but static (hardware movement noise) in the center speaker and subwoofer. I don't think I am getting rear speaker support either.
I removed the old Live! via Yast2, and it automatically detected the new Live! 5.1.
I added emutools but emu-config emu-script emu-dspmgr fail with errors: john:john> emu-config SOUND_MIXER_PRIVATE3: Input/output error john:john> emu-dspmgr /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy /home/john # emu-script /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
If I shut off the sound server, they don't error, but they don't do anything either.
I believe this is an analog/digital problem. Analog speakers, and digitial output. I modified the /etc/emu10k1.conf to reflect this, but it had no effect (current settings follow this email). I saw this problem alot on the internet for both windows and linux, but no solutions for Linux that I could find.
Any help or ideas appreciated. If it is an analog/digital problem, I can't figure out how to change it to analog other then in the emu10k1.conf file, so could someone maybe explain that?
Many thanks, -Jeric
/etc/emu10k1.conf settings (the old/defaults had the same effect):
CARD_IS_5_1=yes USE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT=no ENABLE_TONE_CONTROL=yes AC3PASSTHROUGH=no ENABLE_LIVEDRIVE_IR=no INVERT_REAR=no MULTICHANNEL=yes ROUTE_ALL_TO_SUB=no ANALOG_FRONT_BOOST=no SURROUND=yes PROLOGIC=yes ENABLE_CD_Spdif=no ENABLE_OPTICAL_SPDIF=no ENABLE_LINE2_MIC2=no ENABLE_RCA_SPDIF=no ENABLE_RCA_AUX=no
-- JericAtSbcglobalDotNetwork 9:39am up 38 min, 6 users, load average: 0.24, 0.35, 0.34
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:32:09 +0100 (CET) "Jostein Berntsen" <jostein.berntsen@sensewave.com> wrote:
Two suggestions:
- new drivers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1 - or: ftp://opensource.creative.com/pub/doc/live_faq.html#DeviceOrResourceBusy
I just upgraded my sound card from Soundblaster Live to Soundblaster Live 5.1. I also upgraded my speakers from a 2.1 to a 5.1 analog speaker set. I keep getting nothing but static (hardware movement noise) in the center speaker and subwoofer. I don't think I am getting rear speaker support either.
I removed the old Live! via Yast2, and it automatically detected the new Live! 5.1.
I added emutools but emu-config emu-script emu-dspmgr fail with errors:
I believe this is an analog/digital problem. Analog speakers, and digitial output. I modified the /etc/emu10k1.conf to reflect this, but it had no effect (current settings follow this email). I saw this
I have a Soundblaster5.1 and don't have emutools installed, so I don't have an /etc/emu10k1.conf. The card works great under alsa. So maybe try removing /etc/emu10k1.conf? And restarting alsa? What does your /etc/modules.conf look like? -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
Thanks for the help. I found the digital/analog switch in the gamix program, which fixed the problem (put it to analog). Does anyone know which file the analog/digital option in gamix actually modifies? Is it /etc/modules.conf? Apparently, setting the /etc/emu10k1.conf "use_digital_output=no" option had absolutely no effect on anything. Thanks, -Jeric -- JericAtSbcglobalDotNetwork 5:49pm up 20:48, 8 users, load average: 0.20, 0.14, 0.05 "I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." -Thomas Carlysle
On 04 Feb 2003 17:55:53 -0600 Jeric <jeric@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Thanks for the help.
I found the digital/analog switch in the gamix program, which fixed the problem (put it to analog).
Does anyone know which file the analog/digital option in gamix actually modifies? Is it /etc/modules.conf? Apparently, setting the /etc/emu10k1.conf "use_digital_output=no" option had absolutely no effect on anything.
I'm pretty sure it's in the alsamixer. You have to scroll way to the right to see it. The package alsamixergui makes it easier to see. I think it's the furthest one to the right, but my digital speakers are working fine right now, so I'm not inclined to test it out. :-) Then alsamixer probably changes settings in /usr/share/alsa/cards/EMU10k1.conf (guessing) -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
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