soundblaster audigy driver install

wolfdogg · 2011-09-13 03:44:06

i was trying to follow this post here, but im not sure what im missing
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=2200

i want to install the driver for my Audigy souncard. im pretty sure the chipset is the emu10k1. I downloaded the driver from http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1/

according to that post,

# /etc/modules.conf 
alias sound emu10k1 sound ac97_codec 
# End of file
my  modules.devfs reads:
# Soundcard 
alias     /dev/sound        sound-slot-0 
alias     /dev/audio        /dev/sound 
alias     /dev/mixer        /dev/sound 
alias     /dev/dsp        /dev/sound 
alias     /dev/dspW        /dev/sound 
alias     /dev/midi        /dev/sound

will adding these entries work after i put the driver in place?

do i actually need the alias's?
what location do i actually put the driver in?
and what modules are the ones i need to put into rc.conf?
i dont see the a modules.devfs, files mentioned, so im guessing this is the proper file name and just create the file in /etc?

or is somebody has a good link, please pass it my way

Last edited by wolfdogg (2011-09-13 03:48:39)

brebs · 2011-09-13 04:21:26

The driver is already in the kernel - no need to download. Proof:

grep EMU10 /usr/src/linux/.config
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1_SEQ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1X is not set

devfs is dead, replaced by udev - ignore modules.devfs

zester · 2011-09-13 07:45:44

lI would also like to add that you might want to give OSSv4 with libalsa for that card a try. Alsa will also work fine, but soundblasters have been know to sound better on OSSv4.

Last edited by zester (2011-09-13 18:22:04)

wolfdogg · 2011-09-17 20:55:45

ok thanks.

# grep EMU10 /usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH/.config
CONFIG_GAMEPORT_EMU10K1=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1_SEQ=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1X=m

i installed oss, disabled alsa in daemons, added oss,

# ossdetect -v

also, in the wiki it says;
File: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa_blacklist.conf
blacklist soundcore
except i know this has been deprecated, im assuming all is well without doing anything there.

then i rebooted

# osstest

sound worked

# ossxmix
No protocol specified
(ossxmix:2308): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

in phonon devices list i see all my devices blured or greyed out, i only see 'default' as active in there now

my sound does work, inluding rear speakers, im concerned that im not getting the highest quality since phonon is reporting the rest of my devices are disabled

KDE detected that one or more internal devices were removed.
Do you want KDE to permanently forget about these devices?
This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed:
Capture: HDA ATI SB (VT1818S Analog)
Capture: HDA ATI SB, VT1818S Analog (Default Audio Device)
Output: HDA ATI SB (VT1818S Analog)
Output: HDA ATI SB (VT1818S Digital)
Output: HDA ATI SB, VT1818S Analog (Default Audio Device)
Output: HDA ATI SB, VT1818S Digital (IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output)

# ossinfo
Version info: OSS 4.2 (b 2005/201108120935) (0x00040100) GPL                           
Platform: Linux/x86_64 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 30 08:53:25 CEST 2011
                                                                                       
Number of audio devices:        8                                                      
Number of audio engines:        12                                                     
Number of MIDI devices:         0                                                      
Number of mixer devices:        1                                                      
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
Device objects                                                                         
 0: osscore0 OSS core services                                                         
 1: oss_hdaudio0 ATI HD Audio interrupts=4715 (4715)                                   
    HD Audio controller ATI HD Audio                                                   
    Vendor ID    0x10024383                                                            
    Subvendor ID 0x10024383                                                            
     Codec  0: Unknown (0x11060440/0x10438417)                                         
 2: oss_usb0 USB audio core services                                                   
                                                                                       
MIDI devices (/dev/midi*)                                                              
                                                                                       
Mixer devices                                                                          
 0: High Definition Audio 0x1106044 (Mixer 0 of device object 1)                       
                                                                                       
Audio devices                                                                          
HD Audio play pcm1                /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0  (device index 0)         
HD Audio play pcm2                /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm1  (device index 1)         
HD Audio play pcm3                /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm2  (device index 2)         
HD Audio play pcm4                /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm3  (device index 3)
HD Audio play spdifout1           /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0  (device index 4)
HD Audio play spdifout2           /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout1  (device index 5)
HD Audio rec select1              /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin0  (device index 6)
HD Audio rec select5              /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin1  (device index 7)

Nodes
  /dev/dsp -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_in -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_out -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_ac3 -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0
  /dev/dsp_mmap -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_multich -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0

any suggestions from here?

Last edited by wolfdogg (2011-09-17 21:00:57)

wolfdogg · 2011-09-17 21:10:40

now i ran ossxmix from my user and it came up

$ ossxmix
Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0".

that was cool. because i need to adjust my rear sound since its out. I cant seem how to figure out how to mix the audio output into it, although when in the ossxmix panel i do hear the output patch clicking when i toggle the "select 2" option between 'pcm2' and 'mix' options. i hear the click when i select either one, which leads me to believe that pcm2 is my rear output. So how do i mix the sound to 4 channels so it outputs to pcm2 also?

i do see vmix0-channels on top, its defaulted to 'stereo' but even when i set it to 'Multich' i still cant get the audio to the rear speakers.

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edit, i seem to have gotten it to work, after enabling the 'hdaudio_noskip=7' in the conf file.

i guess my last question is does everything look ok so far, or did i miss something particularly in the setup of OSS, or with the RANDR error?

Last edited by wolfdogg (2011-09-17 23:26:07)

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soundblaster audigy driver install

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