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, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
