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#1 2005-07-21 10:47:51

sprintf
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Sound Blaste Live: no sound

i have the following

[root@generix ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_emu10k1           120324  0
snd_rawmidi            26784  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device          8972  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_util_mem            4992  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               9760  1 snd_emu10k1
uhci_hcd               33808  0
ehci_hcd               37256  0
analog                 12576  0
ns558                   6020  0
gameport               17160  3 analog,ns558
parport_pc             29124  0
parport                38600  1 parport_pc
pcspkr                  4172  0
rtc                    14156  0
snd_ca0106             31268  1
pci_hotplug            30788  0
snd_intel8x0           34752  1
snd_ac97_codec         83960  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_ca0106,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            55456  0
snd_mixer_oss          20480  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                97796  5 snd_emu10k1,snd_ca0106,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              27012  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd                    60388  15 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_ca0106,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10848  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10244  4 snd_emu10k1,snd_ca0106,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
forcedeth              20480  0
ohci_hcd               23044  0
i2c_amd756              6788  0
i2c_core               22784  1 i2c_amd756
usbcore               127740  4 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
tsdev                   8384  0
evdev                  10240  0
[root@generix ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce CPU bridge (rev b2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 220/420 Memory Controller (rev b2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 220/420 Memory Controller (rev b2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01aa (rev b2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce ISA Bridge (rev c3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce PCI System Management (rev c1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce USB Controller (rev c3)
00:03.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce USB Controller (rev c3)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Ethernet Controller (rev c2)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01b0 (rev c2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio (rev c2)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce PCI-to-PCI bridge (rev c2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce IDE (rev c3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce AGP to PCI Bridge (rev b2)
01:07.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem
01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs: Unknown device 0007
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2 - nForce GPU] (rev b1)

volume levels are @ or above 3, but still no sound, please help


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#2 2005-07-21 14:13:16

max_sipos
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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

That is odd that lspci returns Creative Labs: Unknown device 0007.
I have an Sb Live! and my lspci output is

00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08)

Here are the modules I have loaded:

snd_emu10k1           120324  2
snd_rawmidi            26784  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device          8972  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         83960  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm_oss            55456  0
snd_mixer_oss          20480  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                97796  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              27012  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10244  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem            4992  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               9760  1 snd_emu10k1
snd                    60388  13 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore              10848  1 snd

Did you execute alsaconf? Try alsamixer also and make sure all channels are unmuted (by default most of them are mute).[/code]

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#3 2005-07-21 15:26:25

jackmetal
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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

I know you've probably already verified this, but thought I'd mention it on the off chance:  your user is in the audio group?  /etc/group


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#4 2005-07-22 00:49:15

sprintf
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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

thx for the replies big_smile

sorry to bother you guys. even though the volume level was on 3 in kmix but when i pushed it up further the sound worked fine but the midi wont work @all

sb live has built in midi caps, doesnt it?


can any one help me with settingup the midi


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#5 2005-07-22 00:51:49

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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

have you tried snd-emu10k1x? it's a module for some OEM version of the SB Live and it might be worth a shot.

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#6 2005-07-22 01:26:53

sprintf
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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

oh, mine isnt oem version, its a pci card


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#7 2005-07-22 02:24:20

Snowman
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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. It's not related to pci.  Try iBertus' suggestion to modprobe snd-emu10k1x.

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#8 2005-07-24 18:52:21

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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

What kernel are you using? I had similar problems with the SB Live and the 2.6.12 kernel. It worked again after rolling it back to 2.6.11.

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#9 2005-07-24 21:59:01

sprintf
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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

big_smile  using 2.6.12. i am not entirely sure that i have all the s/w mecanics setup correctly.


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#10 2005-07-24 22:57:52

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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

You might also want to try timidity. It should be in the repos.

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#11 2005-07-24 23:34:26

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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

The thing with getting the midi working with SB Live is a bit more complex. The reason is that sblive has a wavetable synthesizer midi, where you can load SF2 (soundfont) banks. 3 banks (2MB, 4MB, 8MB) are provided on the driver CD.

There is some software (I forget the name ATM) which can be used to load these soundfonts into the bank. I think that you need to load those every time you boot (rc.local is good idea, or rc.d script). The soundfont files are stored in RAM so bigger banks will give better quality with more RAM used.

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#12 2005-07-26 20:02:08

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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

OK, the package is awesfx and it is available in the AUR. Once installed, use sfxload <BANK> (for OSS) or asfxload <BANK> (for ALSA) to load the SF2 (these banks should be on your driver CD). I've added this info to the wiki at:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SB_Live%21_Midi

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#13 2005-07-28 07:19:33

sprintf
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Re: Sound Blaste Live: no sound

thx buddy, i'll try it later


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