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I have searched through the posts here, read similar entries, but am nowhere close to soving my problem, so my apologies if this has been discussed before. Please direct me to the relevant post.
The setup (working fine in MDK 9.1) is listed as :
Card-config:
C-media pci 8738 (model 37) at 0xd800, irq 3
audio devices:
0: C-Media PCI DAC/ADC (DUPLEX)
synth devices:
0: OPL3 FM Synth
Midi devices:
0: MPU - 401 (UART) 0-0
Timers:
7: System Timer
Mixers:
0 Cmedia PCI
=============================================
In Mandrake 10.0 : it is listed in Hard drake as:
Vendor: C-Media Electronics Inc
Alternative drivers: cmpci
Bus: PCI
Bus identification: 13f6:111
Location on the bus: 2:d:0
Description: CM8738
Module: snd-cmipci
Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO
But there is no sound
Volume is not muted, aumix shows the levels at 100.
Though I have been using linux for some time now, it is mainly for text editing / email / browsing, and Mandrake 9.1 'just worked'. So I am a newbie to troubleshooting!
Any advice on getting sound in Mandrake 10 working?
It is not exactly rocket science, but I am just starting out with the help manuals, and its a bit incomprehensible for me as of now. The lsmod command doesn't seem to showing snd-cmpci
being used by any application?
Right, now the solution to the problem.
You need to switch to the OSS driver. Go to hadrake, configure your sound card and choose the cmpci driver instead of the snd-cmpci.
The OSS driver sounds terrible at first, save these values in a file named .aumixrc and then load the file in with aumx.
vol:100:100:P
synth:0:0:P
pcm:100:100:P
speaker:100:100:R
line:0:0:P
mic:0:0:R
cd:100:100:P
beejayzed,
I tried the steps outlined by you, however there is no change even after using the cmpci driver
However, I have added a comment to Bug # 513 in the mandrake anthill along with the troubleshooting output I have presented here.
I have the same card integrated into my mobo...I am currently listening to Led Zeppelin with no problem but for a while Unreal Tournament 2003 had really choppy audio, so I went and did that driver switch and it worked just fine....but I am not using OSS, I just did the autodetect deal with the KDE audio settings.
But mine has worked since the beginning....let me compare my output with yours and see if there is a difference....
under the harddrake info for the sound card, does it list an alternative driver and the module?
The reason i ask is that the main differences between your output and mine is the drivers... tell me if it matches mine:
Vendor: C-Media Electronics Inc
Alternative drivers: cmpci
Bus: PCI
Bus identification: 13f6:111:10fd:a715
Location on the bus: 0:e:0
Description: CM8738
Module: snd-cmipci
Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO
----obviously the bus id and location will probably be different...
and what's your Mobo if it's an integrated chip? vendor and chipset please
Then I switched to GNOME (try a different desktop) as suggested.
And sound works now!!
It's working even in KDE. It's awfully noisy, but it's working..
Oh yeah try, playing around with the volumes in aumix if the sound doesn't sound too good. When I first used OSS, I stopped using it immediately because the volumes were wrong.
When I installed Mandrake 10 I was forced to get the volumes right. Once they're done nicely I usually use xmms to adjust the volume.
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