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On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 18:28 -0700, Bob Sanders wrote: |
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> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:12:02 +0200 |
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> Jules Colding <colding@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I have the above mentioned sound card installed in my dual 252 Opteron. |
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> > I have enabled ALSA and OSS emulation in the kernel and everything is |
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> > compiled in, no alsa modules. The card is correctly detected on boot-up |
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> > and apparently activated. |
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> > i |
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> OSS should not be selected in the kernel. Only alsa. For Oss, you need |
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> to emerge - media-libs/alsa-oss |
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I did not select OSS, only the ALSA emulation option. I am now trying |
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media-sound/alsa-driver 1.0.9b with the same results. |
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> > Everything seems to be configured correctly according to the alsa guide. |
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> > The problem is that I am only hearing cyclically repeating clicks, with |
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> > weak static noise in-between, when I am trying to play music. I have a |
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> > set of analog 2.1 speakers connected to the analog output jack on the |
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> > card. |
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> Repeating clicks is usually an indication of empty audio buffers. It means |
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> your system can't keep the sound card supplied with data. You might be |
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> able to get some help by making your kernel preemptible - |
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If the kernel isn't able to keep the audio buffers full, isn't that |
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something that would only happen with a slow system? I have a dual |
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Opteron 252 so I didn't thought that preemptible was needed for my |
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system. Anyway, I'll try it. |
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> Symbol: PREEMPT [=y] x |
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> Prompt: Preemptible Kernel x |
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> Defined at arch/x86_64/Kconfig:210 x |
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> Location: x |
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> -> Processor type and features |
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> The weak static noise is digital garbage being picked up by the SB. If it's |
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> not already, move it to the last PCI slot on the bus - as far away from the |
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> other cards and cpu as possible. |
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It is in the last slot I'm afraid... |
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> > Any ideas why this doesn't work? |
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> SB Audigy cards aren't the best sounding cards out there. They are OK, but |
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> if you mainly want music, look elsewhere. If you're mainly interested in games |
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> they work fine. |
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Thanks, |
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jules |
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