Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:56:58 +0100 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: Fw: PROBLEM: SB Live! 5.1 (emu10k1, rev. 0a) doesn't work with 2.6.15 |
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At Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:54:22 +0000, Nick Warne wrote: > > > > i've compiled vanilla 2.6.15 and my sound card doesn't work anymore. > > > i can see it in kmix (and adjust the volumes, too), it appears in > > > dmesg (at ALSA devices), xmms & mplayer doesn't say anything about > > > errors, but it doesn't make any sound. > > > the onboard soundcard, via8233, works well with the same 2.6.15. > > > sb live! works well with 2.6.14.2 and previous. > > > i'm using an updated Slackware. > > > > > > if you have any questions i'll answer. > > > > First check /proc/asound/cards to see whether the emu10k1 model is > > detected properly. If '[Unknown]' is shown, your model is not > > listed in the whitelist. > > > > There was a bug that the front control conflicts with ac97 and emu10k1 > > dsp which was already fixed in the latest version (at least on > > 2.6.16-rc3). > > For what it is worth, I had issues with my SB Live! but as this all > (appeared) to start when my CPU died and I had to reset BIOS or if I > did indeed move up to 2.6.15 at around the same time I can't remember > (2.6.15 release and CPU died all around same date) - refer to the > following: > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/11/4 > > As stated the solution for me was to update alsa-utils and alsa-libs > which fixed the issues I was getting - I found that if one of the > 'controls' (15, I think?) was invalid at boot, all the volume settings > in alsamixer got set to '0' (i.e. mute/turned off) - no sound.
Such a problem is usually because of init script rather alsa-lib version. It should call alsactl with -F option.
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