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