Hi LQ members!

For those who have Creative Audigy 2:

I'm running Slackware 10.0 on kernel 2.4.26 (with sound support as module)

I went to sourceforge to get the latest drivers for my audigy 2 soundcard.

I downloaded emu10k1-v0.20a and emu-tools-0.9.4

I managed to install both by following the instructions provided.

Then I modprobed the module (emu10k1)

And this are the sound related modules that I have loaded on the kernel:

# lsmod
emu10k1
ac97_codec
soundcore

I also run "audigy-script" to configure it for my sound card.

I opened xmms to play some tune and nothing...! I also checked aumix for muted items and everything is ok.

I can see that the file is playing but there is no sound and also any error message.

What I am doin wrong? What's missing? Need help, thanks!

The correct module to load for the audigy card is "snd-emu10k1"
it least thats the module loaded for my audigy card
also "snd" should be loaded
take a look at lsmod it should look something like this
snd-emu10k1 62420 1
snd-pcm-oss 37476 0
snd-mixer-oss 11992 1 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-pcm 58624 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm-oss]
snd-timer 14212 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-hwdep 4768 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-util-mem 1152 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-page-alloc 5940 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi 12992 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device 3908 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec 37560 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd 28708 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hwdep snd-util-mem snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
ohci1394 24584 0 (unused)
ieee1394 42820 0 [ohci1394]
emu10k1-gp 1352 0 (unused)
gameport 1484 0 [analog emu10k1-gp]
the regular emu10k1 module should also be loaded
and the ohci1394 to recognize the firewire port on the card

I think the emu10k1 Sourceforge project was abandoned several years ago. Look at the file dates. I'd use the emu10k1 driver that comes with the kernel source, or a more recent one from alsa-project.org.

Im not sure if you have done this already but when running XMMS
you should right click and select options (or it could be preferences) look at the devices that XMMS is using. you should see the audigy 2 there.

I had a problem with multiple sound devices on my machine (realtek onbord sound) and Audigy 1 card. XMMS tends to use /dev/dsp1 or the first sound device the kernel found during installation.

Thanks for all the answers!

Sorry for the late reply. In the past few days I haven't been able to work on the problem.

I'll follow your advice and let you all know the outcome later on.

Thanks again!

what sound server are you running? i know that there is a module for your audigy, but does alsa (or whatever sound server you run) recognize it? alsaconf may be your answer if alsa. another silly thing to ask is whether or not the default settings activate the digital audio out or not. i'm sure you tried that first though. these are just things that i've seen in my times.

OK everyone, I managed to get sound! (but I had to struggle a bit)

Here's what I did:

I went for the alsa module has la'quv and GregLee suggested.

I went to alsa-project.org and looked for Creative Labs soundcards support.

As pointed there I installed the following packages from my distro CD:

alsa-driver-1.0.5a-i486-2
alsa-oss-1.0.5-i486-1
alsa-lib-1.0.5-i486-1
alsa-utils-1.0.5-i486-1

And loaded into the kernel the recently-installed module for my card:

# modprobe snd-emu10k1

# lsmod
snd-emu10k1
snd-pcm
snd-timer
snd-hwdep
snd-page-alloc
snd-util-mem
snd-ac97-codec
snd-rawmidi
snd-seq-device
snd
soundcore

Opened XMMS, and specified the ALSA Output Plugin in the "Preferences-> Audio I/O Plugins" (thanks for the tip KilahChris)

With alsamixer I unmuted the master volume and sound started to pump!
I also changed some other controls to see if I could get a better output (improved a bit)
I have 6.1 speakers and I can hear sound from all of them except from the rear center collumn.

To load the modules at boot time I added the following line in the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file:

/sbin/modprobe snd-emu10k1

However, after rebooting the sound disappeared. The alsamixer settings where as I left it but the sound was gone and no error messages shown when I played mp3's.

Removed the modules and did it all from the begining, except this time after setting alsamixer I run the following command to keep my card settings:

# alsactl store

Now after rebooting everything works fine.

Have I done this the proper way? Any comments on my steps are welcome.

I have another a doubt:

In alsa-project.org they mentioned the modules.conf file and that we had to put some lines there for the card configuration but I couldn't fully understand what their purpose was. I left the file untouched and the card works.

Can someone explain me the use for the modules.conf file. And what good would it do for my soundcard if I put something there?

By the way, can someone point me out some directions to fine tune my card since I have it working now.

Thanks!

I don't think you need to be concerned about it. It has information about how to insert modules and option information to pass to modules ("modinfo <modulename>" gives info about what options are available).

I know this is going to sound stupid, but I have been all over the alsa page and can't find snd-emu10k1 to save my life!
Please help
Thanks.