Re: [opensuse] Soundblaster 24 live!
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Saturday, 21. July 2007, Bob Ewart wrote:
I have a Sound Blaster 24 Live! board on a older Dell machine. It works in Windoze and Kubuntu, but not in openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3 alpha 6. It used to work on older SuSE releases.
In 10.2 YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up with a little red x on the icon and the mixer window shows nothing.
In 10.3 alpha 6, YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up normally and the mixer window shows all the sliders. Still no sound. lsmod shows that the ca0106 module is loaded.
I've been trying to figure out how kubuntu and suse configure the sound system, but no luck so far.
Any help would be appreciated.
-- Bob
I've had this with a Sound Blaster Live! I'm not sure exactly what helped cure it but you might try deleting the .xine directory in your home. It did help once (don't remeber why acutally).
The last time I had this it was not obvious but all channels were muted (in kmix this showed by the fact that the small "leds" over the sliders were dark green (off), so I clicked on them, they became light green and I had sound.
Hope this helps!
Thierry
I don't have a .xine directory on either release and no "leds" in either mixer window. I did delete the sound card in YAST on 10.2 and re-configured it. Now the mixer window comes up with sliders (no "leds") and KMix doesn't have the little red x anymore. Still no sound. -- Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 21 July 2007 17:19:59 Bob Ewart wrote:
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Saturday, 21. July 2007, Bob Ewart wrote:
I have a Sound Blaster 24 Live! board on a older Dell machine. It works in Windoze and Kubuntu, but not in openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3 alpha 6. It used to work on older SuSE releases.
In 10.2 YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up with a little red x on the icon and the mixer window shows nothing.
In 10.3 alpha 6, YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up normally and the mixer window shows all the sliders. Still no sound. lsmod shows that the ca0106 module is loaded.
I've been trying to figure out how kubuntu and suse configure the sound system, but no luck so far.
Any help would be appreciated.
Try running alsaconf
Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob S wrote:
On Saturday 21 July 2007 17:19:59 Bob Ewart wrote:
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Saturday, 21. July 2007, Bob Ewart wrote:
I have a Sound Blaster 24 Live! board on a older Dell machine. It works in Windoze and Kubuntu, but not in openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3 alpha 6. It used to work on older SuSE releases.
In 10.2 YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up with a little red x on the icon and the mixer window shows nothing.
In 10.3 alpha 6, YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up normally and the mixer window shows all the sliders. Still no sound. lsmod shows that the ca0106 module is loaded.
I've been trying to figure out how kubuntu and suse configure the sound system, but no luck so far.
Any help would be appreciated.
Try running alsaconf
Bob S.
Did that also. It selects the ca0106 driver also, and reports no problems. It's very frustrating that openSUSE finds the proper module and reports no problems, but can't make a sound. I wish I could figure out how Kubuntu does it. -- Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Did that also. It selects the ca0106 driver also, and reports no problems.
It's very frustrating that openSUSE finds the proper module and reports no problems, but can't make a sound. I wish I could figure out how Kubuntu does it.
I wonder.. have you bumped into the problem/bug with hal-resmgr that pops up from time to time where $USER doesn't get ACL rights to the sound card? Try this as an experiment... add the Audio group to your userid and see if you have sound. If nothing changes, then reverse the group change. If you have sound after this.... then you have found the problem which is probably related to this bug report... https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=267232 C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 22 July 2007 15:47:03 Bob Ewart wrote:
Bob S wrote:
On Saturday 21 July 2007 17:19:59 Bob Ewart wrote:
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Saturday, 21. July 2007, Bob Ewart wrote:
I have a Sound Blaster 24 Live! board on a older Dell machine. It works in Windoze and Kubuntu, but not in openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3 alpha 6. It used to work on older SuSE releases.
In 10.2 YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up with a little red x on the icon and the mixer window shows nothing.
In 10.3 alpha 6, YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up normally and the mixer window shows all the sliders. Still no sound. lsmod shows that the ca0106 module is loaded.
I've been trying to figure out how kubuntu and suse configure the sound system, but no luck so far.
Any help would be appreciated.
Try running alsaconf
Bob S.
Did that also. It selects the ca0106 driver also, and reports no problems.
And it wrote the config and then played a sound for you? Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob S wrote:
On Sunday 22 July 2007 15:47:03 Bob Ewart wrote:
On Saturday 21 July 2007 17:19:59 Bob Ewart wrote:
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Saturday, 21. July 2007, Bob Ewart wrote:
I have a Sound Blaster 24 Live! board on a older Dell machine. It works in Windoze and Kubuntu, but not in openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3 alpha 6. It used to work on older SuSE releases.
In 10.2 YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up with a little red x on the icon and the mixer window shows nothing.
In 10.3 alpha 6, YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up normally and the mixer window shows all the sliders. Still no sound. lsmod shows that the ca0106 module is loaded.
I've been trying to figure out how kubuntu and suse configure the sound system, but no luck so far.
Any help would be appreciated. Try running alsaconf
Bob S. Did that also. It selects the ca0106 driver also, and reports no
Bob S wrote: problems.
And it wrote the config and then played a sound for you?
Bob S.
It tried, but no sound. Clayton wrote:
I wonder.. have you bumped into the problem/bug with hal-resmgr that pops up from time to time where $USER doesn't get ACL rights to the sound card?
Try this as an experiment... add the Audio group to your userid and see if you have sound. If nothing changes, then reverse the group change. If you have sound after this.... then you have found the problem which is probably related to this bug report... https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=267232
C.
I tried the steps in that bug, with no sound. Inclusion in the audio group does have an effect, it turns off the little red x on the KMix icon. This bug report https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227420 seems to be the problem. The 10.3 alpha 6 kernel has been updated to 2.6.22 and it's still not fixed. -- Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob Ewart wrote:
Bob S wrote:
On Sunday 22 July 2007 15:47:03 Bob Ewart wrote:
Bob S wrote:
On Saturday 21 July 2007 17:19:59 Bob Ewart wrote:
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Saturday, 21. July 2007, Bob Ewart wrote:
> I have a Sound Blaster 24 Live! board on a older Dell machine. It > works in Windoze and Kubuntu, but not in openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3 alpha > 6. It used to work on older SuSE releases. > > In 10.2 YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up with a > little red x on the icon and the mixer window shows nothing. > > In 10.3 alpha 6, YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up > normally and the mixer window shows all the sliders. Still no sound. > lsmod shows that the ca0106 module is loaded. > > I've been trying to figure out how kubuntu and suse configure the > sound system, but no luck so far. > > Any help would be appreciated. > Try running alsaconf
Bob S.
Did that also. It selects the ca0106 driver also, and reports no problems.
And it wrote the config and then played a sound for you?
Bob S.
It tried, but no sound.
I seem to recall that this was an issue a while ago with Dell issued SB live cards, they were different than the standard SB cards a quick google search turned up this SuSe + Sound Baster + Dell http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=355129 Hope this might help -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is Robert Cunningham Sr. Physics Laboratory Coordinator /RSO -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Robert Cunningham wrote:
Bob Ewart wrote:
Bob S wrote:
On Sunday 22 July 2007 15:47:03 Bob Ewart wrote:
Bob S wrote:
On Saturday 21 July 2007 17:19:59 Bob Ewart wrote:
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> On Saturday, 21. July 2007, Bob Ewart wrote: > >> I have a Sound Blaster 24 Live! board on a older Dell machine. It >> works in Windoze and Kubuntu, but not in openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3 alpha >> 6. It used to work on older SuSE releases. >> >> In 10.2 YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up with a >> little red x on the icon and the mixer window shows nothing. >> >> In 10.3 alpha 6, YAST says it's there and configured. KMix comes up >> normally and the mixer window shows all the sliders. Still no sound. >> lsmod shows that the ca0106 module is loaded. >> >> I've been trying to figure out how kubuntu and suse configure the >> sound system, but no luck so far. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> Try running alsaconf
Bob S.
Did that also. It selects the ca0106 driver also, and reports no problems.
And it wrote the config and then played a sound for you?
Bob S.
It tried, but no sound.
I seem to recall that this was an issue a while ago with Dell issued SB live cards, they were different than the standard SB cards a quick google search turned up this SuSe + Sound Baster + Dell http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=355129
Hope this might help
Thanks, Robert. That did the trick. It's necessary to turn all the LFE channels all the way down and turn off LFE using alsamixer, then do a 'alsactl store'. It also works on 10.3 alpha 6, even with the user not a member of the audio group. -- Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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