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On 11/3/2005 11:24 AM Christoph Eckert wrote: |
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>>But the two things I can't seem to get working are ALSA and lirc. My |
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>>sound card is an Audigy that uses the emu10k1 driver. |
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>if the module is loaded you shoud see the card when doing a |
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>cat /proc/asound/cards |
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Thank you for your response. I do see the card: |
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tv mythtv # cat /proc/asound/cards |
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0 [Audigy ]: Audigy - Audigy 1 [SB0090] |
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Audigy 1 [SB0090] (rev.3, serial:0x511102) at |
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0x9400, irq 22 |
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>>Following the |
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>>Gentoo ALSA guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml), I've |
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>>tried both the kernel and alsa-driver method. |
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>I usually prefer the kernel method except there is brad new hardware so |
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>the external drivers are more recent than the kernel drivers. |
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Yes, I started with the kernel method as recommended in the guide. When |
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that didn't work I tried the alsa-driver method. Neither has worked for |
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me yet. |
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>>The card is detected. |
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>> All the 'cat /proc/asound' stuff as described in the "Issues" |
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>>section of the guide produces expected results. All my volume levels |
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>>are up and unmuted in 'alsamixer'. Yet I get no sound. |
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>I guess the card is already occupied by an soundserver like arts (KDE) |
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>or esound (Gnome). |
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Good guess. However I only have iceWM on this box and as far as I know, |
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there is no sound server. |
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>I'd try |
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>artsshell -q terminate |
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>starting xmms, setting my card in the preferences and see if it plays an |
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>audio file. |
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I tried this and switched to the ALSA driver. I saw three devices |
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listed so I just decided to try the "standard PCM Playback (hw:0,0)" |
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device. Still no sound but at least I had a constant sound source. |
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Then I disconnected from my stereo system and just ran standard computer |
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speakers that I knew were working. After trying all the various jacks |
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on the back of the sound card, SUCCESS!!! I found one that was |
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outputting sound. This is an old Audigy card where all the jacks look |
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the same. Oh sure, there's some small graphic etched into the metal by |
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each jack but my old eyes can't see them. None of the newer colored |
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markings on the actual jacks. |
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So anyway, I must have some issue with my stereo system to sort out. |
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But at least I know the box is producing sound. Thank you very much for |
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your ideas. It got me thinking in a new way. |
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Cheers, |
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Drew |
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