[Alsa-user] Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] problems on AMD64 with ALSA 1.0.9rc2

[Jules C. <co...@om...>]

Hi,

I have the above mentioned sound card installed in my dual 252 Opteron.
I have enabled ALSA and OSS emulation in the kernel and everything is
compiled in, no alsa modules. The card is correctly detected on boot-up
and apparently activated. 

Everything seems to be configured correctly according to the alsa guide
for Gentoo and all I could find at alsa-project and for Gnome. 

The problem is that I am only hearing cyclically repeating clicks, with
weak static noise in-between, when I am trying to play music. I have a
set of analog 2.1 speakers (Altec Lansing FX-6021) connected to the
analog output jack (Line Out 1) on the card.

It seems that my problems are the same as in this former post to the
list:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11662616

That thread concluded with no solution but to revert to OSS. Any ideas
on how to get ALSA sound working?


Thanks a lot in advance, 
  jules



The info below is all I could think of. Please ask for more if I forgot
something.

############## MISC Info ###################
** Operating system: 
	Gentoo AMD64 2005.0. Dual Opteron 252, 8GB RAM.

** lspci -vv:
0000:04:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350)
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (500ns min, 5000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 201
        Region 0: I/O ports at b800
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:04:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game Port
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64
        Region 0: I/O ports at bc00
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0000:04:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (500ns min, 1000ns max), cache line size 10
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at fa8fe800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Region 1: Memory at fa8f4000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

** dmesg:
[  113.393592] Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.9rc2  (Thu Mar 24 10:33:39 2005 UTC).
[  113.406602] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:0a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
[  113.424401] Installing spdif_bug patch: Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]
[  113.452191] ALSA device list:
[  113.464841]   #0: Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] (rev.4, serial:0x20021102) at 0xb800, irq 201

** amixer:
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Mono: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Tone',0
  Capabilities: pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback [on]
  Front Right: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Bass',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 40
  Mono: 20 [50%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'Treble',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 40
  Mono: 20 [50%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 15
  Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 15
  Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 55 [55%] Capture 55 [55%]
  Front Right: Playback 55 [55%] Capture 55 [55%]
Simple mixer control 'PCM Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Mono: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'PCM Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'PCM LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Mono: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'PCM Side',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'PCM Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Mono: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Mono: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'Side',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%]
Simple mixer control 'Synth',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line2',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 23 [74%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0
  Capabilities: pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Playback [off]
  Front Right: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Aux2',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Mix',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Audigy CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 74 [74%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Audigy SPDIF Output Sample Rate',0
  Capabilities:
  Mono:
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Front',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Rear',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Unknown',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Front',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Rear',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:
Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Unknown',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Mono: 207 [81%]
  Front Left:
  Front Right:

** /proc/asound/cards:
colding@omc-2 /proc/asound $ cat cards
0 [SB0350         ]: Audigy2 - Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]
                     Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] (rev.4, serial:0x20021102) at 0xb800, irq 201

** /proc/asound/version:
colding@omc-2 /proc/asound $ cat version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.9rc2  (Thu Mar 24 10:33:39 2005 UTC).

** /proc/asound/pcm:
colding@omc-2 /proc/asound $ cat pcm
00-00: emu10k1 : ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback : playback 32 : capture 1
00-01: emu10k1 mic : Mic Capture : capture 1
00-02: emu10k1 efx : Multichannel Capture/PT Playback : playback 8 : capture 1
00-03: emu10k1 : Multichannel Playback : playback 1
00-04: p16v : p16v : playback 1

** /proc/asound/oss/sndstat:
colding@omc-2 /proc/asound $ cat oss/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.9rc2 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux omc-2 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Fri Jul 22 01:38:23 CEST 2005 x86_64
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] (rev.4, serial:0x20021102) at 0xb800, irq 201

Audio devices:
0: ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback (DUPLEX)

Synth devices:
0: Emu10k1

Midi devices:
0: Audigy MPU-401 (UART)

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: SigmaTel STAC9750,51

** /proc/cpuinfo:
colding@omc-2 /proc $ cat cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 37
model name      : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 2590.321
cache size      : 1024 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm
bogomips        : 4964.35
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 37
model name      : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 2590.321
cache size      : 1024 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm
bogomips        : 5177.34
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp



-- 
Jules Colding
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