Re: How do I configure Audigy LS Soundcard? ALSA, Etch, 7.1 speaker
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 12:02:17PM +0200, steef wrote:
> Søren Christensen wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 07:25:50AM +0200, steef wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Søren Christensen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>On my new computer I'm trying to set up my Audigy LS SoundBlaster
> >>>soundcard.
> >>>
> >>>I have run alsaconf several times, chosing the snd-ca0106 drivermodule.
> >>>
> >>>Alsaconf has found these cards:
> >>>hda-intel Intel Corporation 8210G
> >>>ca0106 Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
> >>>legacy Probe legacy ISA (non-PnP) chips
> >>>
> >>>When I use ca0106 and a 7.1 speaker-system I get no sound-output.
> >>>
> >>>When I use hda-intel and plug a simple 2.0 speaker into the onboard
> >>>soundcard it works.
> >>>
> >>>But I bougth the extra soundcard and speakerset to get better sound, can
> >>>anyone help getting this to work.
> >>>
> >>>The speaker set works, it is possible to plug in an external
> >>>sound-source (i.e. a laptop).
> >>>
> >>>I hope it is just to set the soundcard up in the right way.
> >>>
> >>>/severino
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>you could try to turn your intel_sound_chip off; somewhere in the bios
> >>of your machine. that did the trick for me on my machine, working on
> >>sarge 2.6.8_kernel with a soundblaster card working with the ca0106
> >>chip. install -of course- alsamixer to be able to put surrounding sounds
> >>a.o. on.
> >>
> >>but: nota bene: the older versions of the ca0106 chip were bugged: see
> >>the alsa_webpage. so you possibly have to compile a newer driver
> >>(1.0.11) from /usr/src/alsa into your kernel.
> >>
> >>hope this helps somewhat,
> >>
> >>kind regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Still no sound, I disabled the audio in the bios-setup, and now I cannot
> >choose the Intel-onboard sound, so far so good.
> >
> >Is there any log-file, that can give me a hint for whats (not)
> >happening?
> >
> >/severino
> >
> >
> >
> >
> maybe i am stupid to ask this: but, did you put on the sound with your
> mixer?
Yes I did :-)
Thank you very much for the additional information. I will look into it.
But right now I do not have the needed time.
> what kernel are you using? what distro? did you compile the alsa-driver
> yourself or are you using the debian_version (built-in in the
> 2.6.x-kernels)? did you install alsa-utils and/or alsa-base and the
> alsa-libs?
>
> are you using the right chip? if you read the adequate webpages on the
> alsa-website you can see that different soundblaster_cards need
> different chips. maybe that is the problem?
>
> I myself prefer to compile/install the driver-source (--tar.gz) as root
> in/from the directory /usr/source/alsa directly into the kernel. that
> works only if you install your kernelheaders and get rid of a small
> 'lockup-file' within lib/modules/kernel &&.
> install as root alsa-libs and alsa-utils as well. on this way I got a -
> really good!- sound immediately out of my soundblaster-card. the
> on_board intel8x0 sound chip seems to confuse, when turned on *together*
> with the soundblaster_card, my audio_programs. that 's the reason i
> turned it off.
>
> by the way: did you put snd-ca0106 in /etc/modules ? some logs you can
> find in /usr/src/alsa/alsa_driver, if you compile your alsa-driver into
> the kernel yourself. there may be other logs i do not know of.
>
> kind regards,
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