No sound on Red Hat 8.0 with SBLive!

ferrantepunto · 10-22-2002, 03:13 AM

Hi there,

I´ve installed Red Hat 8.0 from scratch, without errors.

When I try to start the sound server, I get a message saying that it can´t start the sound i/o.

I´ve read about some similar problems here, but I´ve tried all the suggestions (changed PCI slot, modprobe emu10k1, etc.) without success. The card works properly under Mandrake 9.0 and Windows.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

zLinuxz · 10-23-2002, 12:40 PM

hmmm, during install did it ask you to verify the driver of your sound card?
This is odd. I have SB Live and 7.2, 7.3 support it prefectly.
maybe you just need to make sure RH is choosing the correct driver.

ferrantepunto · 10-23-2002, 12:56 PM

Hi there,

How can I verify the sound driver of the card? I don´t remember Red Hat asking me to verify this. The sound module is the emu10k1, but I think that it isn´t loading at startup. How can I correct this?

Thymox · 10-23-2002, 01:09 PM

To ensure that that module is loaded at startup, you'll need to edit the file (as root) /etc/modules and simply add emu10k1 to it. Or, if you want the module to be dynamically loaded when you play sounds, you could add alias sound emu10k1 to the file /etc/modules.conf... again, as root.

ferrantepunto · 10-24-2002, 02:45 AM

I just verified the files. They already have the lines you mention.

I forgot to mention that I tried playing a CD and it works perfectly. It doesn´t with MP3, though.

Any more suggestions?

janhovden · 10-24-2002, 03:15 AM

I have exactly the same problem with SB Live and Redhat 8.0.

The only difference is that in my case it plays audio CDs, but there is no sound output either...

Eagerly awaiting more advice in this thread...
Jan F.

Thymox · 10-24-2002, 06:28 AM

Are you running RH 8? They took out MP3 support because there may have been a licencing problem. Go and get XMMS from the XMMS site.

zLinuxz · 10-24-2002, 08:34 AM

yes, it's a feature in RH8.0, there is no mp3 support, just like Thymox said. So, don't be surprised if you double click on an mp3 and you don't hear anything, it's not playing!

ferrantepunto · 10-24-2002, 10:26 AM

Hello there,

I´ve downloaded the missing plugin for xmms, to be able to play MP3s in RH 8.0.

Is there any way to download an updated emu10k1 module for RH?

Where can I get it? I want to try every step, just to be sure...

BTW, how can I install the new module, in case that I can put my hands on it?

Seems strange, that the card is able to play audio CDs but no other sounds... In some way, it IS communicating with the hardware

Thanks.

Thymox · 10-24-2002, 10:29 AM

http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1/

What do you mean by 'but no other sounds' when you've just said that you're able to play MP3s?

ferrantepunto · 10-25-2002, 02:46 AM

I said "no other sounds" referring to the system or theme sounds in KDE or Gnome.

and I said that I´ve downloaded the plug in for XMMS, but I haven´t tested it yet.

BTW, the sound card continues not to work...

Cheers.

ferrantepunto · 10-25-2002, 01:59 PM

If I issue the command:

rmmod audio

the card works! I don't know what is this command doing exacly, but now I'm able to hear sounds and play mp3 files (I had to download a plugin for xmms for this to work).

Does anybody know what are the effects of this command?

Cheers.

dtrain2k · 10-25-2002, 11:19 PM

how do you enter commands?

jdc2048 · 10-25-2002, 11:27 PM

This is why during troubleshooting, you only take one step at a time and reverse the previous step if it doesn't provide the solution.

The fact that you downloaded the xmms plugin and ran the command "rmmod audio" have caused tainted results. If possible, revert to your old settings, then do one step at a time and post results so that others experiencing the same problem can utilize your solution.

You could also post the output from "lsmod" before and after the rmmod to see what may have actually been removed.

seth · 10-26-2002, 07:49 PM

okay this is pissing me off beyond belief, when i go to the detect soundcard settings in redhat 8 i get that the module is disabled.
I have to be able to enable it.
I was thinking maybe because I am using the sblive 5.1+mp3 that redhat 8 doesn't want me using it (the whole mp3 thing)
but I just want some frigging sound.
my friends sblive oem installed fine with the install, what the hell is so different with mine, and how do i get the card to output all four channels when I am done?