Hallo has anybody succeeded in getting Creative SB Soundblaster Live 1024 CT4760 working in Ubuntu 8.04? If so would you kindly post full instructions?
My $ lspci -v
.....
02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)

Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4760 SBLive!

Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21

I/O ports at ac00 [size=32]

Capabilities: <access denied>

What's the problem you are having? The Live! has been very well supported for years now (even back in 2008). Does 'alsamixer' see your card? What's the output of 'lsmod | grep snd' ?

Adam

Try working your way through this sound problems troubleshooting guide for Ubuntu:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449
Write back if you still need more help.

The problem is a silent card
Alsamixer still sees „nVidia“ onboard sound


~$ lsmod | grep snd

snd_emu10k1_synth 8064 0

snd_emux_synth 36224 1 snd_emu10k1_synth

snd_seq_virmidi 8192 1 snd_emux_synth

snd_seq_midi_emul 7552 1 snd_emux_synth

snd_emu10k1 147008 3 snd_emu10k1_synth

snd_util_mem 5632 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1

snd_hwdep 10500 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1

snd_intel8x0 35356 3

snd_ac97_codec 101028 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0

ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec

snd_pcm_oss 42144 0

snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss

snd_pcm 78724 5 saa7134_alsa,snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss

snd_seq_dummy 4868 0

snd_seq_oss 35584 0

snd_seq_midi 9376 0

snd_rawmidi 25760 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi

snd_seq_midi_event 8320 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi

snd_seq 54224 9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi _event

snd_timer 24836 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm,snd_seq

snd_seq_device 9612 8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_ seq

snd 56996 26 saa7134_alsa,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pc m_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

soundcore 8800 1 snd

snd_page_alloc 11400 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm





~$ aplay -L
default:CARD=CK8S
NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Live
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Front speakers
rear:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Rear speakers
center_lfe:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Center and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P], Multichannel Capture/PT Playback
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
default:CARD=SAA7134
SAA7134, SAA7134 PCM
Default Audio Device

The problem is that Ubuntu is selecting the onboard sound as the default sound card. Your output from aplay -l indicates that Ubuntu does see your SB Live sound card.
Try going to: system > preferences > sound, and see if it gives you the option to use the SB Live.
If it does not, see this thread on using multiple sound cards in Ubuntu:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=922860
Or see post #16 in this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248238
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...2&postcount=16
Try installing asoundconf-gtk as it says there and follow the instructions of selecting the default sound card (the SB Live) that you want to use.
Hope this helps.

I'd already selected Live! In system > preferences > sound. Installed asoundconf-gtk, no change

The solution....disable „Pulse Audio“ ! Is there a way I can either disable this permanently or at least stop it loading at start-up?......Thanks for your patience
(Bloody Hell)

Removing Pulse-Audio would have been my next suggestion to troubleshoot this.
Pulse-Audio is a huge resource hog. Also, as you have discovered, it has caused a great deal of problems for many Ubuntu users. Many people, including me, happily live without Pulse-Audio. To remove Pulse-Audio from your system, see this tutorial in post #4 in this thread:
http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/sh....php?p=8284273
Note: All I did to remove Pulse-Audio was the first command listed there:
That is enough to disable Pulse-Audio. Then reboot and run gstreamer-properties as it says there and set everything to alsa. With Pulse-Audio gone, your system will use alsa.

Note: After removing Pusle-Audio, you will no longer be able to use the: system > preferences > sound applet. (There is some ppa repo that can add it back for use without Pulse-Audio, but I forget which one it is. I think it is listed in that ongoing thread somewhere.)
Anyway, I just use alsamixer in the terminal to control sound, and I am fine with that. If you want a GUI to control sound, then install the alsamixergui and gnome-alsamixer as per the 3rd and 4th command on that tutorial. Note that much of that other stuff in those commands you may already have.

You will likely see your CPU usage go down when playing music and video without Pulse-Audio. I did. That is why I remove it.

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