I have been trying to always remember to check the mixer whenever I recompiled or reran any config scripts. Every playback control is turned up.
# amixer Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Rear Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Simple mixer control 'PCM Out Path & Mute',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'pre 3D' 'post 3D' Item0: 'pre 3D' Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Front Right: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 12 [39%] [on] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 12 [80%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mix' 'Mic' Item0: 'Mix' Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [on] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Analog/Digital Output Jack',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Output Bias',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback ',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Paul On 9/14/06, Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 14 September 2006 00:07, Paul Moss wrote: > >Thanks, Gene, for the input. > > > >So you think that my having added a possible module for emu10k1 is > >causing the problem? The module is never actually loaded. > > Ok, thats what I get for running on only 1/4 of a clue... > > >The module > >that gets loaded is the snd_emu10k1x module. > > That should be correct. > > >I can try recompiling > >the kernel with the regular emu10k1 driver removed completely. You > >are correct about Dell having a special version of that, but I am > >pretty sure that Alsa's new emu10k1x driver should work with it. At > >least the docs claim it does ;) > > The alsa folks don't generally make empty claims. :) > > I think the next thing I'd do is run alsamixer and see if its muted, that > is the default. Read the man page first so you are refreshed on howto > make it show you stuff. > > >Also, I'm not sure what you mean about not using the snd prefix. I tried > ># modprobe emu10k1x > > > >just to see what would happen but it gave me > >FATAL: Module emu10k1x not found. > > > >Is there something else I need to do to not use the snd version? > > Nah, just ignore me in this case. That was older syntax. > > >Here is my lsmod output showing just the modules I have loaded. I > >don't know what most of them are, but the snd_emu10k1x module is > >there: > ># lsmod > >Module Size Used by > >snd_pcm_oss 36768 0 > >snd_mixer_oss 14336 2 snd_pcm_oss > >intel_agp 18076 1 > >snd_emu10k1x 13860 1 > >snd_rawmidi 17184 1 snd_emu10k1x > >snd_seq_device 6284 1 snd_rawmidi > >snd_ac97_codec 83364 1 snd_emu10k1x > >snd_pcm 59656 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1x,snd_ac97_codec > >snd_timer 17028 1 snd_pcm > >snd 41444 8 > >snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1x,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac9 > >7_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 6752 2 snd > >snd_ac97_bus 2048 1 snd_ac97_codec > >snd_page_alloc 7688 2 snd_emu10k1x,snd_pcm > >fglrx 388908 0 > >agpgart 26032 2 intel_agp,fglrx > > Looks to me like you've got the right stuff loaded. > > >Thanks. > > Lee, I think this ones now in your ballpark, sorry. > > >Paul > > > >Paul > > > >On 9/13/06, Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wednesday 13 September 2006 22:55, Paul Moss wrote: > >> >I have been trying for quite some time to get my DELL (bah!!) > >> >Soundblaster Live card to work. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. > >> > As far as I can tell from looking at the config and just about > >> >everything else I've found to look at, the sounds is working. > >> > > >> >The problem, of course, is that absolutely no sound is coming out of > >> >the speakers. I've upped the volume in alsamixer. I've run alsaconf. > >> > I've downloaded the 1.0.12rc3 alsa tars and installed those. (not in > >> >that order) As far as I've seen there have been no obvious errors > >> >while I did any of that. And yet there is still no sound. > >> > >> IIRC I read someplace that the Dell supplied SBLive cards needed a > >> special driver. > >> > >> Looking at the options in a 'make xconfig' for the 2.6.18-rc7 kernel > >> (yeah, I have spare blood most of the time), there is the Emu10K1 > >> driver, and the Emu10k1X driver that is special for the Dell OEM cards. > >> I'd assume that you would rmmod snd-emu10k1, then > >> > >> modprobe snd-emu10k1x > >> > >> to give that driver a try. And its possible the snd- prefix is new, so > >> if that doesn't work, try it without the snd- prefix. But IIRC the > >> seperate driver for Dells has been around for about a year, maybe more. > >> > >> >I have absolutely no idea where to turn next. Can anyone provide me > >> >with any pointers? I've attached the output of aadebug. > >> > > >> >Thank you for anything you can suggest. I really have no idea what to > >> >try next. > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above > message by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? 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