alsa configuration
Hello there!
I've been trying to set up sound for my card for over 2 weeks now with no success. I'm using Fedora 11 with an EMU 1616m soundcard [which I believe is detected under alsa as an emu10k1] My main problem is that, even though lspci detects my soundcard [as an Audigy, but from what I've gathered is also a 10k1. Figured it was close enough for the time being] alsa does not. lspci returns: Code:
[sean@sefedora ~]$ lspci 04:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value However, "alsactl restore" and "aplay -l" tell me: alsactl: load_state:1608: No soundcards found... and aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found... I've been researching for a good bit now and all attempts have lead me to dead ends or forum posts with only 1 post, or a post where the OP is having the exact same problem as me, and the rest of the posts have absolutely NOTHING to do with the problem (like fixing the microphone). I tried posting at fedoraforums.org and believe the post has 70+ views with no replies, so I'm attempting to reach out to a new set of users. Here is that post. With all the research and attempting things and being unsuccessful so many times I'm left quite confused and on the verge of moving back to Windows. I don't want to, but if I can't get the $400 sound card i got a month ago to work in it, there is really no point in me continuing on as I feel it'll be a waste of equipment and money. [side note: I got the card before I decided to use linux] |
if you run lsmod what does it do,
lspci just shows that the kernel knows it's there, but you still need to make sure the drivers are loaded you'll have to run lsmod as root |
Hi! Welcome to LQ!
your card is listed here, http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...-Creative_Labs Code:
E-MU 1616m notebook CA0102, FPGA Details [PCI] [ANALOGio] [RCAio] [TOSio] [ADATio] Support arriving in 1.0.15 I'm not familiar with your card, but had heaps of trouble with mine (see tag) http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page latest "alsa-driver-1.0.20" Also your kernel version may help, type... uname -a you want something better than 2.6.23..kernel (I think, can't find that reference now) Here is some more info that may help you... http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...e-emu10k1-fpga cheers and all the best, Glenn |
Thanks for the welcome.
I'll try the stuff as soon as I get off of work. 1 hour away! |
also don't be to surprised if there is no fix for the sound on fedora 11
there have been pulse audio issues since fedora 8 and on fedora 11 some people have NOT been able to get the sound to work Mine did not work for a month , until a bug fix was released . |
You may also try installing oss insted of alsa, which some feel gives a better quality sound,,,, assuming oss can be had with Fedora.
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Allllrighty.
Firstly, thank you for the replies. Here is what lsmod gave me: Code:
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Is there a specific one I need? alsa-plugins-arcamav.i586 : Arcam AV amplifier plugin for ALSA alsa-plugins-jack.i586 : Jack PCM output plugin for ALSA alsa-plugins-oss.i586 : Oss PCM output plugin for ALSA alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i586 : Alsa to PulseAudio backend alsa-plugins-samplerate.i586 : External rate converter plugin for ALSA alsa-plugins-speex.i586 : Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler alsa-plugins-upmix.i586 : Upmixer channel expander plugin for ALSA alsa-plugins-usbstream.i586 : USB stream plugin for ALSA alsa-plugins-vdownmix.i586 : Downmixer to stereo plugin for ALSA I'd be using my soundcard for production purposes, from what I understand is the purpose of JACK? Quote:
I'm moreso looking for a stable release/distro that I can use to get myself comfortable with the ins and outs of linux before I get to the breaking of things to learn how to fix it for fun. Ha. Quote:
Please correct me if I've understood anything wrong. |
OpenSUSE or Debain might be good choices . Fedora is a FAST development distribution and as such it is not VERY stable and bugs are not always fixed . One of the main philosophies behind fedora is " what new things can we add and how fast "
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I don't see anything in your modules that look like audio drivers for your card so you need to find out if you can get them installed
glenspref looks like he has what you're looking for in his post. if it doesn't work I'd do what John said and give another distro a try debain is a good one and I'd recommend ubuntu to, it does a pretty good job of recognizing everything |
Ubuntu doesn't like the 1010 card.
BUT! I installed openSUSE 11.1 when I was on lunch. When I came back home, booted it up and it detected and installed the drivers for it. Worked off a fresh install. Thank you so much for the suggestion John, and thank you everyone else for your help :] Now I just get to learn another distro from scratch again. Haha. |
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Jack is a sound and midi server, a sound server like pulseAudio, I had to disable PulseAudio in hardware audio settings and add pcspkr to my modules blacklist to enable usb-sound module and alsa to load Quote:
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# blacklisted modules for PCI coldplug Thankfully the distro does not always dictate the window environment. Kde, gnome, xfce4.... Suse is similar in many ways to Fedora, rpm package management at least. Suse is well known for their audio production "meta tag" for installed audio packages including specially configured kernels and enhancements for producing audio on a pc. I'm glad you got it working. ;) regards Glenn |
What I gathered about JACK seems like it's the ideal choice for audio production in linux.
If I'm going to be recording with my soundcard, should I just stick with PulseAudio or move to JACK? I do have to say, however, the GUI interface is extremely lacking in suse. I'm not very fond of the 'everything pops up in a window and all the objects are grouped' vista-ish feel. Also, from doing a bit of research and realizing I'll probably get yelled at for saying this :P, YUM seems to be just overall better than zypper. In speed, being informative, and just overall organization of the output. It's a shame it doesn't work on 11.1 :/ |
Hi, Jack is not a replacement to Pulse.
Rather, Jack is a sequencer that will start all the audio programs running. So instead of having to press "Play&Record" on the drums machine, the midi seq, the recorder, and the sampler... Jack does it. Quote:
You can however use alsa-mixer instead of Pulse. some links I have found useful... http://jackaudio.org/ http://www.linuxmusicians.com/ http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/apps/all/jack?redirect=1 Also, if you're adventurous check my blog for an audio setup. It's incomplete, but includes all the references I used during setup on my system. Cheers, Glenn |
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