No Sound: Alsa 1.0.3, Kernel 2.6.4, Creative Audigy
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Distribution: Slackware 9.1/Mandrake 9.0/Win XP Pro
Posts: 8
Rep:
No Sound: Alsa 1.0.3, Kernel 2.6.4, Creative Audigy
Hi, here's my story:
So... I updated to 2.6.4( wasn't worth that...) and theres no sound. Did that, did other things, at last i disabled OSS and ALSA support in the integrated kernel, recompiled the kernel with no sound. Then downloaded the latest stable ALSA drivers(1.0.3) and installed them, did modprobe snd-emu10k1, alsamixer anda alsactl store and at last i was able to hear that sweet sound... but everytime i reboot the sound is gone and i have to to do the whole install thing . I've tried after rebooting to do only modprobe or to check alsamixer, but it was saying everything is fine, alsamixer shows my card: Creative Audigy, but when i use alsaconf, it can't find any cards. Waiting for suggestions.
I'm using 2.6.4 and an Audigy. No problems so far using the kernel built-in alsa drivers.
Just remember to turn up the volume once you boot with the new kernel and store the values if you don't do that at shutdown (as root, type "alsactl store").
Also, getting sound from my line in was a little bit tricky: I had to turn an strange channel up to hear something (I don't remember it's name and I can't check it since I'm not at home).
I have compiled audigy support directly into kernel, not as a module.
Distribution: Slackware 9.1/Mandrake 9.0/Win XP Pro
Posts: 8
Original Poster
Rep:
Thanks for your reply, i have also tried to use built-in alsa kernel drivers, but i was a bIg headache for me, it didin't find my card, i had to recompile the kernel like ~6 times, but still the built-in alsa didin't work, so i've tried to remove it and install it as a module. THen it work - at least worked for the moment after installing it. Yes i did alsactl store and stuff and as i sayd i check alsamixer everytime i reboot so i can't understand where's the problem.
Distribution: Debian etch/lenny/sid, Fedora 7/Rawhide, CentOS 4/5, FreeBSD 6.2 and Solaris 10/Nevada
Posts: 110
Rep:
Kernel 2.6.5/audigy 2
Here is my relevant sound from my kernel if that helps you
Quote:
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=y
#
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
#
CONFIG_SND=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y
# CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY is not set
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
# CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set
#
# Generic devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIRMIDI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MTPAV is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MPU401 is not set
#
# ISA devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_AD1848 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4231 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4236 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1688 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES18XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_GUSCLASSIC is not set
# CONFIG_SND_GUSEXTREME is not set
# CONFIG_SND_GUSMAX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTERWAVE is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTERWAVE_STB is not set
# CONFIG_SND_OPTI92X_AD1848 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_OPTI92X_CS4231 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_OPTI93X is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SB8 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SB16 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SBAWE is not set
# CONFIG_SND_WAVEFRONT is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CMI8330 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_OPL3SA2 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SGALAXY is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SSCAPE is not set
#
# PCI devices
#
CONFIG_SND_ALI5451=m
CONFIG_SND_AZT3328=m
# CONFIG_SND_BT87X is not set
CONFIG_SND_CS46XX=m
# CONFIG_SND_CS46XX_NEW_DSP is not set
CONFIG_SND_CS4281=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=y
# CONFIG_SND_KORG1212 is not set
CONFIG_SND_NM256=m
# CONFIG_SND_RME32 is not set
CONFIG_SND_RME96=m
# CONFIG_SND_RME9652 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDSP is not set
CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT=m
CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI=m
CONFIG_SND_ALS4000=m
CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI=m
CONFIG_SND_ENS1370=m
CONFIG_SND_ENS1371=m
# CONFIG_SND_ES1938 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1968 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_FM801 is not set
CONFIG_SND_ICE1712=m
CONFIG_SND_ICE1724=m
CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m
# CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES is not set
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=m
# CONFIG_SND_VX222 is not set
#
# ALSA USB devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO is not set
#
# PCMCIA devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_VXPOCKET is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VXP440 is not set
#
# Open Sound System
#
# CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set
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