On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:
> Paul M Foster wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 08:06:28PM -0400, Pete Theisen wrote:
>
>>> I had a Yamaha something or other sound card on this old Ubuntu box (P
>>> II 400 mHz, 394 ram) that *didn't* work*. Now I have an Audigy SB0090 in
>>> it that doesn't work. Maybe it's my breath?
>>>
>>> I feel like it should work, though. If I pull the plug out or plug it in
>>> there is static sound from the (minimal) speakers so something is at
>>> least possible.
>>>
>>> Are there drivers for sound cards in Linux like in Winders? My other
>>> (all Linux) boxes just work. Been so long that sound didn't work on an
>>> install that I don't remember much about it.
>>
>> Yes, there are "drivers" in Linux, but they are typically kernel
>> modules. You need a program which will look at the sound card, set up
>> the config and load the proper driver. Try alsaconf. BTW, if your sound
>> is turned down all the way, you won't know whether the card's working
>> anyway. Try alsamixer or similar.
>
> I was messing with that, didn't get anything out of it.
Level and muting are independent. That's gotten me before. Plus, other
switches can affect whether you get sound or not. Play with them; you may
have to do 2^n trials for n switches. Frex, on mine:
Headphone LFE 1 off
Headphone Center 1 off
Tone off
3D Control - Switch off
Mic Boost (+20dB) off
Mic Select Mic1
IEC958 Optical Raw off
External Amplifier off
SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack off
Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo off
Sigmatel Output Bias off
Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback off
But, "Sigmatel Surround" is unmuted and at -27 dB, and "IEC958 LiveDrive" is
at -17.6 dB. Hmm, I wonder if they need to be. Time for more
experimentation, methinks.
Anyway, I found the proper setting for the switches and sliders by trying
various settings and seeing what, when changed, made some or all of the
speakers silent.
>>> The CD wire doesn't fit but I am not trying to play a CD.
>>
>> I have no idea what this means.
>
> There is a pair of wires, actually three, that come from the CD drive. The
> plug on the Audigy marked CD doesn't fit the plug on the three wires.
Only required to play a CD where the drive does the D->A conversion, and all
the card does is amplify the analog stream it's given. Without that
connection, you can usually play a CD by having the drive read it normally
and your sound card do a D->A conversion and amplify it.
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