FWIW, I've had no problems with my Audigy since I changed the Sound IO method to OSS - it was on auto before and I had a lot of problems Anne On Friday 12 Jul 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote: > July 12, 2002 02:55 am, Daryl Johnson wrote: > <large 'random' snips> > > As far as I know Daryl, the only drivers that work for any Creative Blaster > sound card is emu 10k1. It's on the disks for 8.2 (and was on the older > versions back to 7 something I think). My hardware isn't as new as yours > but still uses an ABit mb. A BX6 rev2 with one PIII 500 MHz processor. > > ALSA is off on my system and everything works as it should. MP3s and OGG > files that were originally encoded surround play in surround mode through > XMMS, the few system notifications that I've left on play when they should. > > > My /etc/modules.conf is : > > > > alias usb-interface usb-uhci > > > > # ALSA native device support > > alias char-major-116 snd > > options snd snd_major = 116 snd_cards_limit = 1 > > alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1371 > > Mine shows this: > > alias usb-interface usb-uhci > alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1 > probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi > alias eth0 tulip > > My emu10k1 configuration copied and pasted from /etc/emu10k1.conf: > ## > ## This file is used to configure emu10k1's emu-script > ## > > CARD_IS_5_1=no > USE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT=yes > ENABLE_TONE_CONTROL=yes > > # Note, it's safe to say yes to the next option even if you're not going > # to use it. When this option is enabled, the driver can autodetects AC3 > # data and behaves normally with normal audio. > # (Saying yes causes some of the soundcard's resources to be used up) > AC3PASSTHROUGH=no > > # Change this to yes to enable the Livedrive midi port and IR remote > # control. > ENABLE_LIVEDRIVE_IR=no > > # Most Lives have their analog front signals inverted. If you have > # problems with your setup (low bass), try changing this to 'yes'. (This > # option has no effect with digital setups) > INVERT_REAR=no > > #Multichannel playback (for 4 - 6 channel setups) > MULTICHANNEL=yes > > # On 5.1 cards in multichannel mode, should the multichannel data be fed > # to the sub as well? You probably don't want this if you have a > # speaker set like the DTT2200 which already feeds all channels to the > # sub in hardware. > ROUTE_ALL_TO_SUB=no > > # By default, the front analog channels have a +12dB boost applied to > # them by the AC'97 mixer. If you encounter clipping, or find that the > # volume of the front speakers is too high in a multichannel setup, try > # changing this to 'no'. > ANALOG_FRONT_BOOST=no > > > > # Surround > ################## > > # Some wavs, or mp3 are surround sound encoded the next two > # options can be used to decode these in hardware. > # (select one or the other, not both) > > # passive matrix surround decoder > SURROUND=yes > > # Active matrix surround decoder > PROLOGIC=no > > > # Extra Inputs > ################# > > ## This connector is mounted on the card itself > ENABLE_CD_Spdif=yes # Volume control is 'Digital1' in aumix/gmix/kmix > > # The next four inputs are found on Livedrives, some of these may also > # be inputs on the older add-on daughter cards. > > ENABLE_OPTICAL_SPDIF=no # Volume control is 'Digital2' > ENABLE_LINE2_MIC2=no # Volume control is 'Line2' > ENABLE_RCA_SPDIF=no # Volume control is 'Digital3' > ENABLE_RCA_AUX=no # Volume control is 'line3' > > As an aside, the only listings that I can find for "Creative Blaster 4.1 > Digital" at the Creative site are this one: > http://fi.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?prod=251&page=6 > and the only driver support is for (no surprise here) Windows. But a > Blaster should be a Blaster and I'd still try emu10k1. > > My card is a Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value Digital" circa 1999. Model > CT4830. Does yours not show any model number at all? > > I hope this helps you in some small way.
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