Can't seem to get sound blaster audigy to work ~

[mr_coffee]

Hello everyone, i have a Soundblaster audigy, u can see what type in mysignature. I am running Mandriva 2006 and the sound isn't working at all, i had this problem before awhie ago when i tried to first install mandriva 2006 powerpack but i just reb00ted and it fixed the problem automatically. I did a clean install again to fix my internet connection, so sound again doesn't work. This time the reb00ting isn't fixing it!

 

Under Sound Configuration it says:

HEre u can select an alternative driver (either OSS or ALSA) for your sound card (Creative Labs|EMU10K2 Audigy Audio Process). Your card currently uses the ALSA "snd-emu10k1" driver (default driver for your sound card is "snd-emu10k1"

 

It also shows a OSS driver called , Audigy, and another one called emu10k1, i tried both of them, both didn't work either!

 

Linux reads it as:

Identification

Vendor: ‎Creative Labs

 

Description: ‎EMU10K2 Audigy Audio Processor

 

Media class: ‎MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO

 

Connection

Bus: ‎PCI

 

Bus PCI #: ‎2

 

PCI device #: ‎5

 

PCI function #: ‎0

 

Vendor ID: ‎4354

 

Device ID: ‎4

 

Sub vendor ID: ‎4354

 

Sub device ID: ‎8194

 

Driver

Module: ‎snd-emu10k1

 

Alternative drivers: ‎audigy, emu10k1

 

 

 

[root@mybox etc]# lspcidrake -v|fgrep AUDIO
snd-emu10k1	 : Creative Labs|EMU10K2 Audigy Audio Processor [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:1102 device:0004 subv:1102 subd:2002)
[root@mybox etc]# grep sound-slot /etc/modules.conf

 

This is suppose to tell me if my sound is muted or not:

[root@mybox etc]# aumix -q
aumix:  error opening mixer

 

 

Here is supppose to show me if my services can be run on int3?

[root@mybox etc]# /sbin/chkconfig --list sound
sound		   0:off   1:off   2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
[root@mybox etc]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa
alsa			0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

 

 

 

 

i'm not sure if this is helpful or not, it said in the sound trouble shooting it will show you if my driver i need is loaded or not:

 

[root@mybox etc]# /sbin/lsmod
Module				  Size  Used by
sg					 35676  0
nls_cp437			   6336  1
vfat				   11840  1
fat					47676  1 vfat
cpufreq_ondemand		7144  0
cpufreq_conservative	 8328  0
cpufreq_powersave	   2272  0
p4_clockmod			 5412  1
speedstep_lib		   4356  1 p4_clockmod
freq_table			  4672  1 p4_clockmod
raw					 7648  1
md5					 4576  1
ipv6				  247936  10
snd_emu10k1		   119972  0
snd_rawmidi			21312  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device		  7884  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec		 85180  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm				83812  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer			  22596  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc		  9384  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem			4256  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep			   7936  1 snd_emu10k1
snd					48644  7 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwde
p
soundcore			   8256  1 snd
parport_pc			 34020  1
lp					 11080  0
parport				33864  2 parport_pc,lp
ipt_IFWLOG			  3876  1
ipt_psd				44424  1
ip_set_iptree		   6568  2
ipt_REJECT			  5344  4
ipt_LOG				 7392  7
ipt_state			   2304  14
ipt_pkttype			 2176  4
ipt_set				 2912  2
ipt_CONNMARK			2688  0
ipt_MARK				2976  0
ipt_ROUTE			   5508  0
ipt_connmark			2208  0
ipt_owner			   3904  0
ipt_recent			 10412  0
ipt_iprange			 2304  0
ipt_physdev			 2736  0
ipt_multiport		   3104  0
ipt_conntrack		   2784  0
iptable_mangle		  3008  0
ip_set_portmap		  4864  0
ip_set_macipmap		 4772  0
ip_set_ipmap			4864  0
ip_set_iphash		   6948  0
ip_set				 20284  11 ip_set_iptree,ipt_set,ip_set_portmap,ip_set_macipmap,ip_set_ipmap,ip_set_iphash
ip_nat_irc			  2816  0
ip_nat_tftp			 2208  0
ip_nat_ftp			  3552  0
iptable_nat			21524  3 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_irc	   71376  1 ip_nat_irc
ip_conntrack_tftp	   4080  1 ip_nat_tftp
ip_conntrack_ftp	   72400  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack		   42504  9 ipt_state,ipt_conntrack,ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_conntra
ck_irc,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter		  3072  1
ip_tables			  22656  20 ipt_IFWLOG,ipt_psd,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,ipt_state,ipt_pkttype,ipt_set,ipt_CONNMARK
,ipt_MARK,ipt_ROUTE,ipt_connmark,ipt_owner,ipt_recent,ipt_iprange,ipt_physdev,ip
t
_multiport,ipt_conntrack,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
r8169				  23756  0
af_packet			  19272  0
floppy				 57108  1
eth1394				18536  0
video				  15076  0
thermal				11944  0
tc1100_wmi			  6084  0
processor			  19560  1 thermal
fan					 4164  0
container			   4000  0
button				  5840  0
battery				 8452  0
ac					  4260  0
ide_cd				 39172  0
ohci1394			   34068  0
ieee1394			  291832  2 eth1394,ohci1394
loop				   16072  0
nls_iso8859_1		   4672  2
ntfs				  215448  1
supermount			 33552  1
sr_mod				 16516  0
nvram				   9064  0
nvidia			   3696136  12
agpgart				30252  1 nvidia
usblp				  12096  0
tsdev				   7008  0
usbmouse				5184  0
usb_storage			83556  0
usbhid				 46464  0
ata_piix				8260  0
ehci_hcd			   31048  0
uhci_hcd			   30960  0
usbcore			   111612  7 usblp,usbmouse,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
evdev				   8672  0
ext3				  127784  2
jbd					54360  1 ext3
sd_mod				 17280  6
ahci					9860  4
libata				 43268  2 ata_piix,ahci
scsi_mod			  123560  6 sg,sr_mod,usb_storage,sd_mod,ahci,libata

 

 

THanks! :D

[ianw1974]

ALSA seems to be "off" in the services, which will probably be your problem. First:

 

chkconfig alsa on

 

to enable it. Then try rebooting and/or:

 

service alsa start

 

and check if sound is working now. If in X, restart X or logout and back in again and test it. If not, then from the command prompt, run:

 

alsaconf

 

run through and configure it, and then reboot and test again. Sounds might be muted though, so use KMix or alsamixer at command line to unmute everything.

[mr_coffee]

Hm....

I did what you said, and i got:

[root@mybox coffee]# service alsa start
ALSA driver (version 1.0.9b) is already running.
[root@mybox coffee]# alsaconf

 

ANd its saying alsaconf isn't a command any idea why?

 

Now i'm getting the following, still no sound:

[root@mybox coffee]# service alsa start
ALSA driver (version 1.0.9b) is already running.
[root@mybox coffee]# /sbin/chkconfig --list sound
sound		   0:off   1:off   2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
[root@mybox coffee]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa
alsa			0:off   1:off   2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
[root@mybox coffee]#

Edited February 19, 2006 by mr_coffee

[daniewicz]

Run kmix from the command line and make sure everything is unmuted.

[mr_coffee]

Run kmix from the command line and make sure everything is unmuted.

 

 

here is what my kmix shows:

[mr_coffee]

Hey guys, thanks it finally worked after another reB00t! but it sounds like hell, can someone post a screenshot of what their kmix looks like? mine is all jacked up to the highest on everything that might be why but i don't see any presets to change it. Or does anyone kknow of a website that says what a good balance is? Thanks again guys!

[daniewicz]

Try lowering PCM