I have a Debian linux box with a Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum sound card and Klipsh (sp?) 5.1 surround speakers. I'm using the 2.4.16, 2.4.18 and 2.5.11 kernels.
I've downloaded the alsa driver 0.90beta12 and followed the directions carefully. In both the 2.4.16 and 2.4.18 (didn't try with 2.5.11) kernels, the emu10k1 driver modules compiled correctly and I was able to install them without a problem. Lsmod shows everything is fine. Here's the problem: when I try to use the sound (playing a CD, for example), there is nothing until I *open* a mixer (any of gmix, amixer or alsamixer). Once I just open a mixer, I suddenly get sound, but only out of the subwoofer. Playing around with the different mixer settings doesn't change this. The mixer settings are saved when I log out, and are no longer muted (the default when you compile the modules and insert them). I've tried compiling the kernels with sound in the kernel and as a module, with and without oss, with and without the emu10k1 driver (the kernel version). I also tried compiling the 2.5.11 kernel with the emu10k1 driver (I believe this is the alsa driver) with the same result - only the subwoofer works. I know the speakers are wired up to the soundcard correctly. They work when I boot up win2k (shudder!). Is there something I'm missing here? I haven't found anything in the archives which address this particular problem. A google search turned up a few leads which were dead ends. Should I be using some particular option when inserting the module? I tried the last option listed in the INSTALL text file (for "5.1+Live"), but the result was the same. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Jeff Thunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
