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No Sound from Audigy card on 10.2

I've just installed mandriva 2005 from DVD, I had the previous version installed before. Anyway I have no error messages but my sound card no longer works. It worked fine with the last version.

Mandrake Control Center says:

Vendor: ‎Creative Labs
Description: ‎SB0400 Audigy2 Value
...
Driver
Module: ‎snd-emu10k1
Alternative drivers: ‎audigy, emu10k1

Here's the relevant info from 'cat /proc/pci' :
Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
Class 0401: PCI device 1102:0008 (rev 0).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20.
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb43f].

cat /etc/modprobe.conf
# This file is autogenerated from /etc/modules.conf using generate-modprobe.confcommand

alias eth0 tg3
remove snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r--ignore-remove snd-emu10k1
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe sata_promise; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true
alias eth1 eth1394
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.8 ---
options snd device_mode=0666
alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

alias snd-0 snd-emu10k1

I have no idea how to troubleshoot this, would appreciate any help! Thanks!

$ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd

See what it spits.

Here goes (and thanks in advance):

Code:

snd-seq-dummy           2596  0

snd-seq-oss            31584  0

snd-seq-midi-event      6208  1 snd-seq-oss

snd-seq                47472  5 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event

snd-pcm-oss            49056  0

snd-mixer-oss          17248  1 snd-pcm-oss

snd-emu10k1           109092  3

snd-rawmidi            19648  1 snd-emu10k1

snd-seq-device          6796  5 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-emu10k1,snd-rawmidi

snd-ac97-codec         75256  1 snd-emu10k1

snd-pcm                80776  4 snd-pcm-oss,snd-emu10k1,snd-ac97-codec

snd-timer              20324  3 snd-seq,snd-emu10k1,snd-pcm

snd-page-alloc          7588  2 snd-emu10k1,snd-pcm

snd-util-mem            3264  1 snd-emu10k1

snd-hwdep               6880  1 snd-emu10k1

snd                    46980  16 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-emu10k1,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-hwdep

soundcore               7104  1 snd

In this case do the following:
Open console=>
If you want to set your sound perfectly (in case of 5.1) then do this one:
$ su -
# alsamixer
Configure bars with arrows, enable or disable service with "m" key.
wave, wave center, wave surround, center, surround, PCM=> All the way UP
AC97=> Down, down, down. and stay down
ALL LFE=> Down, down, down. and stay down
Master=> 75% Up (check if it's ON)
When done ESC
#alsactl store
Logout
Login
P.S. If you have 5.1 speaker system, be sure that LFE channels bars are all way down and [off]. LFE channel is to generate 5.1 emulation matrix on 4 speaker systems.
;)

After running this command (alsactl store) your custom swill be stored in alsa configuration and restarted automaticly every reboot.

Quote:

Originally posted by SlackerLX
LFE channel is to generate 5.1 emulation matrix on 4 speaker systems.

This is incorrect. LFE stands for "Low Frequency Effects" and is the channel that controls your subwoofer.
On a 5.1 system only turn this off if you don't want any bass at all.

Quote:

Originally posted by Tormented
This is incorrect. LFE stands for "Low Frequency Effects" and is the channel that controls your subwoofer.
On a 5.1 system only turn this off if you don't want any bass at all.

It's correct according to Asus E1292 User's Manual
(sorry can't support the scan of it s)

In alsamixer, there are only a few levels that aren't about 75%:
Looks like the problem was the IEC Optical Raw (It was Off). Thanks for all the help though!

So to recap, I wasted lots of time but I should have just tried everything in alsamixer I guess... anyway thanks again!