On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 18:28 -0700, Bob Sanders wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:12:02 +0200 > Jules Colding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have the above mentioned sound card installed in my dual 252 Opteron. > > I have enabled ALSA and OSS emulation in the kernel and everything is > > compiled in, no alsa modules. The card is correctly detected on boot-up > > and apparently activated. > > i > > OSS should not be selected in the kernel. Only alsa. For Oss, you need > to emerge - media-libs/alsa-oss
I did not select OSS, only the ALSA emulation option. I am now trying media-sound/alsa-driver 1.0.9b with the same results. > > Everything seems to be configured correctly according to the alsa guide. > > The problem is that I am only hearing cyclically repeating clicks, with > > weak static noise in-between, when I am trying to play music. I have a > > set of analog 2.1 speakers connected to the analog output jack on the > > card. > > > > Repeating clicks is usually an indication of empty audio buffers. It means > your system can't keep the sound card supplied with data. You might be > able to get some help by making your kernel preemptible - If the kernel isn't able to keep the audio buffers full, isn't that something that would only happen with a slow system? I have a dual Opteron 252 so I didn't thought that preemptible was needed for my system. Anyway, I'll try it. > Symbol: PREEMPT [=y] > x > Prompt: Preemptible Kernel > x > Defined at arch/x86_64/Kconfig:210 > x > Location: > x > -> Processor type and features > > The weak static noise is digital garbage being picked up by the SB. If it's > not already, move it to the last PCI slot on the bus - as far away from the > other cards and cpu as possible. It is in the last slot I'm afraid... > > Any ideas why this doesn't work? > > > > SB Audigy cards aren't the best sounding cards out there. They are OK, but > if you mainly want music, look elsewhere. If you're mainly interested in > games > they work fine. Thanks, jules -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
