[PlanetCCRMA] ALSA/Soundcard problems

[Tim Boulette]

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:

>On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 20:42 -0500, Tim Boulette wrote:
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>>Mark Knecht wrote:
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>>>On 11/6/05, Tim Boulette <tboulet1@maine.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>>Hi all,
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>>>>I'm a complete newbie to Linux and PlanetCCRMA, so I'm hoping you all can
>>>>bear with me if this is a simple question and I'm just missing it.  I'll
>>>>gladly accept all the help I can get.
>>>>
>>>>I've installed Fedora Core 3 (in fact, I've pretty much followed the
>>>>installation instructions from the Planet CCRMA website (http://ccrma
>>>>stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installtwosix.html) verbatim.
>>>>
>>>>My soundcard is a M-Audio Delta 66.  (Also have a VIA AC'97 on the mainboard
>>>>which I don't really use.)  The Delta 66 is working fine in WinXP.  During
>>>>FC3 installation, setup seems to identify the card, but when I test it I get
>>>>no sound.
>>>>
>>>>I've proceeded with installation anyway, hoping to fix the problem later,
>>>>but have been unsuccessful so far.  I've tried updating all FC3 components;
>>>>manually installing ALSA; and I've even tried alsaconf to manually set the
>>>>Delta 66 as my card -- all to no avail.
>>>>
>>>>Can anybody give me some ideas about how to solve this problem?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Tim
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>>>Folks would like to see your /etc/modprobe.conf file I'm sure. Also
>>>the output of lsmod, and possibly the output of
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>>>cat /proc/asound/cards
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>>>One thing some new folks miss is unmuting the card. Have you ran
>>>alsamixer and made sure that the card has volume up on the master and
>>>PCM cannels? (I'm assuming alsamixer works on that card...)
>>>
>>>- Mark
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>>Thanks to all who have written.  There's some overlapping ideas, so I 
>>copy you all on this response.
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>>Here's my modprobe.conf file:
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>>alias eth0 8139too
>>alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
>>alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
>>options snd-card-0 index=0
>>install snd-ice1712 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-ice1712 && 
>>/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>remove snd-ice1712 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
>>/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ice1712
>>alias snd-card-1 snd-via82xx
>>options snd-card-1 index=1
>>install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx && 
>>/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
>>/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx
>>alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
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>>Here's the output of cat /proc/asound/cards:
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>>0 [M66            ]: ICE1712 - M Audio Delta 66
>>                     M Audio Delta 66 at 0xb000, irq 12
>>1 [rev50          ]: VIA686A - VIA 82C686A/B rev50
>>                     VIA 82C686A/B rev50 at 0xa000, irq 12
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>>Hmm.  Interesting that the IRQ's are the same--again, they work in 
>>Windows XP.  I've made sure the card isn't muted (in fact, in 
>>frustration I'd turned every slider up full).  Peter, I'm NOT (yet) 
>>using envy24control.  That may be the answer, but (I'm embarassed to 
>>say) I can't figure out how to install it. 
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>It is part of the alsa-tools package, most probably you already have it
>installed ("rpm -q alsa-tools" to find out - "apt-get install
>alsa-tools" to install it). 
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>If you have it "envy24control" will start it from a terminal. 
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>-- Fernando
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I'm sorry -- I just realized I hadn't reinstalled the planetccrma 
package in my latest go-round.  Having done that, I now have the 
envy24control mixer running.  Still no sound, though.

Tim