On Monday 13 February 2006 11:54, david merriman wrote: > david merriman wrote: > > Andrew Errington wrote: > >> You might want to be a little more specific: > >> > >> ISA/PCI > >> 8/16 bit > >> SoundBlaster or Random Taiwanese OEM > >> > >> otherwise you might end up with an 8-bit ISA SoundBlaster (which > >> ought to be in landfill, but is in fact in my junk box). > >> > >> By the way, there isn't a tiny switch on the microphone body that > >> mutes it by any chance...? > >> > >> Andy > > > > Got it sorted thanks; Lance Blackler has a spare card I can grab. > > > > You're right, it didn't occur to me what type of card I would need, > > but I was able to find the manufacturer's specs and get the info (I > > love Google :) ). > > > > And no, the mic itself doesn't have any switches. > > > > David > > OK, things are not sorted with this soundcard, as I'd hoped. > Unfortunately, the card Lance gave me, while it works, only produces > static, and the microphone still isn't working correctly. Obviously > something isn't set up correctly, but I don't know what. SuSE (9.3) > recognises the card. There appears to be no way of disabling the > internal card through the BIOS, and disabling it through YaST has no > effect. > > I need some help with this please, folks. I'm sure my friend is getting > a little frustrated (though he hasn't said it), as am I. I just don't > know enough about setting up soundcards in Linux to do it myself, and I > don't have the spare time I need right now to devote to get this card > working. Basically I'm floundering. Plus he lives on the other side of > town from me, so I can't just hop over the fence to try something out... > > Would someone be prepared to spend an hour or two (hopefully less) with > me round at my friend's house, perhaps this Saturday, and get this > machine sorted once and for all ? Suitable recompense will be > forthcoming, whatever you feel is appropriate. > > Any offers will be gratefully received :)
To be effective we need to know _exactly_ what this recalcitrant card is? for a start, as root, issue the command:- # lspci -v Now select the parts referring to the sound card and post it to the list. Note that there is a, hopefully remote, possibility that the particular device does not have a Linux driver. -- CS
