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New Card (was Re: [Alsa-user] static)
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From: Jason G. <jg...@an...> - 2006-04-07 18:05:58
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EmIScA wrote: > I'd buy the live platinum..... :-D > > Jason Greene ha scritto: >> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Friday 07 April 2006 09:37, Jason Greene wrote: >>>> Gene Heskett wrote: >>>>> On Thursday 06 April 2006 17:19, Jason Greene wrote: >>>>>> I just install the SB Audigy SE on a Slackware 10.2 machine. All I >>>>>> get is static when I play a file. >>>>> Take it back, its a software thing only. Get an "audigy 2 value" in >>>>> place of it, works great. Uses the latest emu10k1 drivers, and must >>>>> have alsa-lib-1.0.11rc2-1.i386.rpm (or newer) installed >>>>> >>>>>> I had a CM8738 and it was working until yesterday.. so I know my >>>>>> files are good. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm running a server and this is used for our "Hold" music so I >>>>>> don't have a GUI. >>>>>> >>>>>> What can I do to clear the static using the commandline? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>> Probably good advice... really what I need is a simple Sound Blaster >>>> PCI 16-bit stereo card. you know ... the $15 cards.... problem >>>> is... no one carries them. >>> >>> Will, I paid $60 for mine (SBLive value) when it was new many years >>> ago, but I see stuff from turtle beach for about $30 at circuit city >>> most of the time, so maybe one of those might work. >>> >>> I take it the CM8738 didn't pass the borscht test? Thats the acronym >>> (I think I spelled it right) the telco folks use to describe some of >>> the simulated lightning strike tests they do on their stuff. Hooking >>> an audio card up to a phone line without some good isolation >>> transformers will usually get the stuff 'tested' sooner or later. >>> Thats a very long antenna to pick up the emp's from lightning strikes >>> with. Even when its all buried like ours is here in Weston WV it >>> will eat a modem per year maybe more. >>> >>> I finally put a stop to all that by getting the biggest, everything >>> included, wall mounted surge arrestor/short drop cord, and everything >>> in this room except the local cables & one piece of cat5, goes thru >>> this thing. In effect, the whole room can bounce 200 kilovolts above >>> or below ground, but it all bounces in unison and there is no damage. >>> The surge arrestor keeps everything within about 150 volts of >>> anything else. >>> >>> That one piece of cat5 goes out to my workshop so my milling machines >>> cnc computer has net access. If I think of it, I'll unplug it from >>> the switch when it gets noisey out, but I've forgotten it enough >>> times now that it appears to have passed the test. That knocking >>> sound? Thats me, knocking on wood. :) One shouldn't mock mother >>> nature, cause thats a dare to her. :( >>> >> OK, I called my local pc shop and they have several Sound blaster >> cards. Which would work best? Which ones has the fewest driver issues >> >> SB Audigy 2 $65 (new) >> SB Audigy Digital $65 (new) >> SB Live Platinum $15 (used) >> SB Live $15 (used) >> SB Live 5.1 Digital $15 (used) >> >> I'm not looking for high-end stuff... this is only for "hold music" >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Als...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user OK, I put in the SB Live card. It has the emu10k1 chip on it alsaconf still won't see the card. Slackware 10.2 standard install alsa-driver-1.0.9b Any Ideas what could be going on? root@mail:~# lspci | grep audio 01:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04) root@mail:~# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted emu10k1 59020 0 (unused) sound 56616 0 [emu10k1] ac97_codec 13556 0 [emu10k1] soundcore 3652 7 (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound] parport_pc 16196 1 (autoclean) lp 6628 0 (autoclean) parport 25064 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] ipt_LOG 3480 1 (autoclean) ipt_state 568 1 (autoclean) ip_conntrack 19272 0 (autoclean) [ipt_state] iptable_filter 1772 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 12096 3 [ipt_LOG ipt_state iptable_filter] eepro100 19540 1 mii 2400 0 [eepro100] usb-ohci 19496 0 (unused) usbcore 62220 1 [usb-ohci] emu10k1-gp 1288 0 (unused) gameport 1484 0 [emu10k1-gp] pcmcia_core 41924 0 aic7xxx 149688 2 ide-scsi 10192 0 -- -- Regards. Jason Greene Angelus Press IT Manager 2915 Forest Avenue Kansas City, MO 64109-1516 1.800.966.7337 x306 1.816.753.3557 (fax) www.angeluspress.org |