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Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

emu 0404 alsa

Hello I have a Creative Emu 0404 card, It should be supported in the latest alsa release 1.0.15, But I have no idea how to shut off my, curren onboard intel ch5 soundcard and swith to the emu 0404, anyone that could help?

Bestiapeluda

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-10-16

Posts: 181

Re: emu 0404 alsa

You should do that in your computer´s BIOS
Probably under "Integrated Peripherials"

Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Well I have turned of my integrated card, but when I start the computer alsa says, No soundcard found...

chown

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Registered: 2007-11-11

Posts: 6

Re: emu 0404 alsa

paste the output of lsmod please.

Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Module                  Size  Used by
snd_emu10k1           133312  0
snd_rawmidi            19232  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec         95268  1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus                2432  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_util_mem            3840  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               7300  1 snd_emu10k1
ipv6                  251556  10
radeon                122400  2
drm                    71572  3 radeon
ext2                   56840  1
snd_seq_oss            29312  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46800  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
usbhid                 39744  0
hid                    28032  1 usbhid
ff_memless              5256  1 usbhid
usb_storage            80192  0
snd_pcm_oss            36896  0
snd_mixer_oss          14464  1 snd_pcm_oss
firewire_ohci          15360  0
firewire_core          36288  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               2304  1 firewire_core
ppdev                   7684  0
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snd_seq_device          6924  4 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_timer              19332  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
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shpchp                 29332  0
pci_hotplug            26784  1 shpchp
parport_pc             35556  1
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ppp_generic            23828  0
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sg                     26652  0
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processor              27992  1 thermal
fan                     4100  0
button                  6544  0
battery                10248  0
ac                      4356  0
usbcore               123016  5 usbhid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ext3                  119560  1
jbd                    54440  1 ext3
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sr_mod                 14756  0
cdrom                  33952  1 sr_mod
generic                 4740  0 [permanent]
ide_core              111172  2 usb_storage,generic
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ata_piix               13572  3
libata                105840  2 sata_via,ata_piix

I loaded the sound modules manually, but when I run alsamixer I get

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

Last edited by Tigertailz (2007-11-18 12:49:51)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: emu 0404 alsa

I wrote wiki article on ALSA - see that for lots of tips.

Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

Re: emu 0404 alsa

The card seems to be detected as 02:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value

I followed your tutorial, and the other ALSA one, might it be that i have broken udev autodetec when I ran, alsaconfig ?

chown

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Registered: 2007-11-11

Posts: 6

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Well it looks like the emu 0404 PCI is having some problems with the drivers.
This is the first revision that it was added. There are  people with this same error.
There is a patch maybe you can use it with ABS.
here is the link to the patch.
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa- … hp?id=3496
Maybe someone can take it from here.
I am not sure how to go about it. Good luck.

Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Thx chown, I have no idea how to work with those patches, so help would really be appriciated

chown

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Registered: 2007-11-11

Posts: 6

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Let me see if I can stumble though.
Don't think I am going to be anymore help.
I am still learning the ABS stuff.
Sorry about that.

Last edited by chown (2007-11-18 14:16:48)

Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Wait, il try to compile and install alsa-driver-hg20071117.tar.bz2

it should be fixed there,

didnt help

Last edited by Tigertailz (2007-11-18 14:04:42)

Goophy

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Registered: 2005-09-21

Posts: 34

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Any news on this one?
Newest snapshop fails with 'emu1010: Loading Hana Firmware file failed, reg=0x7f'.

I have no idea why it fails, the right fw-file was found and it is supposed to be correct too.

Any tips?

Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Woho ! I finally got sound working compiling the latest snapshot from the hg repostory, so now it works! Only one slight problem sound is being played too fast! or at a to hig pitch, ideas?

edit: changing samplerate in alsamixer to 44100hz fixed it

Last edited by Tigertailz (2008-01-27 12:44:39)

Soupbean

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From: China

Registered: 2008-02-21

Posts: 2

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Re: emu 0404 alsa

Hey Goophy,

did you manage to get it working? i'm getting the same error message that you were using Alsa version 1.0.16.

Goophy

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Registered: 2005-09-21

Posts: 34

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Hey Goophy,

did you manage to get it working? i'm getting the same error message that you were using Alsa version 1.0.16.

No, but a newer identical card worked fine, so I guess there are at least two versions with small differences.
I just sold it and bought a 0404 USB.

Raccoon1400

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-04-14

Posts: 853

Re: emu 0404 alsa

Is this the USB card or the PCI one?
I have the USB card and always wanted it to work in linux.
I can get sound through mine in Arch, but it sounds terrible

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Goophy

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Registered: 2005-09-21

Posts: 34

Re: emu 0404 alsa

The sound is probably bad because of the samplerate which is 48kHz by default on the E-mu.
Just upsample everything and you should be fine.
(mplayer foo.mp3 -srate 48000)