On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Jesse Marlin wrote: > Erik Steffl writes: > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Jesse Marlin wrote: > > > I had some problems initially with 5.1, but now it works great. > > > I added this in /etc/modules.conf: > > > > > > # Enable SBLive 5.1 inputs and outputs > > > options snd-emu10k1 extin=0x3fc3 extout=0x1fff > > > > what are these? what do they do? I don't see them in docs > > (kernel or alsa modules) > > You can find them documented in alsa-driver-0.9.x/INSTALL. They are > kernel module options. Without these I had a plethora of controls > that did nothing apparent. With them almost all of the controls in > alsamixer do something.
thanks, found them in INSTALL, changed them but not much changed - master volume (and master mute) still don't work, live!drive (front panel) doesn't seem to work (so far I only tested mic2/line2)m there's bunch of mysterious controls (towards the right end) called EMU10K1 PCM Send Routing, EMU10K1 PCM Send, EMU10K1 PCM (few of each) etc. > > > And then run alsamixer. The final entry in there should be "SB Live". > > > Mute it. This seems counter-intuitive but it turns on 5.1. > > > > I already did that, that particular mixer item makes it work > > or not, but no matter what I do I cannot control the volume > > level (master volume level). Can you control volume? > > Yes. using master volume? very strange. can you send me your config files,? not sure which ones are important, I guess asound.state, relevant parts /etc/modules.conf, maybe some toher ones? btw I also upgraded from rc3 to rc5, it changed the controls in mixer a bit but still no change in function (as far as I can tell). apparently some work is being done - are there some details available? thanks, erik > > > > > erik > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > > Erik Steffl writes: > > > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > > ----------------- master volume? > > > > > > > > > > I thought the Master worked before but now it has no influence on > > > > > volume. How do I set the overall volume? The individual controls do > > > > > something but none of them adjusts master volume. > > > > > > > > btw this is with 5.1 speakers and headphones. > > > > > > > > > ----------------- funny EMU101K PCM controls > > > > > > > > > > also there is a bunch of (new?) controls at the end with lables > > > > > EMU101K PCM ... what are these for? they adjust the sound in weird form, > > > > > and for some reason are reset when xmms starts to play another song... > > > > > > > > > > I looked at the http://alsa.opensrc.org/?SBliveMixerControls and > > > > > http://alsa.opensrc.org/?SBliveMixer but found no information (about > > > > > non-working master volume or EMU101K PCM controls). > > > > > > > > > > is there some more information available? > > > > > > > > > > system: > > > > > > > > > > debian unstable > > > > > kernel 2.4.18 > > > > > alsa 0.9.0rc3 (the one in debian unstable) > > > > > soundblaster live! platinum > > > > > > > > anybody else having similar problem (master volume not > > > > working)? I received no (informative) reponses to this but I have seen > > > > few posts about other problems with 0.9.0rc3 (or rc2) and mixer settings. > > > > > > > > anybody has more info on what's going on? > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > erik > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Are you worried about your web server security? Click here for a FREE Thawte Apache SSL Guide and answer your Apache SSL security needs: http://www.gothawte.com/rd523.html _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user