Re: bizarre ALSA problems with SBLive... -- SOLVED
Ok, I finally got this sorted out. I had Dell's OEM card, which turns
out to be substantially different from the retail version (despite
being advertised as a SBLive, and manufactured by Creative). It handles
DSP via software (GRRRRR!!!), and according to Dell will only work (on
Windows, of course) using their own proprietary drivers. In essence,
the @#$%! thing is a WinSBLive.
I've replaced it with a retail version, and all is working properly.
Since this was a new system, I plan to return the original for credit.
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 01:44:18PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote:
> I'm attempting to configure ALSA on a new system with a SBLive card.
> The old box (dead with a fried motherboard) also had a SBLive, so I
> basically just copied the configuration files over. At this point I'm
> not getting any error or warning messages, and ALSA appears to load
> with no problems whatsoever. The sound device permissions all look
> good, and everything under /proc/asound seems normal. I've run
> alsamixer, and ensured that all of the volume controls are set to
> audible levels. I've tried kernel versions 2.4.20 and 2.4.21-pre[67],
> compiled both with gcc 2.95 and 3.3.
>
> Unfortunately, when I attempt to play something no sound results. The
> player doesn't indicate any errors, but completes in a greatly
> accelerated timeframe. For example, mpg123 and xmms both report
> successful completion of a 3 minute mp3 file in approximately 10
> seconds.
>
> Any suggestions for what I should be looking at? Thanx!
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