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#1 2006-05-26 06:20:41
- peque
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Soundblaster problems.
Hi guys.
After building my desktop up with arch, I come up with a funny problem.
I got a creative soundblaster 5.1 soundcard. I found the wiki about this one, but after follwing this guide my sound sometimes working. But normally after a restart i doesn't work anyway. I run with digital output.
What can I do to make this work anytimes I restart my machine????
The wiki guide i Follow: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA_Setup
I mean I also got a onboard soundcard, but I only use this for headphones?
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#2 2006-05-26 22:58:28
- renners1
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
Don't forget "alsactl store" once you've got everything working right. This should save your settings over restart.
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#3 2006-05-26 23:02:58
- twiistedkaos
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
Yes; as root type the following:
alsactl storethen go to your rc.conf file and in Daemons() add:
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#4 2006-05-27 15:33:19
- peque
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
Those things i do, everytime I´ll have to restart becaurse there´s no sound.
Both alsactl store and I have added alsa in rc.conf.
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#5 2006-05-28 10:12:35
- Lone_Wolf
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
If i understand correctly you have 2 soundcards in your system (onboard + soundblaster 5.1) and want to use both of them.
some things to test :
- When you remove the SB card, does the onboard sound work ?
- If you disable the onboard sound (in your PC BIOS) , does the SB card work ?
- When both are present, is one of them giving sounds or none ?
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#6 2006-05-28 11:55:48
- peque
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
When both on - SB working.
Remove SB - onboard working
disable onboard - SB working.
The problem is that I'm using digital output. But it dosent remember thaqt each time i start my machine
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#7 2006-05-28 15:08:36
- Lone_Wolf
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
Ok, looks like i misunderstood the problem.
Almost at the bottom of the alsa setup wiki is a part listing 3 ways to have digital output. It'sTitled Getting SPDIF Output.
All 3 look like they should work after every boot, have you tried them ?
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#8 2006-05-28 16:33:55
- peque
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
Jup - that's why I'm writing here!
Caurse its kind of funny it kepps doing that.. each 4times or so I start the machine thereś only sound ind the headphones
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#9 2006-05-28 22:16:21
- sash
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Re: Soundblaster problems.
I use multiple sound cards in Arch. Given, I don't use digital out, but both cards are working upon boot. Let me know if I can be of any help.
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