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heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

emu10k1 not working

I bought the new X-Fi XtremeGamer, but because of it not working at all with linux, and the fact that it crashes windows, I decided to put my old SBLive 5.1 back in. But now I can't seem to get it working again. I've been searching google for about an hour, but can't seem to find an answer. If I run alsaconf, it detects that I have a SBLive 5.1, but doesnt seem to configure it. I have snd-emu10k1 as a module in rc.conf.

[heleos@erebus ~]$ lsmod | grep '^snd'
snd_hda_intel         381992  2
snd_emu10k1           148448  0
snd_rawmidi            23328  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec        117720  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_util_mem            4608  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               8968  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_oss            32896  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7936  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                55680  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7956  4 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42144  0
snd_pcm                82184  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              22792  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9104  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          17024  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    57928  16 snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss

but when I run 'cat /proc/asound/modules' it's not detected.

[heleos@erebus ~]$ cat /proc/asound/modules
 0 snd_hda_intel
[heleos@erebus ~]$

edit: I've also tried disabling onboard sound, but then it shows no sound card at all.

Last edited by heleos (2008-01-11 04:15:12)

hightower

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Registered: 2006-04-02

Posts: 182

Re: emu10k1 not working

Hi,

what were the steps you took to install your card? Have you read the wiki entry? (ALSA)

hightower

heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

Re: emu10k1 not working

Yeah, I did all that. Like I said, it was working perfectly 2 days ago

hightower

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Registered: 2006-04-02

Posts: 182

Re: emu10k1 not working

Do you have a /etc/asound.conf - if yes then delete (Backup!) it as new alsa versions don't need it and often they do more harm than good.

Remove all sound related modules from /etc/rc.conf and delete all entries in /etc/modprobe.conf (Backup!). Disable the alsa daemon.
Then reboot and try alsaconf again.

hightower

heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

Re: emu10k1 not working

Did exactly what you said and still nothing.

cat /proc/asound/modules still only returns my onboard sound.

I finally got an error message when doing a manual modprobe

EMU10K1_Audigy: probe of 0000:05:02.0 failed with error -5

Last edited by heleos (2008-01-11 20:16:10)

hightower

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Registered: 2006-04-02

Posts: 182

Re: emu10k1 not working

A "lspci -v" output would help. Have you a Dell SB? There seem to be differences.

Check these sites:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Emu10k1
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Emu10k1x

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heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

Re: emu10k1 not working

I bought my SBLive at Best buy, but it shows up as a Dell Digital 5.1 model. I've never had a problem with the normal emu10k1 drivers. I'll take a look at the guides

edit:

05:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs Unknown device 8066
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

Last edited by heleos (2008-01-11 23:25:49)