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| 152329 | 2003-06-13 09:25:00 | I've just reinstalled Mandrake 9.1 on my updated system, however the onboard sound is not liked by Mandrake - it detects something, but that's it - I can't hear anything. In XP the sound device is detected as a SoundMax something by Analog Devices Inc (I think), but that doesn't help me much. Has anyone managed to get the audio working on such a device in Linux, and if so can you tell me how? Thanks, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 152330 | 2003-06-13 11:30:00 | What driver does it detect? If its an AC97 codec I think its name should be related to the motherboard chipset rather than the soundmax thing. eg, mine about has a realtek DAC, but it uses the via driver below. You can check by opening /etc/modules.conf, and looking for a line like: alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx If the driver name starts with snd- its using an alsa driver. ALSA drivers default to muting all output channels. You will need to unmute and set the volume for atleast the main and PCM channels. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 152331 | 2003-06-13 11:40:00 | > What driver does it detect? Intel 810 something I think (I'm in XP at the moment - I'll check in Linux in the morning). > If its an AC97 codec I think its name should be > related to the motherboard chipset rather than the > soundmax thing. eg, mine about has a realtek DAC, but > it uses the via driver below. The Soundmax is manufactured by Analog Devices Inc I think, but their site is no help. > You can check by opening /etc/modules.conf, and > looking for a line like: > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx > > If the driver name starts with snd- its using an alsa > driver. ALSA drivers default to muting all output > channels. You will need to unmute and set the volume > for atleast the main and PCM channels. That might be what it is then. I'll try that and see what happens. Here's hoping :) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 152332 | 2003-06-13 11:57:00 | Little OT - Does Mandrake use ALSA as its primary driver? Im pretty sure RedHat 8/9/KDE use OSS on my system!?! Is there any advantages or ones I should go for over the other? Ive also lost the ESound Driver which I had in RedHat 8, which was good because it meant I could turn down the volume in XMMS and leave the other Master/PCM controls up for other apps! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 152333 | 2003-06-13 21:37:00 | > What driver does it detect? > You can check by opening /etc/modules.conf, and > looking for a line like: > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx This is what I found in that /etc/modules.conf thing: alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss > If the driver name starts with snd- its using an alsa > driver. ALSA drivers default to muting all output > channels. You will need to unmute and set the volume > for atleast the main and PCM channels. Where should I be looking to unmute everything - I opened up KMix and everythin was already unmuted and volume was set. Just still no sound :) If I could get my sound to work in Linux I think I would spend a lot of time getting to know it... but no sound really makes a difference. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 152334 | 2003-06-13 21:55:00 | Okay I've got it working YAY! But now I've got another problem - I've got 6 channel audio, but only stereo desktop speakers. Windows XP (and the sound device default) is to have stereo or front speakers plugged into a specific plug. However to get the sound in here I plugged the speakers into a different plug - Line In for Win XP 2 speaker setup (although for the 6 speaker setup this channel is for Centre/Sub). I guess this means I'm going to have to change the plug every time I launch linux, and back again for XP :( Ah well, it might be worth it maybe. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 152335 | 2003-06-13 23:17:00 | Im sure Ive seen a setting in Linux to change that.. as I have a 5.1 channel card.. Can you not otherwise change it from within XP? |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 152336 | 2003-06-14 03:49:00 | I'm not sure which mandrake prefers. It suggests both for my via ac97 & sb live. As for OSS vs ALSA: The OSS ones come with the kernel, while ALSA is seperate (not that it matters with mdk/redhat etc). ALSA also uses a different interface, but has an OSS compatability layer. ALSA will become the main one when 2.6 is release. ALSA is aparantly better, but I don't notice a difference. I'm sure the ALSA website will give you an unbiased answer :-). |
bmason (508) | ||
| 152337 | 2003-06-14 03:52:00 | > Ive also lost the ESound Driver which I had in RedHat > 8, which was good because it meant I could turn down > the volume in XMMS and leave the other Master/PCM > controls up for other apps! Esound is a software mixer used by gnome. KDE uses ARTs. It should be on your distro cds somewhere. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 152338 | 2003-06-14 03:53:00 | > Im sure Ive seen a setting in Linux to change that.. > as I have a 5.1 channel card.. Well if you remember how... :) > Can you not otherwise change it from within XP? Nah - the software for the SoundMax is somewhat limited (compared to the SBLive! I had in my other machine. Mike. |
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