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Redroar

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Sound Blaster Live - No Sound (Using ALSA) [SOLVED]

I have just recently started using Arch...I love it. Previously used Gentoo and others. My only issue right now is that I have no sound...I had this same issue with Fedora on this computer, and ended up using my mainboard sound, but I'd rather not have to do that.

Here's it's lspci -n output, if necessary: 1102:0007
The module it uses is the snd_ca0106, and it is confirmed running under lsmod.
Alsamixer shows IEC958C, F, R, and U. It shows analog C, F, R, and S. It is unmuted, with all volumes at 70%. There is no master or PCM channel.

aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
gives no output.

Any help would be much appreciated.

EDIT: I am a member of the audio group. And all tests were performed as user and root.

Last edited by Redroar (2008-03-17 21:04:29)

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Echo

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Re: Sound Blaster Live - No Sound (Using ALSA) [SOLVED]

Try using a specific device with aplay to see if you have better luck. You can get the device names with

$aplay -L

.

Then insert the results of the above into your command w/aplay. Something like:

aplay -D iec958:CARD=0,DEV=0 Front_Center.wav

The above is an example for digital out on my Audigy X-Fi Xtreme Audio card (which uses the same module as your card).

See if that helps.

Edit: Are you trying for analog out or digital?

Last edited by Echo (2008-03-17 19:02:47)

Redroar

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Re: Sound Blaster Live - No Sound (Using ALSA) [SOLVED]

Analog out, 5.1 speaker system.

I tried that, and it gave me an error:

$ aplay -D surround51:card=CA0106,DEV=0 Front_Center.wav
ALSA lib conf.c:3840:(parse_args) Unknown parameter card
ALSA lib conf.c:3966:(snd_config_expand) Parse arguments error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround51:card=CA0106,DEV=0
aplay: main:546: audio open error: No such file or directory

Here's the output of aplay -L:

$ aplay -L
default:CARD=CA0106
    CA0106, CA0106
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    Front speakers
rear:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    Rear speakers
center_lfe:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    Center and Subwoofer speakers
side:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    Side speakers
surround40:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
    CA0106, CA0106
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=NVidia
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

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Redroar

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Re: Sound Blaster Live - No Sound (Using ALSA) [SOLVED]

SOLVED: After running alsaconf and muting IEC958 it works perfectly

Thank you for the help.

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Re: Sound Blaster Live - No Sound (Using ALSA) [SOLVED]

Redroar,

So all 5 speakers work now?

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