Re: [newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 30 Jan 2005 22:37, Rick Kunath wrote: I'm hoping someone can point me to some ideas on the sound issues I am having. This is a fresh MDK 10.1 install. The soundcard is an Audigy 2 Value card, and works correctly on Windows 2k (this is a dual-boot machine.) The motherboard (DFI PM12-TL) also has an integrated AC97 sound card (VIA chipset drivers), but I have it disabled in BIOS. The BIOS is set to non plug-and-play OS. Lsmod does not show any sound modules loading, so I am guessing MDK didn't load them, thinking with no sound card, they wouldn't be needed? On a hardware scan from MCC, I get this output? Identification Vendor: (null) Description: Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO Connection Bus: PCI Bus PCI #: 0 PCI device #: 10 PCI function #: 0 Vendor ID: 4354 Device ID: 8 Sub vendor ID: 4354 Sub device ID: 097 Driver Module: unknown I am wondering what steps I might take to get the card recognized? I Googled aplenty and the card seems to be a supported card (that's why I bought it), but does not get recognized. I don't know if having the motherboard sound card disabled is contributing to the issue or not, but when I enabled it, it did not appear in the hardware list either (the previous output was the same), and the only effect was a failed indication when the new hardware test scrolled across the screen during boot up. I've installed a lot of soundcards in Mandrake Linux, and have had a few issues over the years, but this one has me stumped. Ideas and thoughts will be greatly appreciated. The problem with Creative cards is that they sell cards with one model name but several possible chipsets. You think you are getting the same card, but you are not. I've been bitten by that one too. The only thing I can suggest is to try Mandrake Control Center Hardware Hardware then select the unrecognised card and attempt to run a manually installed driver (Run Config Tool Let me pick any driver). There is an Audigy driver, snd-emu10k1 and emu10k1. The first two are alsa drivers, I believe, and the last one an OSS driver. If none of them work you are probably stumped. There is a troubleshooting section, but it won't help you until you get the card recognised. BTW - you were right the first time - disable the on-board soundcard. If you can't get the audigy working, though, you may have to take it out and try the onboard sound. I always disabled them until recently, but they are not bad these days. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB/eu6kFAvMr/nNX8RAgZaAJ9jA2dM1OhifPZReorctWnqSISlGQCglPrl LydmywpJQzmYuBULmrtdzt0= =R1QC -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1
Anne Wilson wrote: The problem with Creative cards is that they sell cards with one model name but several possible chipsets. You think you are getting the same card, but you are not. I've been bitten by that one too. The only thing I can suggest is to try Mandrake Control Center Hardware Hardware then select the unrecognised card and attempt to run a manually installed driver (Run Config Tool Let me pick any driver). There is an Audigy driver, snd-emu10k1 and emu10k1. The first two are alsa drivers, I believe, and the last one an OSS driver. If none of them work you are probably stumped. I did open up the MCC and selected the run config tool, but got the error that it found no recognized card, and wouldn't allow me to set any alternative drivers at all. Is there any way to get this to run manually? I also opened up a console and ran alsaconf. It reported no compatible card. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1
On Monday 31 January 2005 13:36, Rick Kunath wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: The problem with Creative cards is that they sell cards with one model name but several possible chipsets. You think you are getting the same card, but you are not. I've been bitten by that one too. The only thing I can suggest is to try Mandrake Control Center Hardware Hardware then select the unrecognised card and attempt to run a manually installed driver (Run Config Tool Let me pick any driver). There is an Audigy driver, snd-emu10k1 and emu10k1. The first two are alsa drivers, I believe, and the last one an OSS driver. If none of them work you are probably stumped. I did open up the MCC and selected the run config tool, but got the error that it found no recognized card, and wouldn't allow me to set any alternative drivers at all. Is there any way to get this to run manually? I also opened up a console and ran alsaconf. It reported no compatible card. Rick Kunath Found this: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.user/16628/match=audigy : - From: Peter Zubaj pzad at pobox.sk Subject: Re: Problem With SB Audigy 2 Value Newsgroups: gmane.linux.alsa.user Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:20:24 +0100 Hi, Support for Audigy 2 Value was added only recently and is not in your alsa 1.0.6. Upgrade to newer alsa. Peter Zubaj - HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1
Frans Ketelaars wrote: Support for Audigy 2 Value was added only recently and is not in your alsa 1.0.6. Upgrade to newer alsa. Ah, excellent, thank you. It looks like I'll be attempting to compile and install Alsa tonight. Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1
I'm hoping someone can point me to some ideas on the sound issues I am having. This is a fresh MDK 10.1 install. The soundcard is an Audigy 2 Value card, and works correctly on Windows 2k (this is a dual-boot machine.) The motherboard (DFI PM12-TL) also has an integrated AC97 sound card (VIA chipset drivers), but I have it disabled in BIOS. The BIOS is set to non plug-and-play OS. Lsmod does not show any sound modules loading, so I am guessing MDK didn't load them, thinking with no sound card, they wouldn't be needed? On a hardware scan from MCC, I get this output? Identification Vendor: (null) Description: Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO Connection Bus: PCI Bus PCI #: 0 PCI device #: 10 PCI function #: 0 Vendor ID: 4354 Device ID: 8 Sub vendor ID: 4354 Sub device ID: 097 Driver Module: unknown I am wondering what steps I might take to get the card recognized? I Googled aplenty and the card seems to be a supported card (that's why I bought it), but does not get recognized. I don't know if having the motherboard sound card disabled is contributing to the issue or not, but when I enabled it, it did not appear in the hardware list either (the previous output was the same), and the only effect was a failed indication when the new hardware test scrolled across the screen during boot up. I've installed a lot of soundcards in Mandrake Linux, and have had a few issues over the years, but this one has me stumped. Ideas and thoughts will be greatly appreciated. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
