Thanks for your patience. No it just rest silent and here two successive audioctl, no movement in the play sensor.
$ audioctl name=SB Live! version=0x00 config=emuxki encodings=ulinear:8,mulaw:8*,alaw:8*,slinear:8*,slinear_le:16,ulinear_le:16*,slinear_be:16*,ulinear_be:16* properties=full_duplex,mmap,independent full_duplex=0 fullduplex=0 blocksize=8192 hiwat=8 lowat=6 output_muted=0 monitor_gain=0 mode=play play.rate=48000 play.channels=2 play.precision=16 play.encoding=slinear_le play.gain=255 play.balance=32 play.port=0x0 play.avail_ports=0x0 play.seek=0 play.samples=0 play.eof=0 play.pause=0 play.error=0 play.waiting=0 play.open=1 play.active=0 play.buffer_size=65536 play.block_size=8192 play.errors=0 record.rate=48000 record.channels=2 record.precision=16 record.encoding=slinear_le record.gain=255 record.balance=32 record.port=0x1 record.avail_ports=0x7 record.seek=0 record.samples=0 record.eof=0 record.pause=0 record.error=0 record.waiting=0 record.open=0 record.active=0 record.buffer_size=65536 record.block_size=8192 record.errors=0 $ audioctl name=SB Live! version=0x00 config=emuxki encodings=ulinear:8,mulaw:8*,alaw:8*,slinear:8*,slinear_le:16,ulinear_le:16*,slinear_be:16*,ulinear_be:16* properties=full_duplex,mmap,independent full_duplex=0 fullduplex=0 blocksize=8192 hiwat=8 lowat=6 output_muted=0 monitor_gain=0 mode=play play.rate=48000 play.channels=2 play.precision=16 play.encoding=slinear_le play.gain=255 play.balance=32 play.port=0x0 play.avail_ports=0x0 play.seek=0 play.samples=0 play.eof=0 play.pause=0 play.error=0 play.waiting=0 play.open=1 play.active=0 play.buffer_size=65536 play.block_size=8192 play.errors=0 record.rate=48000 record.channels=2 record.precision=16 record.encoding=slinear_le record.gain=255 record.balance=32 record.port=0x1 record.avail_ports=0x7 record.seek=0 record.samples=0 record.eof=0 record.pause=0 record.error=0 record.waiting=0 record.open=0 record.active=0 record.buffer_size=65536 record.block_size=8192 record.errors=0 2009/7/29 Alexandre Ratchov <a...@caoua.org> > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 06:40:11PM +0200, jean-francois wrote: > > I still could'nt ear anything, I don't understand what wrong I am doing. > > The integrated MB card is not detected at all thought I could look after > > the bios settings, however not necessary and I prefer to use the SB Live > > if this is something possible. > > > > ok, could you run ``cat /dev/arandom >/dev/audio'' in > background (or in another window) and then: > > run ``audioctl'' few times and check that play.pause=0, > play.active=1, play.samples is increasing and play.errors > stays around 0. I'm interested in getting two samples of the > output of audioctl. > > then, check that your speakers work and are properly > connected and start tweaking mixerctl as follows (the above > command should continue running): > > set all continous knobs to the maximum (255), set to ``off'' all > ``mute'' knobs. Switch on/off other knobs outputs.extamp, > outputs.spacial, try different combinations... > > you should end up hearing a heavy ``static'' noise. Let me > know if it works. > > -- Alexandre