Dual boot XPSP3 and PCLinuxOS 2008.1
Audigy Platinum eX sound card

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When booting in linux sound card gives of random popping noises when nothing is being played .... very annoying as it forces me to turn off the speakers, which is not good.

When the PC is unattended the popping noise [and some clicking] occurs by itself with a frequency of something like once every 5 secs or so ... it is random but constant.

If I am using the pc then interacting with the pc can cause like a scratching noise .. esp if dragging a window around.

I have swapped and disconnected all peripherals to see if they are interfering .. with no success ... the popping continues.

HOWEVER, this does NOT occur when i boot into XP !!!

I matters not what i do with ALSA, and when i go to Harddrake > Soundcard > SB Audigy and click on "Run Config Tool" all i get is << Error: the "snd_emu10k1" driver for your sound card is unlisted >>

So i figure it MUST be the Linux driver. I have searched Synaptic, the forums, google and the Creative site, which declares no support for linux in my instance!!

My first desire would be able to fix this so that the Audigy card works under both WINXP and PCLinuxOS. However, if i can't then i am forced to look at replacing the sound card, and so would be keen to have a recommendation or two *smile*

btw ... my third week at migrating from WINdoze *grin*, but am hooked on making it work ....

All help appreciated.

Cheers

Hi Rfahrytas, Welcome to lq. Have you tried opening a mixer and adjusting levels? Could you get access to a terminal and post the output of the following commands please?Good luck. ;-)

Thanks Peacedog .... sure, here it all is *smile*

BTW: 'IEC958 Optical Raw' and 'Audigy Anolog/Digital Output Jack' are DE-selected

Adjusting levels ?... of course closing down Master stops the noise ... along with everything else *grin* - but none of the other levels affect the issue bar ONE ... the IEC958 Optical Raw???

Now how that can happen when i have it deselected in the bottom menu ??

But if i shut the volume slide down to zero this annoying popping and scratching output goes away .... furthermore output from a sound file or CD is NOT affected ... *smile* .... so all is good!!

So i will leave it on ZERO volume ... but seeing i have no idea just wot it does i must do some research so i am comfortable with it being permanently set to to floor!

Just for the record i having included the outputs you requested.

Thank u so much for ur input Peacedog .... it was immensely appreciated *smile* ... God knows what we would do without forums like this ...

Rfah

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[root@localhost ~]# lspci -v

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V333 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-via
Kernel modules: via-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: dd000000-dfdfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: dff00000-efffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 808d
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 35, IRQ 16
Memory at dc800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: ohci1394

00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at db800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139cp, 8139too

00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0090 Audigy Player
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: EMU10K1_Audigy
Kernel modules: snd-emu10k1

00:0e.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 03)
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game Port
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Kernel modules: emu10k1-gp

00:0e.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at db000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at da800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: ohci1394

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V333 motherboard
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Kernel modules: i2c-viapro, via-ircc

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X / A7V333 motherboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: VIA_IDE
Kernel modules: pata_via

00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. VT6202 USB2.0 4 port controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at b400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. VT6202 USB2.0 4 port controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at b000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 19
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at dd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Expansion ROM at dffe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb

[root@localhost ~]#

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[root@localhost ~]# lsmod

Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 2624 2
ntfs 253928 2
nvidia 6829716 40
i2c_core 20448 1 nvidia
fuse 38996 3
8139too 22784 0
mii 5408 1 8139too
af_packet 18088 0
snd_seq_dummy 3556 0
snd_seq_oss 29824 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7008 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 47152 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 37376 0
snd_mixer_oss 14592 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_emu10k1 130464 2
snd_rawmidi 19680 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 97028 1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus 2880 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 69124 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 7340 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 19748 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8648 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4384 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 7556 1 snd_emu10k1
snd 45188 15 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq _device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 6752 1 snd
p80211 28684 0
video 15560 0
thermal 11560 0
sbs 16840 0
fan 4452 0
container 4192 0
button 6896 0
dock 7728 0
battery 10568 0
ac 4612 0
ide_cd 35360 0
cdrom 34176 1 ide_cd
binfmt_misc 9640 1
loop 14340 0
dm_mirror 20416 0
dm_mod 48224 1 dm_mirror
ata_generic 5796 0
libata 107152 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 125804 1 libata
cpufreq_ondemand 7532 0
cpufreq_conservative 6696 0
cpufreq_powersave 2368 0
freq_table 4768 1 cpufreq_ondemand
processor 26408 1 thermal
via_agp 8960 1
intel_agp 22388 0
agpgart 27880 3 nvidia,via_agp,intel_agp
nvram 8328 0
evdev 8672 3
tsdev 7328 0
usbmouse 4960 0
usbhid 39168 0
ff_memless 5576 1 usbhid
hci_usb 15292 0
bluetooth 46852 1 hci_usb
uhci_hcd 22832 0
usbcore 114568 5 usbmouse,usbhid,hci_usb,uhci_hcd
ohci1394 32592 0
ieee1394 81432 1 ohci1394
ext3 117608 2
jbd 50504 1 ext3

[root@localhost ~]#

So this is sorted setting IEC958 Optical Raw to 0?
Good luck. ;-)