Guest daelomin Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hi all, I am writing here in hope that you can help me solve this ultimate newbie problem that is adding SO much to my frustration in using Linux... I have a Pentium 4 with an Audigy 2 as well as an ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe mobo. In the Madrake control center I have 2 cards : the Audigy (I hope) and the onboard one. First one (EMU10K2 Audigy Audio Processor) has the module : snd-emu10driverk1 Second (82801EB AC'97 Audio) has the module: snd-intel8x00 NO SOUND is coming out from any player (be it XMMS for Mp3 or Kaffeine for movies...) = No audio detected What the...? Me, frustrated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepes Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 first of let me say welcome to the board, second I too had this problem with mandrake 9.2 and my audigy 2. the first thing you should probably do is to disable your onboard sound card in the bios. I don't think mandrake (or any other os for that matter) can support to sound devices. second make sure that alsa is running as a service Unfortunately, if that doesn't solve your problem then I'm not sure I can be of much more help, but someone her should be able to work it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aioshin Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 yeah, check if alsa really run as a service..open a terminal window, then as a root type #chkconfig --list alsa ......... then check if 5: on, if not... #chkconfig --add alsa then try #alsaconf --------- the alsa configuration tool hope that helps B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daelomin Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 (edited) yeah, check if alsa really run as a service..open a terminal window, then as a root type #chkconfig --list alsa ......... then check if 5: on, if not... #chkconfig --add alsa then try #alsaconf --------- the alsa configuration tool hope that helps B) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks a lot for your help (and thanks for the warm welcome stepes). Alsa was NOT running as a service. It now is. Re-running the configuration of alsa didnt make much of a difference though... XMMS still doesnt recognize any audio hardware... Any other idea as to where to look? Edited March 2, 2005 by daelomin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daelomin Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 I should add that I *had* sound after I had played around with the available drivers but I lost it upon reboot (I think ...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Did you disable the onboard sound as stepes suggested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Aye, try plugging your speakers into your onboard for a moment, im betting that mandrake is using the onboard sound instead of the audigy. Thats why we have suggested disabling your onboard sound in your bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 I had a problem with my SoundBlaster Live! too...I tried changing the driver and stuff and it didn't work...I gave up...about a month later I again tried changing the driver...and it worked...so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Both Linux and other OSes (including Windows) are entirely capable of handling multiple soundcards (and have been for years). However, one is going to be the default. If you don't care about the onboard sound, I'd suggest disabling it in the BIOS first as has been suggested, then also editing /etc/modprobe.conf and ripping out any line which mentions snd-intel8x0. That'll stop Linux trying to do anything with your onboard sound, with any luck, and make it concentrate on the Audigy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daelomin Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I'd suggest disabling it in the BIOS first as has been suggested, then also editing /etc/modprobe.conf and ripping out any line which mentions snd-intel8x0. That'll stop Linux trying to do anything with your onboard sound, with any luck, and make it concentrate on the Audigy. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have disable the onboard audio at this point, re-ran ALSACONF, it is still NOT working and here is the current modprobe.conf # This file is autogenerated from /etc/modules.conf using generate-modprobe.conf command alias eth0 sk98lin remove snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k1 install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 alias eth2 eth1394 install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe sata_promise; /bin/true remove snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true alias eth1 eth1394 alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 remove ali5455 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove ali5455 install ali5455 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install ali5455 remove audigy /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove audigy install audigy /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install audigy remove nvaudio /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove nvaudio install nvaudio /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install nvaudio remove emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove emu10k1 install emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install emu10k1 alias snd-0 snd-emu10k1 # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.6 --- options snd device_mode=0666 alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daelomin Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I have been advised to clean up all sound related info and do a cold reboot to have kudzu autodetect the changes. Seemed like a great idea but hey, guess what, didnt work hehe When I go into the configuration manager, into devices and sound cards, I only have the audigy card now (the onboard being disabled) and here are the three available drivers I can use: snd-emu10k1 , audigy and emu10k1 Alsaconf gives this: # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.6 --- options snd device_mode=0666 alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- but it still (Ha-Ha) doesnt work. Am I doomed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daelomin Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I believe I might just switch to Debian :D I cant understand it for S***! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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