My soundcard's recognized

hexbox · 01-28-2005, 06:59 PM

No, I don't think I have my volume muted; unless alsamixer is lying to me.

Here's the story: I've got an audigy ls. Fedora Core 3 didn't recognize it out of the box, but I downloaded the lastest ALSA drivers, built and installed them, ran alsaconfig to modify my /etc/modprobe.conf, ran alsamixer and turned my volume up, restarted the sound server from kde's control centre... and everything worked great! I was happy!

...I restarted my machine; during boot Fedora told me that it recognized new hardware and asked me if I wanted it to auto-configure it. I said "no, ignore and don't ask me again" because it was already working great. Well, when I logged in again, my sounds not working! The soundcard is still recognized when I run "Soundcard detection" from the kde menu. It's as if it's muted somehow... anyone know what the deal is?

This is my modprobe.conf :

Code:

alias eth0 sk98lin
alias eth1 forcedeth
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion @VERSION@ ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-ca0106
alias sound-slot-0 snd-ca0106
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

comprookie2000 · 01-28-2005, 07:43 PM

The module may not be loaded try

Code:

modprobe snd-ca0106

Check alsa mixer again,if it works then

Code:

alsactl store

roninja · 01-28-2005, 07:44 PM

Did you unmute the channels in alsamixer? Itll have an M next to the channel if it is press m to unmute.
Did you run alsactl store as root? if you didnt alsamixer sets the channels back to nothing

hexbox · 01-28-2005, 07:52 PM

I tried modprobe-ing again, but it didn't seem to help.

I ran alsamixer again but nothing was muted and every is up full blast.

I hadn't run "alsactl store" before, but I just tried it and it didn't help. (What does this do? Store the alsamixer's volume control settings?)

XMMS was "playing" songs before, (I could see the little visualization), but after running "test sound" in the kde control centre sound server gui, XMMS now says "Couldn't open audio: check that the sound card isn't busy, etc etc"

comprookie2000 · 01-28-2005, 08:00 PM

Opem xmms-options-prefrences-and make sure the output plug-in is alsa.
When you did modprobe and nothing happened thats good,means the module is loaded.

ironwalker · 01-28-2005, 08:09 PM

Quote:

I downloaded the lastest ALSA drivers, built and installed them, ran alsaconfig to modify my /etc/modprobe.conf,?????????? ran alsamixer

After modprobeing did ya update modules where the above question marks are??
debian its "update-modules"

hexbox · 01-28-2005, 08:10 PM

Hmm, when I open xmms' preferences, the alsa output plugin isn't even available from the combo box. It's OSS right now. This is strange, because it was working like this, before. Could it be that something is muting my sound other than alsamixer?

Alsa, I'm using OSS as the "audio device" in the hardware tab in KDE's control centre.

Thanks for the help so far. Any other suggestions?

No music is starting to drive me insane!

hexbox · 01-28-2005, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ironwalker
After modprobeing did ya update modules where the above question marks are??
debian its "update-modules"

No I don't think I updated the modules. I'm running Fedora Core 3, I'll try to find how to do it in redhat...

But like I said, the frustrating thing is that it _WAS_ working, but when I restarted my computer it broke itself. Some sort of change didn't make itself permanent..

hexbox · 01-28-2005, 08:22 PM

Code:

[andrew@hexbox dev]$ ls ds* -l
crw-------  1 andrew root 14, 3 Jan 28 16:33 dsp

Is that ok? (What is /dev/dsp, btw?)

hexbox · 01-28-2005, 08:32 PM

I don't think this helps, because I'm pretty sure it's not a driver problem, but....

Code:

[root@hexbox ~]# lspci -v

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 80ac
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Capabilities: [40] AGP version 3.0
        Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 80ac
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 80ac
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 80ac
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 80ac
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 80ac
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [48] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0c11
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel, IRQ 9
        I/O ports at c400 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
        Memory at ed001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at ed002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        Memory at ed005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [44] Debug port
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard onboard nForce2 Ethernet
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        Memory at ed006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at c800 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
        Memory behind bridge: eb000000-ecffffff

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0c11
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 809a
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at ed003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at ed004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
        Memory behind bridge: e9000000-eaffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-e7ffffff

01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 811a
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data

01:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0312 Audigy LS
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        I/O ports at 9400 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

01:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS MIDI/Game port
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0312 Audigy LS MIDI/Game port
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        I/O ports at 9800 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 1002
        Flags: bus master, stepping, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        I/O ports at b000 [size=256]
        Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

03:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
        Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 1003
        Flags: stepping, 66Mhz, medium devsel
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128M]
        Memory at ea010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

comprookie2000 · 01-28-2005, 09:02 PM

For kde you need to use arts for the output plugin.

hexbox · 01-28-2005, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by comprookie2000
For kde you need to use arts for the output plugin.

In general of in XMMS? I've never even heard of arts, but I've had sound working in both kde and xmms without that plugin.

I'm going to take out my soundcard and throw it in a lake, soon.

roninja · 01-28-2005, 11:40 PM

arts is the sound server that KDE uses try changing the sound server driver to alsa

Ziuk · 01-29-2005, 03:54 AM

I don't get it! You said that Ur Sound card was working, but it's not now!?!
Have you marked drivers in auto run??

hexbox · 01-29-2005, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ziuk
Have you marked drivers in auto run??

No I don't think so. What is "marking" them? For other drivers, I've just had to modprobe them and then things worked, regardless of rebooting.

I also find it strange that I had it working but now it's not.