I had some problems with 2.2 and the emu10k1 module with volume but they went away when I went to the 2.2.18 kernel and just compilied it in.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Barry Samuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:32:44 +0000 (GMT) >I have a SoundBlaster PCI 128 Live and I am running Debian 2.2 >with kernel 2.2.17. > >Using the Emu modules everything works as expected except for >sound recording. Sound recording creates a properly formated >.Wav file except that the values are so low as to be inaudible! >I am trying to record using input via the line input and this >certainly gives audible sound via the speakers even when >recording is supposed to be taking place. > >I haven't forgotten anything so silly as to un-mute the >appropriate inputs unless there is a hidden mute somewhere that I >don't know about. > >If I boot the machine into Windows and use the software supplied >with the SoundBlaster I can create normal recordings, using >signals from the line input, which will also play back under >Debian. So I have ruled out hardware problems. > >I did contact the Emu people at Creative and I quote part of the >reply below: > >=============================================================== >"I looked at the file, and as you suspected it is a >properly-formatted WAV file with almost-null data in it. Quite >telling is the fact that the data isn't actually null -- but the >values are incredibly small and aren't audible. What this is >telling me is that recording _is_ taking place, but on an input >which is inactive (through software or hardware -- can't tell). > >I was not expecting these results. I was thinking that either >the file would be formatted incorrectly or that it would have >true null data. In either of those cases, the problem would have >likely been with either faulty recording software or with the >configuration of the Live. As it is, I'm stumped as to >what the problem is." >=============================================================== > >I have tried recording using a number of different Linux >applications (e.g. khdrec, kmedia, krecord, gramofile) for >recording together with different mixers ( e.g. kmix, aumix ) and >various versions of the Emu modules but all to no avail. > >So - a brief resume: > >1. He's stumped. >2. I'm stumped. >3. Everybody else, so far, is stumped. > >Is there a genius in the house? > >Barry Samuels > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >