No sound, Soundblaster Live 24 and onboard chip

Menokh · 2007-09-30 20:26:28

Hey all.
I just installed Arch Linux "Don't Panic" and am typing this from my new shiny KDE installation. Thus far this forum and the wiki have been invaluable in getting everything up and running, and properly updated I am enjoying this distrbution greatly and love the way it does things.

However I do not have any sound. I followed the wiki in installing ALSA and looked around this forum to see if I could get help from other people previous problems, but no such luck. I have a Soundblaster Live 24 sound card installed in a PCI slot and an on board AC97 something that I have disabled in the BIOS(windows can't see, neither should Linux, right?).

I did a check of lspci and lsmod and it would seem as though Arch is not even aware fo this card hanging off of my motherboard.
The check of lspci found no relevent information, below is the lsmod

[menokh@bahamut ~]$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_ca0106             31072  1
snd_ac97_codec         95652  1 snd_ca0106
snd_rawmidi            19232  1 snd_ca0106
snd_seq_oss            29312  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46672  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6924  3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            37024  0
snd_pcm                69124  3 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19332  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14592  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    45028  12 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               6496  1 snd
ac97_bus                2432  1 snd_ac97_codec

Stranger still is the fact the alsa and KDE arts both think I have sound(but I do not get anything out fo my speakers), but I do not have a Master or PCM control, but do have a buch of seemingly useless controls listed for output, here is the output for the amixer command

Simple mixer control 'Line in',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Rear',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Unknown',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Rear',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Side',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Phone' 'Mic' 'Line in' 'Aux'
  Item0: 'Line in'
Simple mixer control 'CAPTURE feedback',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'Digital Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'IEC958 out' 'i2s mixer out' 'IEC958 in' 'i2s in' 'AC97 in' 'SRC out'
  Item0: 'i2s in'
Simple mixer control 'Shared Mic/Line in',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Line in' 'Mic in'
  Item0: 'Line in'

Any thoughts? And are there any other files or code snipets you'd like me to post?

dvh · 2007-10-06 14:43:46

I have a new HP s3020n desktop (AMD X2) with onboard sound, and I have the same problem. Arch seems to recognize that I have onboard sound, and lots of modules get loaded, but no sound. Also, alsamixer does not show a "master" or "PCM" control. Have you made any more progress on this issue?

-dvh

Menokh · 2007-10-07 04:29:17

Sadly no real progress.
I simply pulled the Soundblaster Live 24 out of the computer and am using the onboard sound instead which at least for me Arch recognized just fine.
I haven't been able to get any suggestions for why the Soundblaster was not working, but I am going to try another sound card a friend lent me and see what happens.

.:B:. · 2007-10-07 06:05:06

Soundblaster Live! 24 bit is quite a common card (and the chip is supported under Linux). I have it in my server, and it works fine (albeit with an older 2.6.21 kernel). Haven't tried the 2.6.22.x yet.

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#1 2007-09-30 20:26:28

No sound, Soundblaster Live 24 and onboard chip

#2 2007-10-06 14:43:46

Re: No sound, Soundblaster Live 24 and onboard chip

#3 2007-10-07 04:29:17

Re: No sound, Soundblaster Live 24 and onboard chip

#4 2007-10-07 06:05:06

Re: No sound, Soundblaster Live 24 and onboard chip

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