FC3 Doesn't Detect SB Live! 24-bit

[AsymptoticCoder]

FC3 is only detecting my onboard Intel AC97 and not the SB card. I have ALSA installed as part of FC3.

What could be preventing FC3 from detecting the card???


lpsci can detect the sound card, but FC3 cannot:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 80b2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [e4] Vendor Specific Information
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: e6000000-e7efffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e7f00000-efffffff

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 8089
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 8089
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 8089
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at d000 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 8089
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at e5800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: e5000000-e57fffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 8089
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 8089
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e800 [size=32]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at e7ff0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0

02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X motherboard
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

02:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
Subsystem: Creative Labs: Unknown device 1006
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at b800 [disabled] [size=32]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2



[B]/etc/modprobe.conf contents
alias eth0 b44
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd

[AsymptoticCoder]

Fixed.

Although is apparently already installed with FC3, I compiled the ca0106 driver from source and followed the instructions at the http://www.alsa-project.org site. Rebooted and kudzu configured the sound card. FC3 now detects the sound card. KDE gives some errors on start, but I will fix those later. I am just glad FC3 finally sees my card.

[Twey]

Yes, this is an FC3 bug. It was fixed in FC4.

[ogross74]

Can you specify what is it that you downloaded (driver? library?) and compiled? Sound card issues are a new thing to me...
Thanks

[Nighthawk4]

I found this: ALSA webpage (http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Creative_Labs).

Near the bottom of the list is the SB Live 24-bit card, with a link to the details of the snd-ca0106 module. Not had a chance to try this yet, but this might be the solution to our SB Live 24-bit sound problems. :)

[Nighthawk4]

Yes, this is an FC3 bug. It was fixed in FC4.


Really? I didn't know that. Thanks Twey.

I thought I had tried this card in FC4 - but it looks as if I might have given up on the card before upgrading to FC4. It didn't work in FC3, nor in several other Distros.

Once again, FC comes to the rescue. Thanks guys. :)