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Thread ID: 42734	2004-02-20 23:08:00	Fedora installtion - sound server error message	chiefnz (545)	Press F1

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217040	2004-02-22 04:50:00	I have a SB Live and a AC '97 audio chip onboard as well, but I've disabled it in the bios.... are you suggesting I enable it and see what happens? cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217041	2004-02-22 06:30:00	Ok I've removed the SB Live card and installed the drivers for the onboard Intel sound chip, everything works fine in Windows. I don't like this sound chip, I can hardly customize anything and I can't run my X-box audio through it cos I'm using a 5.1 speaker configuration and there are no jacks left (it only comes with 3). The funny thing is when I had both audio devices in Fedora and I tested the Intel audio chip, using the SB Live as the primary output device, I actually heard the test sound. However when I test the SB Live I didn't hear a thing. Now I have the Intel audio on the Mobo running only and Fedora picked it up fine, but when I went to do the sound test I heard nothing. One thing though I do hear a hiss coming out of the speakers and when I increase or decrease the volume the hiss goes louder or softer. Now from previous experience with Hi-Fi equipment I have come to the conclusion that it's an input/output (encode/decode in this case) problem somewhere. I know my speakers are connected properly because all the speakers work fine in Windows. So I would think that I have not installed something properly in Fedora, but I'm pretty sure that I have installed XMMS correctly. Well I'm reasonably satisfied that it is NOT a hardware error I figure I have just done something wrong or havn't done it at all. The problem now is trying to discover what that something is. I guess I will now re-install my SB Live.... and then do more research on what the problem is or at least see if anyone else has had a similar problem. cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217042	2004-02-22 06:33:00	Ooops... Just a little ps..... Incidently I just ran the XMMS package and Fedora tells me that it's already installed on the system. So that rules out the possibility of a missing module/package ???? cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217043	2004-02-22 07:11:00	Ok here's a bit more info in the form of an error message I just got after booting into Fedora. It goes like this... __________________________________________________ Informational - artsmessage __________________________________________________ Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: SNDCTL_DSP_STEREO failed - Input/output error The sound server will continue, using the null output device. __________________________________________________ Does this make any sense? Is it because I have no sound card installed? Never got this message before! Back to Google I guess cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217044	2004-02-22 10:33:00	aRts.. So you're running KDE... Okay... Make sure you DISABLE the OnBoard FULLY in your Bios, and double check it. Boot Fedora Let Kudzu run and save all the changes it needs to. Dont argue with it or skip it, go along and make sure it saves the changes! Shutdown Put in your SB!Live Restart your PC and let Kudzu do its thing again. Save the changes.... Then see how it goes. After all that, if it still wont go, as root run: dmesg post the output. Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
217045	2004-02-24 22:37:00	Hey Chill My Onboard AC 97 chip is definitely off, kudzu picked up that it had been "removed". I rebooted twice to make sure everything is ok, then inserted the SB Live card, still no luck. Chill I don't know how to copy and paste the output for "dmesg" but here are the last few lines in the output.. it think it may be what your looking for. ____________________________________________ Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.20, 1 PCI: Founf IRQ 5 for device 02:09.0 emu10k1: EMUK! rev 10 model 0x8065 found 10 at ac97-codec: AC97 Audio codec, id EMC40 (Unknown) emu10k1: SBLive! 5.1 card detected ____________________________________________ If thats not enough info post back with how to transefer the outout formt the command line, I came across a similar file at /var/log but it didn't have all the info that I get when executing "dmesg" in the console. cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217046	2004-02-25 00:05:00	If you're using a Konsole you should just be able to select the text and right-click on it and choose Copy. Personally, Im stumped. Might pay to try the nzlug list if nobody else has any suggestions :-( Cheers Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
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