[PlanetCCRMA] ALSA/Soundcard problems

[tboulet1@maine.rr.com]

----- Original Message -----
From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Monday, November 7, 2005 12:51 pm
Subject: Re: [PlanetCCRMA] ALSA/Soundcard problems

> On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 23:17 -0500, Tim Boulette wrote:
> > Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > >On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 22:48 -0500, Tim Boulette wrote:
> > >>Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > >>>On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 20:42 -0500, Tim Boulette wrote:
> > >>>>Mark Knecht wrote:
> > >>>>>On 11/6/05, Tim Boulette <tboulet1@maine.rr.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>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?> >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>            
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>Folks would like to see your /etc/modprobe.conf file I'm 
> sure. Also
> > >>>>>the output of lsmod, and possibly the output of
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>cat /proc/asound/cards
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>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...)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>          
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>Here's the output of cat /proc/asound/cards:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>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
> > >>>>
> > >>>>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. 
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>>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). 
> > >>>
> > >>>If you have it "envy24control" will start it from a terminal. 
> > >>>
> > >>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.
> > >
> > >There is a tab with sliders for the analog outputs, are those up?
> > >What is it your are using to test sound output?
> > >
> > Under the "analog volume" tab, I've moved all sliders to max.  
> I'm using 
> > audio player, playing a .wav file.  When I push the play button, 
> I get 
> > the following popup error message:
> > 
> > "Please check that:
> > 
> > Your soundcard is configured properly
> > You have the correct output plugin selected
> > No other program is blocking the soundcard"
> 
> So... what output plugin do you have selected?
> See if you can start jack, for example, in a terminal do:
>   jackd -R -d alsa -d hw
> if it starts fine you could start Hydrogen, load a demo sequence 
> and see
> if you get sound. 
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
> 
> 

I've actually tried that already, although I've started Jack
(successfully) from the Applications > Music and Video in Gnome. 
Internally, Hydrogen seems to be playing -- the output meter on the
Hydrogen mixer indicates something's playing -- but it's just not going
to the Delta.  On envy24control, I've got every slider up full.  

-Tim