Sound problem

[ddickson]

The sound card detection program correctly detects my sound card as
Vendor: Creative
Model: Labs SB Audigy
Module: snd-emu10k1

But the 'Play test sound' doesn't produce any sound. Volume control also gives me the error
'Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found'

I am running fedora core 3, with up2date saying there is nothing to update.

[vosolution]

anything happen if you cat a wave file to /dev/dsp ?
cat somewave.wav >> /dev/dsp

[gocher]

I just ran into a similar problem with a FC3 system and an Analog Devices AD1981A chip.

Not sure if it was the latest updates or what. However this is the problem. Rebooted today, no sound.

When I go to alsasound. If I type

alsasound start - I get

Starting sound driver: snd-intel8x0 done
/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found...

Same kernel as I've always used and the sound has never been a problem

All the typical modules that need to be loaded to use this chip are loaded. Its just I get no sound.
A glance at alsamixer shows nothing mute that is not suppose to be. This chip is weird in that it uses PCM instead of master volue, but regardless all sound levels are up. No sound

Now if after alsasound start, I try to play or cat a wav file to /dev/dsp, it sends the information there, it just doesn't play anything. Where as if alsasound stop has been called, it gives a /dev/dsp error.

Any help. I noticed this problem this morning. Just curious if the recent updates day may broke anything. Or if there is something else that might not be working right.

[vishnumrao]

The sound card detection program correctly detects my sound card as
Vendor: Creative
Model: Labs SB Audigy
Module: snd-emu10k1

But the 'Play test sound' doesn't produce any sound. Volume control also gives me the error
'Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found'

I am running fedora core 3, with up2date saying there is nothing to update.

I too am having the same problem(maybe even worse- my sound card an Audigy 2 Value, is not even detected in FC3).

I would like to know if the sound card was detected automatically ? Or did you have to coax the os to detect it. In my case it just says "no sound cards found".


Hope you find a solution.
Cheers,
Vishnu.

[GrahamB]

Hi All !

The Audigy LS uses the ca0106 driver and not the emu10k1 drivers.

From my machine "cat /proc/asound/cards" gives the Audigy model as SB0310:
0 [CA0106 ]: CA0106 - CA0106
AudigyLS [SB0310] at 0xb400 irq 10

In the link http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Creative_Labs#matrix
you will find the reference to install instructions for this driver ca0106.

From the above linked page, you will find:
Sound Blaster LS SB0310 P17 Details (ca0106) [ANio] [MIDIio]

It is not clear. It is easy to make this mistake. :D

Hope this helps you. :)

[ddickson]

My sound card was detected automatically.

[ddickson]

anything happen if you cat a wave file to /dev/dsp ?
cat somewave.wav >> /dev/dsp

This does nothing, no sound, no error message.

[ddickson]

I found the solution here:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49101

need to disable Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack