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pawer126 07-13-2009 06:15 PM

No sound in Fedora 11 w/ Creative Labs SB Live!
 
Hi everybody.

I need sound on this machine desperately. I read the first sticky message so this is what I did:

[kory@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000] (rev c1)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 07)
[kory@localhost ~]$

I'm using Fedora 11 with kernel 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.1686.PAE. Anything else I should post?

John VV 07-13-2009 07:50 PM

there is a bug in fedora's sound .seeing as you have "kernel-PAE-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.rpm "installed i take it you are running fedora 11 32 bit on a 64 bit computer . or have 4 gig of ram on a 32 bit computer

if not use the STANDARD kernel

also seeing as you have "kernel-PAE-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.rpm" installen i take it you HAVE UPDATED fedora 11 .

did you have sound BEFORE you updated ?

cladisch 07-14-2009 09:30 AM

Quote:

I need sound on this machine desperately. [...]

00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
This should work.
What happened when you tried to configure and use it?

pawer126 07-15-2009 09:40 AM

John, you're not even close....... I have 768 MB of RAM and a 32 bit AMD Athlon. I had no say in which kernel I got. Before I updated, I can't say if I had sound, I didn't need it then. Now I'm involved with SuperTuxKart and I need sound.

bloodsugar 07-15-2009 04:10 PM

Sometimes theres an odd bug in ALSA mixer with some creative live cards.

play a sound file in your player, then in a terminal type 'alsamixer', increase all the levels, then toggle the 'M' key on your keyboard.

J.W. 07-15-2009 05:06 PM

Don't overlook the obvious things either:

1. Are the speakers turned on?
2. Is the volume turned up? Note that you can have volume controls on the speakers themselves, in ALSA, in the application itself (ie, kaffeine), etc
3. Are the speaker cables plugged into the right jack on the sound card?

Are there any error messages that are being generated, what happens when you run the alsaconf command?

pawer126 07-16-2009 09:02 AM

Bloodsugar, I'm sorry to say that didn't help. J.W., I don't use speakers. I use earbuds. Yes, they are plugged into the green jack, but here's the real kicker: alsaconf gives me a command not found error.

J.W. 07-16-2009 01:57 PM

Are you running alsaconf as root?

pawer126 07-16-2009 03:28 PM

This computer won't let me log in as root, no matter what I do.

J.W. 07-16-2009 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawer126 (Post 3609928)
This computer won't let me log in as root, no matter what I do.

Then can you use sudo instead?

pawer126 07-16-2009 04:35 PM

Well, sudo works, but I get the same error.

J.W. 07-17-2009 01:52 PM

Please post the text of the error message you're seeing. That may assist in diagnosing the issue

pawer126 07-17-2009 02:22 PM

I don't need to. I did my daily system update. A few hours later I fired up SuperTuxKart w/ Irrlicht and I heard music blaring from my earbuds. I propmtly turned the sound down and continued playing. I'll report if my sound leaves me later.

pawer126 09-14-2009 06:01 PM

My sound left me. I had to reload my system because of kernel panics. No I have no sound. No hardware changes, but got kernel 2.6.30 something further info later.

pawer126 09-14-2009 06:09 PM

Exact kernel: 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE


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